We had our IUI on Monday, January 11th. Everything went well. Apparently I have an easy cervix. But lets back up a few days. When I went to the next follicle check, I had 6 follciles, with the largest about 17mm and the smallest 13mm. I asked Dr. W how many she thought would pop. "All of them," she said. Whooo hooo! There were several residents in the room, one of whom has been in before, but one who hadn't. The one who hadn't seen me before was listening to our conversation, and had seen the u/s of my follicles and said incredulously, "You mean this response was from CLOMID?" The other resident replied, "Yep. She'd make a great case study, wouldn't she? I was beaming, so thrilled to be great at something, rather than a poor anything! Ah, the power of words.
Anyway, as I said, the IUI went fine. I definately had some pulling/cramping sensations that morning, which I'm hoping were ovulation. I don't normally feel ovulation, but with 6 eggs popping, I should hope I'd feel something. So, now we wait. I'm due to test on Christmas Eve, but am thinking that maybe I'll wait. Several reasons for this:
1. I'll be out of town, so if I stop taking my progesterone (AF comes 3 days after stopping the progesterone) I won't be able to get in to see Dr. W for a cd3 baseline u/s until later in my cycle. This could affect the next cycle, causing me to have to skip medical treatments, depending on when AF comes.
2. Even if I test on Christmas Eve, if negative, I'll stay on my progesterone for another 4-5 days (so that my period will come when I'm back in SF and able to go see the doctor) but would test again before I stopped taking it, just to make absolutely sure, so it seems silly to waste a test.
So, I'm not sure at this point. If I wait to test until the 29th, which is 19 dpo, then if it's negative, I'll be really sure that its negative, and not tempted to think it may just have been too early. Plus, this would allow me to drink over the weekend and on New Years Eve, and not have any doubts in my mind. Plus, with 6 follicles, there is a chance that we could not only get pregnant, but there is a possibility of twins (or more, G-D forbid!)and by 19 dpo my Hcg levels (if pregnant) should be very detectable. No mistakes, no maybe's, etc.
On another totally unrelated note: I got a call from a friend yesterday. She said she knew a woman who just found out she was pregnant, and wanted to give the baby up in an open adoption. This woman is 32 years old, has a Masters Degree and is a writer, so it obviously intelliegent. She is a health nut, so there isn't any worry about drugs or alcohol. She's Jewish, although that is just an interesting fact. The fact that makes us pause is that she has Multiple Sclerosis, and is in a wheel chair. Supposedly it is a mild case of MS, but I don't know. She is currently 9 weeks pregnant and just recently found out. I've been doing a lot of research on MS, and although it sounded pretty scarey at first, the more that I read, and the more anecdotal evidence I gather, the less of an issue it seems to be (for me). Rob was open to the idea, which sort of suprised me. We chatted about it that night, and I've since done more research. I printed out a whole pile of stuff from the internet, including stuff from www.nmss.org, as well as e-mails from friends about it. Anyway, at this point i'm not sure what we will do. I'm leaning towards saying yes, but at this point, all that would mean is that we don't think MS is a major issue, and we want more information. We'd probably get in touch with her at that point. I'm waiting to see what Rob thinks about it.
I know that I'm not going to be able to add to this journal during the week that we're gone, so I'll try to write again next week before we go. Anyone who's reading this, please keep me in your prayers!
