NEGATIVE

I tested myself this morning and it was......


Negative.


and I got up and still went to work. Both jobs.

I cried a little and then told myself I would try again. So I am planning to start in October and I think with a new doctor.

Next time I am not going to tell anyone what I am doing because I hate to have to let everyone know......and then listen to them saying "I am sorry for you"


why did I wait this long to start...

today I am empty.

I guess I will pretty much be a zombie most of this week.  I need to figure out a way to pay this back and then get enough to start again.

Paying for the procedure

I saved up 300.00 from a part time job an the rest I put on a AMEX.  so I have about 1245.00 to pay off..

I had to wait about 7 days to test for pregancy..

My FIRST IUI

That monday I had my first IUI. They washed the sperm and I went to my doctor's office.  He put me in stirrups and then had a little tube where he injected it into me. It took only about 15 minutes.
I had to lay on the table for about 10 minutes and I went back to work. I cramped and cramped at work. I called my doctor to ask if I can take something for the pain and he said Tyenol. So I took that.   The next week he wanted me to take a blood test - about seven days after that to test for projesterone levels. Having high projesterone allows for a good place for a embryo to begin growing.  When you have a period you projesterone drops and the lining goes away.  So she gave me a test and if it was too low then I needed to take those tablets. Anyway,
she called in the meds and I began taking the tablets. VAGINALLY... That means I had to take my finger and push the tablet up in my vaginal area and go to sleep. I did that every night.

I was scared at first to take the pills because I went to webmd and they had all the symptoms and things that could possible go wrong.. It scared me quite a bit. But I braced myself and took it anyway.

It costed about 11.00 at the pharmacy.

Total cost of this procedure - about 1500.00

Chorionic Gonadotropin

This weekend I had to take a shot of Gonadotropin (Norvarel) - My doctor saw 5 follicles and He told me to give myself a shot this weekend - Saturday night at 10:30 p.m.

I was supposed to take out 1cc of the bacteriostatic water with a syringe and put that syringe in the chorionic Gonadotropin.. swish it around and then take it out with another syringe and

give myself the shot in my upper hip... around the "fatty" area... not on the bone... above it.  

My doctor said dont give it to youself.. ask someone. Can you think of someone that would do it? I said confidently....yes!  my mom or my sister..

or my dad.  He said ok and gave me the items.

I visited my parents house and they told me NO WAY... I can give you a shot..go to the hospital..  but when we called the hospital, I was told that they would charge us for the shot..

WHATEVER...  so that was out.

I finally talked my sister into giving me the shot..  I followed the directions.. I took out the 1cc water with a 18 syringe and then pulled it out and mixed it with the chorionic Gonadotropin,
I swished it around and I couldn't get it out!!!  I was like... the needle was not long enough to pull the solution out..

My quick thinking mom said let's go to the emergency room..

I saw security and told them my story and they gave me a smerk and let me in. Then I went to the receptionist and I explained that I needed someone to help me or give me an injection.
She looked at me puzzled until I said that I have a procedure on monday and I am taking fertility meds.. She said ok and got the nurse.. I explained to the nurse and she
said that I needed to check in ... to make a long story short.. there was so much confusion going on, she said ok. I will just do it. go in the other room. I went into the other room and she gave me a shot.

Done! ( and she didn't even charge my insurance - very nice lady)

Later I felt the area and my right butt cheek felt a little strange. Maybe the solution going through my muscle.. Who knows.

Anyway, I have my IUI today..

Ok.. I have been taking clomid for 5 days and I stopped after the last dosage. I went to my doctors office and i had an ultrasound..
This is what an ultrasound is like.. They take this long tube with a plastic covering over it.. and they stick it up between your legs to your uterus. I reminds me of a papsmear. It doesn't hurt.. just a little uncomfortable.

Anyway, he looked at my uterus and said it looked good. Then looked at one ovary and found 1 follical - he said it is 18.. (whatever that means), then he looked at the other ovary and saw multiple follicals, 10, 13, 13, 13 - so I have 5 mature follicals ready to produce an egg..  Once I take this Gonadotropin, it should cause ovulation - and I should release 5 eggs....

YIKES!!!!

Anyway, I have to take an injection of novarel in the upper part of my buttocks.. near my hip.. This is Chorionic Gonadotropin..

I always make it a practice to look up meds before I take them.  here is some info about it...

I take my ICI on Monday.. he said that he wanted to wait a couple of days.. I guess this means that it will get bigger...possibly..

just guessing..
 

hCG is extensively used as a parenteral fertility medication in lieu of luteinizing hormone. In the presence of one or more mature ovarian follicles, ovulation can be triggered by the administration of hCG. As ovulation will happen about 40-45 hours after the injection of hCG, procedures can be scheduled to take advantage of this time sequence. Thus, patients who undergo IVF, typically receive hCG to trigger the ovulation process, but have their eggs retrieved at about 36 hours after injection, a few hours before the eggs actually would be released from the ovary.

As hCG supports the corpus luteum, administration of hCG is used in certain circumstances to enhance the production of progesterone.

In the male, hCG injections are used to stimulate the leydig cells to synthesize testosterone. The intratesticular testosterone is necessary for spermatogenesis from the sertoli cells. Typical indications for hCG in men include hypogonadism and fertility treatment

Today I am tired

I  took the clomid at lunch yesterday. My first day. It made me feel as if I was going to start my period. You know the couple of days before it starts when you get
a dull throbing achy feeling. My lower back and around my pelvic area in the front hurt a little. I have had really painful periods so this was kind of along the same
line. I didn't take any medicine because I didn't know if I can take an Ibuprofen...or something like that. I have to take two more pills today, tommorrow and until Monday.
I work at nights and I felt kind of hot.. like I was starting to sweat and I am not sure if that was due to the clomid or if I was just working hard. Usually the store is cool at night when there are not customers but yesterday the temperature felt ok.  Once I took the medicine I felt a little light headed but that went away. So far, I guess I can say that
everything is ok.. So far. I called in work for tonight and I am going to go home and go to bed. I dont feel really well and I have to work all weekend. So I need to get some rest. I have to take another dosage
today.. Oh yeah. I contacted my doctor and I can take tylenol or Ibuprohen.. I took one and it isn't helping a whole lot.. Maybe if I get some rest I will feel better.

1st day of Clomid

Don't listen to everyone's horror story about Clomid..

one of my friends called to tell me about her friend going to the emergency room using Clomid...  I said "Thanks, great".  (wow that made me even more nervous)
 I had been very aprehensive about this medicine and today was my first day taking it..

I ate lunch and then took my dosage..  100 mg which is two 50 mg pills. I heard that every 50 mg of clomid your chances go up 10% for having multiples.

I am going to check that out and post the information.

We'll I took the medicine with my lunch and so far I feel pretty ok.. I was feeling a little light headed and I feel a slight pain around my lower waist on both side... Kind of a dull ache.

But because of the bad menstrual periods that I had growing up.. This is a piece of cake... (SO FAR - knock on wood).

I am used to working or going to work not feeling good..

Everyone's body is different. You won't know how you will react to it until you take it yourself.