FREE & CLEAR!!!!

I just got home from my HSG (hysterosalpingogram) where they inject dye thru your uterus to see if there are any blockages from your uterus to your ovaries or any fibroids/cysts in your uterus that can stop you from getting pregnant. Well, everything was perfectly clear.......the radiologist even told me that sometimes women get pregnant right afterwards because the dye flushed everything clear. So hopefully things will start happening now.

The HSG was pretty uncomfortable. They lay you on their radiology table and clean you off with betadine and then insert a plastic vaginal speculum in your vagina. Then they inserted a tube that had a little balloon on the end of it....they blew up the balloon once they were fully inserted into my uterus. There was tons of cramping and pressure. Then they had me slide up further on the table and started live x-ray as they pushed the dye thru the tube. It was so cool to see the dye go all the way up and show my fallopian tubes and ovaries and flush over into my abdomen. Very relieving!! Now I'm cramping pretty badly, but they said it would only last a couple of hours and maybe slightly into tomorrow morning. I am taking a 7 day dose of antibiotics so I don't get an infection from inserting the foreign body into my uterus.

Daniel has to give his sample on Thursday and then all we have left is my Cycle Day 21 progesterone level labs and glucose tolerance test, which is on the 5th of October. So praying that all we need is a little Clomid and we can get pregnant quickly!
We decided to keep an envelope in the "pregnancy memory book" that holds all the receipts of the fertility treatment. Curious on how much its going to cost us to finally have a baby. We also decided that we are going to try getting pregnant as soon as we deliver our first baby. Might as well try quickly so we won't have to deal with another 1.5 years of trying to get pregnant.

On a lighter note, I did color my hair!!




I went for a dark auburn/reddish color and cut some shorter bangs. Thinking of going shorter with the bangs, but not sure yet.
Well I'll be sure to chat again when there's more to tell!! TTYL!

Drum Roll Please....

Today was our fertility appointment. We started out our day in a big fight...I'm stressed out...the reason for us to have to have a fertility appointment is because I"m all screwed up! LOL So we made our way to the appointment and as we were waiting there was a t-shirt hanging up that said "Infertility is an emotional ride, but it has an ending" and Daniel and I made up right then!
We went in to meet our doctor, Dr. Hudson, she's so wonderful and nice and she explained to us what we're gonna do at first. So we started the appointment fully, which started with me having an ultrasound to measure my uterus and ovaries...luckily its all normal sizes (thank goodness) then off to get about 5 tubes of blood drawn from me, yikes. We then sat down with our "coach" and she told us our next steps. This includes me having to have a HSG (hystersalpingogram) where they inject dye into my uterus to see if I have any blockage from my uterus up my fallopian tubes to my ovaries...that is scheduled for the 23rd of this month. Then Daniel has a date on the 27th of September to offer a semen sample. He did have a choice to do it at the clinic or to do it at home and have it dropped off within the hour of dropping his sample in the cup....he chose to do it at home (no surprise there). Then on cycle day 21, which is October 5th, I have to return to the clinic for another blood draw to see my progesterone levels and to do a glucose tolerance test. So after this is all done, we schedule another appointment to see what the damage is and what the next step is to get pregnant! Hopefully I'll just need some clomid and we can start baby dancing.
So I'll be sure to keep tabs on this process and let ya'll know whats going on as it happens. This will be a busy month for us.....so hopefully it goes by quickly and we can get pregnant before the year is over!! ** fingers crossed **

oh well..............

My great monthly gift arrived this morning in a vengeance!! I seriously feel like I"m about to give birth...well at least thats what I think it would feel like! LOL Oh well...tomorrow is our big appointment with the fertility doctor and hopefully she'll get us started on some Clomid and we'll start baby dancing and we'll get pregnant the first month...well that would be my dream!
So keep your fingers crossed for happiness!!!

Ready or not.......

Thursday is almost here and I'm getting nervous. Thursday is our infertility/fertility appointment. As of right now I'm still waiting for the dreaded monthly visitor to arrive.....I did take my usual 5 day dose of Progesterone, with my last day being the 29th of August and still has not made it's arrival! On cycle day 58 and still waiting for her to show her ugly face. I'm really not sure what to make of it.....could I still be pregnant, even though I've had TONS of negative urine pregnancy tests? My sore ta-tas are telling me another story...even walking is an unpleasant task...sleeping? HA, I can't even roll over without being woken up by my two friends announcing their soreness!! So I'm truly confused on what think.

I did go see my GYN today for the lovely annual visit and lo-&-behold, my GYN (Dr. Cox) had to go to surgery and they asked if I wouldn't mind seeing his nurse practioner.....of course I didn't mind (at the time) I was explaining to her all the complexities of my issues that started by the miscarriage last October; also telling her about my sore ta-tas...she then asked if I ate/drank any caffeine...I told her NO to soda/coffee, but I do eat 2 squares (sometimes 4) of dark raspberry chocolate either every day or every other day...she then proceeded to tell me that that is the reason for my sore boobies....I've never heard such a stupid thing. I've eaten chocolate since I was what?, 1 years old (okay maybe 2, but HEY I lived in germany...chocolate everywhere LOL) and my boobies were never sore because of my addiction!! So I shunned her for any other information about my issues and will wait to ask questions when I see Dr. Hudson, my fertility doctor, on Thursday.

So I will close this out for today while I eat some chocolate and blame it for my sore boobies (yea right) More news to follow after our appointment on Thursday!!