As far as TTC, I am on a mandatory break this month. We will start again in 11/09 w/ more IUI's and Re.pro.nex. inj's. This last weekend I decided to celebrate our break w/ margaritas. EEESSSSHHHH, it is Monday and I am still paying for it. I really haven't had anything to drink in about 2 years. I am now officially a lightweight.
DH and I went to an adoption/foster care orientation last Thursday night. I am not really sure what to think about it. Well, first of all, it is totally free going through our county's fostercare system (which is good). Second, it will be difficult to get a baby (which is bad). We really want a baby. And all of the children in the system were taken from their homes due to some kind of abuse. Either they were victims or their siblings were.
We decided that we will wait until the last 4 IUI's and make our decision then. I was talking to my bro and he thinks we should just save the $ and spend it on IVF w/ ICSI. A lot easier said than done. It might be around $20-$30k. We still rent. So when we do finally have this $ saved up, we were planning on getting our first home. Not sure what the right thing to do is...
Well, that's all from me.
Oh yeah... I finally lost the 20lbs. Since I'm on a break I'm gonna try for another 10.... Wish me luck!
Monday, October 5, 2009
Thursday, August 6, 2009
7 more pounds to go...
Since my BFN on 07/04/09, I have been TAB. I have lost 13 of my 20 pound goal.
I have to say that this break is just what we needed. TTC took over our life- it's hard for it not to when I was doing nightly injections. DH are now at the point where we know BD'ing won't result in a BFP. So it makes it fun again. Something just for us.
Here are a few random facts about myself:
I have to say that this break is just what we needed. TTC took over our life- it's hard for it not to when I was doing nightly injections. DH are now at the point where we know BD'ing won't result in a BFP. So it makes it fun again. Something just for us.
Here are a few random facts about myself:
- I am the baby of my family
- As a child I twirled batons
- I am 10 years younger than DH
- My married name is my mother's maiden name (does that make sense?)
- I am half Korean and half Mexican
- I'm addicted to reality TV
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
My First Post
Well, I am following in the footsteps of so many wonderful IF women who are bloggers. I guess my blog will follow my day-in-day-out journey of my IF life. I hope this will prove to not only be informative to those who will eventually have to walk the road so many of us have endured, but also to perhaps help myself as some sort of therapeutic tool that would help me get through this very difficult period of my life. It's so strange that getting a BFP is not coming easy. Not to sound cocky or anything, but shy of winning the lottery, I have always gotten what I wanted in life. Not to say that I haven't work hard for what I have, but I have always had the outlook that if you want it bad enough and work hard enough, you will get what you want. Not so true in the case of IF.
Here's my IF story... DH and I started TTC in October of 2007 when we got married, I was 24 then. So DH and I TTC cycle after cycle. Every time AF showed her ugly face, I scoured the internet looking for new techniques and timing methods. After 6 months passed, I started charting. Thus began the daily scrutiny and analyzation of my body. Everything from BBT'ing, to CM, CP, and BD'ing was documented. All of the crazy acronyms are now my second language. On my 1 year anniversary, my OBGYN referred me to a Reproductive Endocrinologist (RE). Not how pictured it- not romantic at all! After months of testing for DH and I were diagnosed with Male Factor Infertility (MFIF). DH has low Sperm Morphology (10%). Are you kidding?!?!
So here we are at almost 2 years of TTC and we are still not PG. At this point, everyone I know has stopped asking when are we gonna get PG. They don't know the exacts of what's going on, but I'm pretty sure they have suspicions. Our protocol for right now is IUI w/ injections of Repronex. Our insurance covers 6 cycles of this. We have already completed 1 and got a BFN. Felt like a huge punch in the gut. Literally took my breath away. I really was not prepared for that. So right now I am in the last month of a self prescribed break from TTC. September is when we are scheduled to try again. Not sure what we'll do if this doesn't work. IVF is not really an option as insurance does not cover it. But will definitely look into adoption at that point.
Here's my IF story... DH and I started TTC in October of 2007 when we got married, I was 24 then. So DH and I TTC cycle after cycle. Every time AF showed her ugly face, I scoured the internet looking for new techniques and timing methods. After 6 months passed, I started charting. Thus began the daily scrutiny and analyzation of my body. Everything from BBT'ing, to CM, CP, and BD'ing was documented. All of the crazy acronyms are now my second language. On my 1 year anniversary, my OBGYN referred me to a Reproductive Endocrinologist (RE). Not how pictured it- not romantic at all! After months of testing for DH and I were diagnosed with Male Factor Infertility (MFIF). DH has low Sperm Morphology (10%). Are you kidding?!?!
So here we are at almost 2 years of TTC and we are still not PG. At this point, everyone I know has stopped asking when are we gonna get PG. They don't know the exacts of what's going on, but I'm pretty sure they have suspicions. Our protocol for right now is IUI w/ injections of Repronex. Our insurance covers 6 cycles of this. We have already completed 1 and got a BFN. Felt like a huge punch in the gut. Literally took my breath away. I really was not prepared for that. So right now I am in the last month of a self prescribed break from TTC. September is when we are scheduled to try again. Not sure what we'll do if this doesn't work. IVF is not really an option as insurance does not cover it. But will definitely look into adoption at that point.
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