The Baby Stuff
First of all Jay and I along with our families had pretty much decided not to do the IUI this month. His sperm counts were low and I just didn't want to spend $600 until we knew more about his counts and could tell if there were any problems. It was the financially smart thing to do. On Sunday, March 13th I had my CD13 doctor's appointment. The doctor told us that I had one egg large enough to be released and my hormone levels looked really good. On a side note, the normal weekday lab techs don't work on the weekends and the girl that was there was terrible. I got stuck three times and should moved the needle around all three times looking for my vein. I still have bruises on my arms! My nurse called back later that day to schedule the IUI. Since my levels looked so good Jay and I decided to go forward with the IUI.
Sunday night around 10:30pm we had just gotten home from bible study and realized that I had not yet had my shot. I am TERRIFIED of shots. I cannot explain how much they freak me out. I had talked to Kate earlier in the week and told her I would call her sometime on Sunday to do the shot. Well there was no way I was going to call her that late on a Sunday night. Jay promised me that he knew what he was doing, took the shot, tapped it a few times, pushed the air bubbles out and reached for a chunk of my stomach. I screamed bloody murder and ran away. I was hyperventilating, crying, and thought I would pass out (and I still had not gotten the shot!). He tried to calm me down and I went to lay in the bed so that I wouldn't pass out. I called my mom on the phone to distract me while Jay went for. I swear it was the slowest shot possible. I didn't breath the entire time. After it was over I realized that I hadn't felt a thing and had a newfound appreciation for my husband :) He administered the shot perfectly!
On Tuesday morning, Jay and I took off work to go in for the IUI. We had to arrive at 7:30 for labs (thank God my normal lab tech was back!) and a semen sample. At 11:00 we went in for the IUI. My doctor told me that I actually released two eggs which was good news. The bad news was that Jay's count was even lower than before, only 500,000. Luckily my nurse is awesome and was so hopefully and optimistic, she made me really hopeful and encouraged me to think positively. The procedure was painless and over in 20 seconds. We left feeling really good about our decision! I know it may be silly but I wanted to take a few pictures just in case this works!
After the procedure
That afternoon, we went up to Concord for Jay's appointment with the urologist. He said that everything was totally normal, no problems at all with his "anatomy" or his hormone levels. The doctor was so funny and made a very awkward situation much less awkward for both Jay and I :) He gave Jay a prescription for Clomid, the drug they first had me on to get pregnant. The doctor said it stimulates the FSH (follicle stimulating hormone) that produces sperm in men and ovulation in women. I laughed in my head at the image of us both going to the pharmacy to pick up our matching fertility drugs. At least we are in this together.
As you can tell from my previous post, I had a rough week with pregnant people. I'm praying that I am pregnant because I have been VERY emotional! I almost cried during my planning period while I was looking at baby cribs! If not, this medicine has really cracked out my hormones! I really don't want to punch pregnant people and I really do believe that God has a plan. Sometimes though those words don't always provide comfort and I easily lose faith. I'm glad I have such an amazing group of supportive people in my life. Please continue to pray for us.
The Fun Stuff
Last weekend I attended Katie Self's bachelorette party in Charleston. It was so fun to have a girls weekend. We enjoyed a lingerie party on Friday night followed by dinner and lots of late night girl talk. We spent Saturday shopping on King Street and enjoyed appetizers and cocktails for lunch. What is it about Charleston that always makes me want to enjoy a mid afternoon cocktail!
On Thursday, I went with my mom to Atlanta to look at houses. They had put a bid in on the house that I had blogged (Lazy River) about but the owner countered and my parents decided not to pursue the house. We went to look at a house that my dad picked out and really liked. We were pretty set on it until the realtor told us she thought she could get the lazy rive house (that I previously blogged about) down in price. My Mom was really interested and we went by to look at the Lazy River house again. It was soo pretty inside and everything that my mom had wanted. They're still waiting to make a decision and plan on looking at a few more houses before they put another offer in. I enjoyed spending some time with my parents by myself.
This weekend was sort of crazy with all the moving in! My Dad came in from Atlanta and actually spent the night at my house. I was shocked. We were all taking bets that he and my mom would get a hotel room. He HATES to impose. Jay and I enjoyed the beautiful weather on Saturday watching March Madness outside at Selwyn Pub. On our way home we went to TCBY's grand opening in Myers Park. I stuffed my face. I think I had 12 oz of ice cream. It was soooo good though!
On Sunday we thought we had to teach Sunday school, got to church early, and learned that it wasn't our week! We took advantage and went out to breakfast before the service started at this yummy farm to table restaurant, Harvest Moon Grill. The service was slow but the food was soooo good! We'll definitely go again! We enjoyed church and came home for Jay to work on his Jeep. I swear that Jeep will be the death of me! We got into it on Sunday about priorities and have agreed that working on the Jeep is a hobby, not a priority! Ha! I also got to cook for our bible study on Sunday. I LOVE cooking and being in the kitchen. I made a garden salad, quinoa with veggies, and baked lemon chicken, followed by white texas sheet cake for dessert. Yum! I was happy to have an excellent sous-chef (mom) around to talk, cleaned pots and pans, and cut up veggies!
I'm also realizing I need to take more pictures! This blog is quite wordy.
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