The past four days have been hectic for me. I really am ready for my Christmas break to start. Four days of school with students and then a day of inservice left, then two glorious weeks of vacation.
Thursday morning I had my mid-cycle ultrasound. My lining looked good and I had two very large follicles in my right ovary (I shouldn't be shocked that they were in that ovary. That side seems to be more reactive to the medications...hence the cyst from Hades.).
Friday morning I woke up very early to begin the insemination process. My husband is a champ for getting up as early as he did to "make his deposit" for me to take to the lab. I dropped off his specimen and then had 90 minutes to kill. In the past I would have just gone to get breakfast; but since going gluten free, that isn't really an option anymore. So I drove to a local grocery store to see if they had anything. Ended up with an apple and GF granola bars.
Back at the doctor's, I had the doctor from the beginning of the month ultrasound. He showed me the vial of Scott's specimen and asked "Do you know this guy?" To which I responded, yes. He then told me, "Well you are about to know him a whole lot better, so go ahead and lay on down." This caught me off guard because this doctor in particular hasn't really been a talker/joker in my past experiences. So, he completed the insemination and said everything went perfectly!
Friday I had some cramping all day and night. Saturday morning I woke up very early again, for round 2 of IUI. This time I had to leave a little earlier because the roads were getting slick from an incoming snow/sleet storm. I got to the doctor's office/lab in plenty of time and made the drop. Instead of driving around aimlessly for over an hour, like Friday, I stayed there and tried to read a magazine or two.
Tried is the key word because I was half asleep. This day of insemination I had the female doctor. She was the one that inseminated me in May when I got pregnant (hoping for a repeat of that). She was very friendly and was quick. I want to say that I had the BEST nurse that day. She is ALWAYS very thorough and explains everything that needs to be done on my part over the next couple of weeks.
I am going to pause here, as I am afraid this is long enough. To be continued in another post.
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