Third IUI's a charm!

That's right! I am pregnant! I feel like I was just posting this a few weeks ago. Well, this time I think we have a good one. My beta came back at a whopping 2,477 at 18dpIUI!! I was shocked! I have never seen it that high! The RE was pleased and they said they weren't going to do anymore blood work. My 1st OB u/s is on 6/23. I am soooo excited, nervous, scared, happy, worried.. All at once! I cannot believe this is happening! Yaaaay!!!

My mom is still convinced there are 3 in there. I am not so sure. 1 healthy one is all we need. Although, I have been having a lot of twin dreams lately. Back when I was going for follie checks is when the twin dreams started. We will see! We should know how many are in there on the 23rd! Eeeek! I am soo excited! Have I mentioned that?? So, right now I am about 5 weeks along. At the ultrasound I should be about 7 weeks. I am praying that we can see a HB. OMG! I am so nervous just thinking about the u/s....

Well, that is all for now.. Hope everyone has a wonderful evening! Talk at you all later!

And So We Wait.....

Lots has happened in the past 2 weeks since my last blog. So, I took the injectables (Follistim, to be exact). It worked VERY well. I ended up with like 3 HUGE follies measuring 18mm,20mm and 17mm!! I told you they were huge. So I took my trigger shot to help me ovulate and we then did 2 IUIs back to back. I am currently in the 2 week wait and still very hopeful this will work! We will find out on 6/8/09. Woohoo! I am excited! One thing that I find very odd is that I am starting to get phantom symptoms.. My boobs are KILLING me. Now I know that it is waaaaay too early for me to be feeling symptoms but this I cannot ignore. They HURT!! My mom says it's the triplets. Haha! Very funny mom! I guess we will just have to tough it out the next 2 weeks to find out if I am crazy or pregnant..Maybe I'm both! LOL.

In other news, next Saturday (the 30th) is out House warming party. I am getting excited about that. All of DH's local family are coming and so are a few of our friends. It's crazy trying to get the house looking nice, remembering what food to serve, do we have enough? Did we remember the beverages? Should we serve coffee? Is there anything we are forgetting? Where should we put the cat during all this? Will he be ok? Oy! Lots to think about and not a lot of time to figure it out in. I just want everything to go smoothly. I am not very good at throwing parties because we didn't throw many parties when I was a kid. The only ones I can remember are my birthday parties and an occasional holiday party. Otherwise it was just my mom and I celebrating whatever holiday it was.. So, I am enlisting the help of my MIL to help me remember everything and make sure I am doing things correctly. I will be putting pics up after the party! (Woohoo! Finally some house pics!!)

Well, that is all for now. Happy Memorial Day! Hope everyone has a great day!

Injectables and other things...

So, we went the doc yesterday and according to him it is time to move to injectables. So, I start them tomorrow evening. yikes! He also said that the reason for the m/c's was because of inadequate egg ripening that lead to chromosomal abnormalities when the egg was fertilized. I was taking Clomid and he said that it was harder to really monitor the growth of the follicles with the Clomid because you cannot adjust the dose. Well, with the Follistim he can monitor me much closer and adjust my dose if needed. I go back Monday, Wednesday and Friday to check the follies and have blood work to check my estrogen levels. Talk about a science experiment! LOL. They gave me all this info on how to use the pen-thingy that the medicine comes in.. I feel like I am back in Nursing school! It's a whole big process to load the pen and dial up the right dosage. I am going to have to watch the dvd a few times before I actually do this. I am used to just drawing up medicine from a bottle with a syringe. This pen thingy look a little odd. This should be interesting!

In other news, this Sunday is Mother's Day. Happy Mother's Day to all the mommies out there. I WILL be joining the celebration next year! This year as with previous years, we are going to DH's aunt's house for a yummy brunch. I cannot wait!! It will be a lot of fun.

Well, that is all for now. Hope everyone has an awesome weekend! Talk at you all later!

Bad news.

Let me start from the beginning... I went for beta #1 on Wednesday and it was at 53. So, I went for beta #2 yesterday and they called me and said it was 2. It should have been around 300. They also said to come back this AM for another beta to make sure that yesterday's wasn't a mistake or something. I did and it was at 1. So, needless to say, we lost the baby. I cannot believe this is happening to us again!!! We were soo excited and I was soooo hopeful that this pregnancy would be different. Why, God? Why are you doing this to us??? All I have ever wanted in the whole world was to be a mom. Now I have 2 angel babies. This is NOT fair! I feel like such a failure. Failure as a mom, as a wife, as a woman. Don't get me wrong.. My husband has been wonderful throughout all this. If he thought for one second I felt this way it would tear him up inside.. But I just feel like everyone else's wives get pregnant and have babies and his can't. Life is NOT fair!
Ok, pity party is over.

So what's next? Well, we have an appointment to see the RE on Tuesday to discuss what happened, why he thinks it happened and what our next step is. Injectables. Oy! I guess I'll have to suck it up and just do it. If it results in a pregnancy that goes full term, then I am all for it! Third time's a charm, right?

Thanks for reading this far down. Hope everyone has a great day tomorrow. Talk at you all later!

Well, It's official!

See that?? That's right! I am PREGNANT!!!!! Yaaay! DH and I are sooo excited and in a bit of shock. We haven't told the family yet and we have decided to wait until we officially see the HB before we shout it from the rooftops. I did tell my mom though because she knows all about our efforts in the TTC arena and I figure she should be the first to know. She is also VERY good at keeping a secret so I know she won't go blabbing it to everyone she sees. I should be getting my beta results this afternoon. I am soo happy! i have been having some wicked symptoms too. Everything from extremely sore breasts, nausea, tiredness and always hungry.. I was afraid to get excited only because my body has played some mean tricks on me before. It seems so unreal. I feel like I dreamed it!!
Well, that is all for today! Talk at you later! Have a great day!

Today was my EDD...

Yup, that's right. It's been over 7 months since we lost Eggbert and if all had gone as I had planned I would be sitting here with a full term baby in my belly. I just keep praying that soon I will have a baby belly. Right now I am halfway through another 2 WW. I pray everyday that there is a little person growing inside of me. I still can't believe how quick time has flown. I know there is a reason why we are going through all this struggle and heart ache. The end result is worth every moment of this. Well, that is all for now. Hope everyone has a great Monday.
Stay tuned! Pics coming soon of the new house!

It's the weekend! Woohoo!

So, not much new going on around here. Still getting things put away and settling into the new house. Thursday was my niece's 3rd b-day!! 3?? How did she do that? Wasn't she just floating around in my SIL's ute like last week or something?? LOL. They grow up soo fast! I can't wait for them to come down here in November!
So, we went to the Panthers (hockey) game last night. They lost but it was nice to go out and do something different. We also got to eat at my favorite restaurant, Cracker Barrel. Usually we only go there when we are traveling so, it was weird to be there and not be on our way to somewhere up north or even to Disney. The food there is awesome and the little general store in the front is full of cute stuff! I really wanted to get a few things for the new house but we ran out of time after dinner. Boo. Oh well, next time!
Well, I better run. Time to get ready to go to Home Depot and other exciting places like that. Funny thing is, when I was a kid I HATED going to Home Depot. Now, I can't wait! LOL. Stay tuned! I promise the house pics are coming SOON!!!!