Tuesday April 3 and beyond!

Tuesday, April 3, unfortunately nothing too exciting had happened at our appointment. Probably a good and bad thing huh. The twins heartbeat measured 160 bpm and 150 bpm.

The nurse played with the sonogram machine (circa the 1980s probably)and saw them. They were playing and jumping around and having a good ole time in my belly. We couldn't see anything spectacular because it was an old machine and she was the nurse not the sonogram technician.

My doctor said that starting at 16 weeks we are going to be seen every 4 weeks. Which meant only 2 more weeks until we got to see them again.

We asked the nurse while she was doing the sonogram if we could see the baby genders. She said no way, only at 20 weeks, no earlier. We were a little sad. But when we talked to the doctor she said we could most likely see them at 16 weeks if we go to the downtown office. She said the technician is really good at finding out earlier. So what did we do? We made our 16 week appointment for downtown! The appointment is April 26th, sonogram at 2:20 and Dr visit at 3. Deal. I hope hope hope hope that we can find out the sexes.

Other than twin news, we've been busy in the Quigley household. We ordered our dresser and changing table. Those came in last Thursday. Brian was a trooper and put together our items. It looks beautiful and fits wonderfully. We've also looked at sticker decals for the baby room decorations. The one we are pretty set on is found at etsy. We just need to find out the genders so we can pick out the leave colors. :-)



Another thing that we did 2 weekends ago was register! It was really fun scanning things we need. But of course, after that I want to purchase everything already. Brian is trying to contain me but its so hard when you have the 20% off coupons.

The last thing we did this weekend was...BUY A NEW CAR! Its sad and happy all at the same time. It all started on Saturday. We knew we were going to shortly purchase a new car, not realizing it would be THIS soon. We changed the oil, put full tank in (again we thought it would take at least a month before we got the new car), and then had my brother detail the mustang. The mustang looked showroom ready. Spotless, inside and out. Almost tempting me to keep it. While we were with kenny and Rebecca they told us they thought we should the at least a 7 passenger car. Rebecca said think about it, if we want to keep this car for 10 years, the twins will be 10. When we want to go to the beach they each will want to bring a friend. So right there we would need at least 6 seats. Any escape or edge we were looking at wouldn't work.

Now, that didn't sell us 100%. After a long day we went home around 10:00. We got home and started doing more research (we had been researching cars for about a month now). We looked at Edges and Escapes etc. There were quite a few in our price range and nice. But then Brian and I just started looking at 7 passenger vehicles, all makes and models. We looked up forums that told us each 7 passenger vehicles and more..We looked up Mountaineers, Explorers, Expeditions, Suburbans, etc. But the gas mileage sucked and even the older ones (2007-2008) models went for 17,000+. Then, I went to one forum and a lady asked for all 7 passenger vehicles. Well 4 people wrote in about the Ford Flex. They said to get over the look of it, get it in and test drive it. I told Brian about this and he started looking up information about them while I started looking at autotrader and cars.com for them.





Interesting enough we only found 2 in a 50 mile radius of us. One was going for 17,500 and another was going for 15,800 (and that was recently reduced). When Brian searched he found the same two, but the 15,800 one was listed for 16,400. On that website they hadn't reduced the price yet. Adding to the oddity, the Ford Flex was being sold at the Orlando Hyundai dealership. LOL. Well either way, the 17,500 Flex was too expensive.

We had our car demands and were sticking to them. They were:
1)APR must be lower than 6%
2)Trade in value for the Mustang had to be at least 11K
3)Whatever car we get must be cheaper than 16K with tax, tags, and dealer fees.


The way we worked the math would only add about 6,000 to our current loan (for the mustang) and we were willing to live with that. We could use next year's tax return to pay it off (since we're getting some money back from the babies).



So after talking, Brian and I decided to go look at the Ford Flex tomorrow after church. We had already talked about going car shopping after church but with Escapes and Edges in mind. 

Sunday: After church we decided to head home and eat a quick meal. We weren't very hungry so we had a small lunch (big mistake for prego me). We drive to the Orlando Hyundai shop and spot the Ford Flex right away. We go over to it. The tag on the window says 17,800 - Now reduced to 16,400. Brian and I both look at each other and think, oh yah, it's reduced even more now. No one at the dealership came up to us, we actually had to walk inside the building and one salesman came up to us.

He didn't have to do much work, we told him we wanted to look at the Ford Flex once he verified the price was 15,800 for it. We looked at it, examined it, sat in the car. Played with all the gadgets. He asked if we wanted to test drive it. So we did. It drove very nicely. So now onto the negotiations!

After filling out some information the salesman (TJ) went back and ran some numbers, looked at the mustang, etc. After everything was said and done the 48 month payment was about 20 dollars a month cheaper than the mustang. However, they were only going to give us 10,000 for the mustang. We were a little unsure, you know, playing it as "walk away power." So then Brian calls my brother Kenny. Kenny gives him a few tips to look at (since he couldn't come with us to look at cars), see if there's any unmatching paint, dings, dents, etc. Well Brian noticed one fender was slightly off - really only in the sunlight when you really examine it. We brought the salesman back and asked him about it. We asked if this vehicle had ever been in a wreck. Well he pulled the "car fax" on the car and it was. Later we found out that it was in a fender bender, but nothing serious.

Now we go back for negotiations with this new found knowledge. Brian, in his slick, negotiating ways, says "well, ya know, we're really not sure about this price still." So the salesman asks, "what can we do then for you." Brian again, "Well, I don't know, I mean that car was in an accident." Playing the "I'm on the fence" card. Then Brian says, "Well, you know, we really wanted 11K for the mustang. We were really hoping for that to be the final offer on it." The salesman says, "well we were really stretching it with 10, it's a 2007 mustang." Brian counter with, "Well, ya, but the Mustang has 33,000 miles on it, show room ready, gorgeous condition, and to be honest, the Mustang was never in an accident." The salesman has to agree because he also said himself that Mustang was beautiful. Brian continues [of course this is after we discussed if we could get a little more for the Mustang we'd be happy], "Well, since we were hoping for 11k and you're offering 10K, can we meet in the middle? If you can at least get it to 10,500 for the Mustang, we'd be willing to the sign the papers." The salesman looks a little happy, a little unsure and says, "I'll see what I can do."

Needless to say, the salesman came back and we signed the papers.  They gave us 10,500 for the Mustang, got the Ford Flex for 15,8000. Of course, they tried to get us to go the longest route, 60 months, with the cheapest payment (because "hey that's what I would do, lowest payment you know" says the salesman). However, we opted for the highest payment (which was actually 50 dollars less than what we are paying now for the mustang) and lowest time.

The downfall of it all was waiting hours. I mean I swear we finalized the deal with the salesman at 4:15 and didn't sit down with the finance man until 5:45. Luckily they had water and chips for us or me and the babies would've walked somewhere to eat.

We drove to my dad's so he could check it out. He liked it and approved of our purchase. Then we got home and played with getting it into the garage safely for about an hour. Needless to say, we didn't go into our house until about 7:30. I took a shower and ate quickly before going to bed that evening. LOL. And of course, we had to call and text family and friends. :)

But now, we are the proud owners of a 7 passenger vehicle, with top features like sync system, leather (those were our 2 priorities), better gas mileage than any other 7 passenger car that we looked at, spacious, fold up seats, heated seats, back air conditioner controls, front controls, memory seats, different color lights interior, a legit PLUG!...I mean the list goes on. Seriously, if you know me, you need to come over and check out the amazing-ness called my Ford flex!

So, I will leave you with beautiful pictures of the car:

Me, sad to get rid of my first car, Mustang.

I have to get rid of my first baby to make room for my two new babies!

Our Ford Flex!

My man flexing with his Ford Flex! :)

12 weeks

         I'm so glad that throwing up is part of my daily routine now. LOL. Just kidding. But honestly, just when you think it's starting to go away, it comes back. However, it hasn't been a daily thing. This past week (between the 11 and 12 week mark) it went down to where I'd have 2 great days, then 1 bad day. I'll take that. :) Of course, as my symptoms go down I start to fret, thinking am I still pregnant? But I know God's in control.
   
     Not much has happened with me from the past 3 weeks. My stomach has gotten bigger, some bloat, probably some baby. I wake up with my bladder full and in pain until I use the bathroom.

    I just yearn to see my babies again. One week from today I get to see them again. I want to make sure they are good (I know they are), I want to know they're heart beats, their sizes. I want to see them wave and dance again. One week, April 3rd, and I'll see them again. Brian and I are crossing our fingers in hopes that they will share with us their predictions of genders. We would love that. :)

      I did forget to say: I don't have to use my progesterone or metformin anymore! Woo hoo! I started weening off of them on March 18th. That was glorious in itself. Going from 2 suppositories to 1 (not having to wake up in the middle of the night) and 2 horse pills down to 1 horse pill. Then my last suppository and pill was on the 25th.

     On Saturday, the 24th, Brian and I did some major baby prep! We broke down all of the adult furniture in the room, sold it to Seth (Meredith's brother), and then majorly cleaned the room. We cleaned out the closet (that had my sewing machine, Halloween costumes, an assortment of mess that we've collected). Then once the furniture was out of it and cleaned, we were able to get some dimensions and start planning out where we want stuff.

    My wonderful sister in law had 4 great coupons for 20% off one item at Babies R Us. So we are purchasing cribs in 2 weeks at a great price (cheaper than Target!). We're off to a running start with the babies room!            

  Well, that's my update for now. I'll be back next week with results from my next appointment! :)

The last month....

 Well, a lot has happened since we told our family and close friends that we were pregnant! Everyone we told was so excited for us to be pregnant! I'm so glad we told everyone around my birthday, it was the perfect timing.

Only a few people from work knew (3, 2 close friends and my sister in law), so I kept it quiet for some time longer. I didn't want anything to happen as we were still early in the first trimester.
Then 2/20 (President's Day Holiday), Brian and I had our first sonogram of the baby...

We arrive at Fertility Care, excited and anticipating what would happen. I was quite hesitant, because the night previous to our appointment I felt like I had miscarried. I just had this weird feeling...Well, the weird feeling was not correct. Prayerfully and Thankfully.

Dr. Trolice walked in, mind you the past month we've only been working with his nurse, thinking we were still only checking follicle size. As soon as he put the ultrasound wand into me he went, "Oh, never mind, you have a baby in there. Two babies." We said WHAT?!! And yup, he proved it right there. Two babies. Look at our first sonogram from the joyous occasion!

Baby A measured at 9mm and Baby B measured at 10mm. Both heart beats were beautiful at 144 bpm.

Immediately after our ultrasound and talk with the nurse, we called family. We were so excited to tell everyone that not only is there a grandbaby but there are GRANDBABIES! Everyone was so excited for us. We were still in shock up until about 8pm that evening. Then we were like, okay, ya, there's two. We told all of our friends who we told in person again that there were now two. We didn't want them finding out through the grapevine.

Then about a few days later we told facebook, with this picture:

We were also excited to tell my coworkers. Boy did that rumor-mill go around fast . I'm pretty sure 98% of the school knows, luckily I don't think the students do yet. I mean, I walk around with a barf bag, but haven't thrown up in front a student yet. LOL.

So these past few weeks have been an adjustment. I talked to an old coworker who had twins around my 7 weeks. Got some great advice and tips from her. Well, her story, she had uncontrollable morning sickness and had to take time off from work for it...Well up until that point I just had been nausea just never thrown up. The next morning, the start of my throwing up morning sickness. :(

I was fine with it, I knew the twins were growing then.

My symptoms from week 8 til now, morning sickness, tired, hungry every hour!! It's uncontrollable hunger!

Well, now I'm almost 10 weeks and since the Fertility doctor said we had graduated to our OB, we scheduled an appointment.

We had my appointment today at 1:40. :) We went into the ultrasound room and the ultrasound tech asked when my last missed period was. I told her I didn't know. She kind of hesitated and said how did I know an expected delivery date. I told her we did a medicated cycle. She was very confused because she was like well then you didn't do IUI or IVF so you wouldn't know. And I said, yes, we had a medicated cycle with timed intercourse. The Fertility clinic told us they expect conception to be the Saturday or Sunday in January, after our Ovidrel shot. She kept quiet and didn't question our EDD of October 7th.

Then she did our ultrasound. She confirmed there are still two growing babies in there :) Yay. She said we were about right on track with our due date, a little earlier. My app says I would be around 9 weeks 5 days, the babies measured between 9 weeks 3-4 days (one baby 3 days, another baby 4 days).

Then, the most adorable thing happened while were just watching the babies in my belly. Baby B started flipping around his hands and legs. It was like "it" was waving and putting a show on for us. It made my heart melt. I was like, what, it's alive, it's moving! LOL. Baby A had been quite still.  Then one last time, she went to Baby A for a few seconds...And Baby A joined it's sibling and started doing a little wave. My heart just fell deeper into love with these two beings. I think I LOVED that so much more than hearing the heartbeat. Just to see that they are not a blob being formed, or too small to do anything. They were moving for us!! Ahh, I wish we had it on tape!

 Brian and I agreed that we are SO glad we bought a 4-D sonogram that is taped and played to music. Because that little moment when they danced for us was just perfect. So to have an opportunity to see them when they're bigger dancing like that. Ahh, can't wait for it!!

Here's a picture of our sonogram today:

Baby A measures around 2.5cm and its heartbeat is 180 bpm. Baby B measures around 2.83cm and its heartbeat is 186 bpm. Still going great!!

Onto our next part of the OB appointment:
          The nurse, Gaye, then saw us after our ultrasound. She said "well..." and both of us were just happy. Not like jumping for joy we just found out we were pregnant or anything, just yay everything's going well. So I told her, "Yup, we're pregnant." She congratulated us and then I said, "It's twins." She gave us a big hug and was like "Obviously you guys knew because you aren't shocked or anything." We said nope, we knew from a few weeks ago and we're just glad that the babies are doing great.
  She gave us a few do's and don't's of pregnancy. She said my schedule may be a little different than a normal pregnancy, but primarily the same. She took my blood pressure (I presume normal, she didn't say anything). I got on the scale. It was actually about 16 pounds less than when I weighed myself at school in January. It's not a bad thing, because this will be my initial weigh and from now on they want to see weight gain. We got our welcome bag and a few more tips about what the next 8 months will look like (since I'm into my 2nd month now).
  Then we met with Dr. Merritt. I just love her. She's so easy to talk to and straight forward. She asked if I wanted Zofran for my morning sickness. I declined it. I'm not to the point where I need it. I throw up once or twice in the morning and then I'm fine besides nausea. She did give me a prenatal-like pill that has more B vitamins in it and some ginger in it. She said it should help and to take that for 2 weeks (and stop my prenatals until I'm finished with it). Also, if it wasn't working, she said, I should stop taking it. I can do that. :)

   And with that, we left. It was good. We were happy with everything. We go on Tuesday to discuss genetics of our family (which there is no problems). Then my next appointment is April 3rd. I'll be just about over my 1st trimester hump and in week 13.

The one decision we have to make is if we want to do a genetics screening. Now, that is different than an amnio. They don't see it necessary for that, but it was up to us for a genetics screening. We are still deciding, but of course, no matter what, we'd never terminate the pregnancy. SO, if you're pregnant and reading this:did you do a first trimester genetic screening? Let me know!

I should be 37 weeks around September 15th. I'm hoping to go that long, since a bulk of my pregnancy will be in the summer. Hence, I will be able to just relax and lay in bed from like week 20-week 32 or something like that! :)

Hopefully, I'll be posting more. I promise I'll try!

<3 -The Family of Four

P.S. The babies are the size of green olives! :)

The results are in....

The wait got the best of me. I tested early....
I tested on Saturday, January 21. And it was horrible. I was defeated and so you could tell the results....BFN. Big, Fat, Negative.

I was disappointed, but everywhere I looked said that testing THAT early was only 30% accuracy rate. I didn't even use first morning urine. Brian told me to wait until my test on Friday.

Well, the wait got the best of me AGAIN!

Brian said I could go ahead and test on Wednesday, 1/25. At that point it would be 13 days past ovulation, and the accuracy rating was over 80%.

Wednesday morning, I woke up. I had prepped everything the night before (got the cup, the test ready, ya know, lol)...And I take a hpt.

After a few short minutes (honestly, I would say it was seconds)... I got a.....

BFP!!! YUP! It was a light BFP! I woke up Brian, I hugged him, we prayed, we looked at the double lines! We rejoiced in this miracle!! Brian had a hard time seeing the faint line, but as the day grew on, you could see it clearly. It wasn't a line that you're like "uhm, I don't think there's anything there."

I was on cloud nine the whole day. Nothing could ruin my Wednesday! :)

Then, Brian wanted me to test again on Thursday. Why not, we had 3 tests, I had only used 2...we wanted to be 99% sure. So Thursday morning, I woke up, tested again. THIS TIME! It was DARKER! It was a beautiful thing!

Now, the only thing we needed to wait for was a confirmation from our doctor.

Friday AM comes around. We get to my doctor a little early (maybe 10 minutes), but they take us in right away. The nurse (not my nurse, but the nurse that draws blood) asked if we had done a hpt. We said yes. She said, "by the look on your face, it was positive." I said "Yup!." And she congratulated us. Then she said, well then the blood work should come back fine and then we'll schedule another appointment for blood work again next week.

 The crappy thing about it all, was that I went in, got blood work done, and was out by 8:03. My appointment time was at 8. I swear, they took us in at 7:55, and then bam done.

The second crappy thing about it all, was that they couldn't tell us the results right then,

So all day on Friday, I carried my phone with me. I knew what the results were...but I just wanted to verify and be ready for whatever they were going to tell me.

I got my phone call around 12:30. After a few times my phone freaked out and hung up accidentally, I finally got to talk with my nurse.

She told me, yes, I am pregnant. My hcg level was 81ml, which is good for a pregnant woman. I am not using my progesterone suppositories twice a day (oh joy, I loved sticking a wax bullet inside me nightly, now I have to do it nightly and in the mornings!) and I have to go back on Tuesday to check my levels.

My levels should be doubling every 2-3 days. So, 81 ml on Friday, 162 Sunday, 324 Monday, and anywhere between 324-648 on Tuesday.

My appointment is at 8:45 on Tuesday. Hopefully all goes well.

I'm counting any day from January 12-14 as the day of conception, which would leave me with an October 5th due date!

I had many symptoms....but I'm not sure if they were because of the progesterone suppositories or not. Such symptoms were: sore breasts, cramping, and nausea. What really stuck out to me, was Friday, 1/20, I woke up yelling in pain. I had such sharp cramps I couldn't control myself. Then, when I took the HPT the next day, there was nothing. I could have sworn that on Friday was implantation day. My body just needed a few extra days to produce hcg.

As of right now, according to babycenter.com, my baby is the size of a poppy seed (I'm writing this early, so I'm 4 weeks right now)...but when you read this, my baby will be the size of a sesame seed (you'll read this on week 5, after we tell family).

So, yes, I'm pre-writing this blog, but having it posted on Sunday, the 5th (today). Want to know why, well, we want to tell our family first.

It's been hard lying to everyone. This past week, we've had to tell people that the test was inconclusive, more tests were being done, we don't know anything...

However, today, when all the family is here...we are telling everyone! Want to know how we did it?

Well, here is the plan (and I'll share reactions later, once we actually tell them..remember pre-writing this blog)...

Gather everyone around to open my presents. I'll open everyone's presents, thank them, etc. Then Brian will say, "Hold on, I have one more present for you Kim." And I'll open it up. Inside is a t-shirt that says "First time Mommy" on it. I'll say, "Oh hunnie, this is soo cute" and hold it up for everyone to read! Then, after a few moments (if it doesn't click), I'll say, "I'm pregnant everyone!!!"

I'm hoping all goes well. Really, I am.

Then tomorrow, on the 6th, we're going to tell all my friends! I'm excited for that one...I'm even skyping in with my little sister, Sondra! I also can't wait to call my aunts, uncles, and cousins! :)

So, I'll let you know how the reaction goes and can't wait to share these next 9 months with you! :)

What's in store for January?

My body cleanse is kaput. I was able to keep it up for a week, but when Brian received a Starbucks gift card added with my best friend's Bridal shower..it was gone. But, I am trying to eat fruits and vegetables for breakfast and lunch, and then eat lean meat during the evening.

Either way, I'm trying to eat healthier.

A lot has gone on in the month of January! A lot to deal with for work, a lot to deal with for fertility, a lot everywhere.

But, I'll get to the purpose of this blog, which is fertility. :)

Last we checked in, I had taken my clomid already. Then, a few days after my clomid, I was to do the ovulation predictor kits. Which I did. Never had a positive strip, which is good.

On 1/6, I went back to my fertility doctor. Sad news. Heartbreaking day. My follicles had not grown. They were all at 10mm each. The nurse said I had a bunch of little ones.

After this discovery, we had 3 options
1) Wait a week and see if my follicles grow.
2) Scrap the cycle (meaning no more trying and force a period), then give me a different medication.
3) Scrap the cycle, then give me a higher dose of clomid.

Brian wanted to scrap the cycle. But, this just made my heart drop. I didn't want to have to start all over and go through all the work again. The nurse left us alone to discuss our options. I convinced Brian to wait a week, but the stipulation of taking Soy isoflavones while waiting.

We told the nurse our decision. She said she would wait until the doctor gave the final word, but said she liked our choice. Later that afternoon, the doctor agreed to let us wait a week and I scheduled an appointment for Wednesday, 1/11.

After our appointment that Friday, I went to Wal-mart and bought a bottle of soy isoflavones (a natural version of clomid).

Wednesday, 1/11 was a big day for me. 1) My appointment was at 7:45 that day. 2) My evaluation (for work) was at 2:30 that day. 3) Genny's Bridal dress appointment was scheduled for 5:00 that day. But, I was anticipating it all!

Wednesday came.

We arrive at our doctor's office right at 7:45. We were taken in right away. Nurse Sherri wasn't there so we had a different nurse do the ultrasound. My uterus lining was perfect. She said it was 9mm. The normal is 7mm. My right ovary had 3 follicles...The size to prep for the trigger shot should be 20-22 mm...My follicle sizes were 13mm, 14mm, and 19mm! The 19mm was the perfect one! She was very excited for that!!! I was very excited for that!! My left ovary was eh. She said all ranging from 10-12mm.

It only takes 1 follicle!!

My nurse called me once she got back into the office. She celebrated with me for the 1 follicle. She went on to tell me that I was to give myself the trigger (Ovidrel) shot on Thursday, 1/12. Then we were to have timed intercourse Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.

I was nervous as heck to give myself the shot!! Brian and I kept going back and forth as to who would do the shot. Thankfully, Thursday evening, Brian gave me the shot.

Then we had our timed intercourse.

My nurse also told me that on Sunday, I am to take my progesterone suppository. Since today is Monday, yesterday started my first suppository. How interesting that is. And all day today, I'm feeling very slimy. Gross.

Now we are in the TWW (two week wait). Yes the TWW. Hopefully something happens to my little egg that got released sometime Thursday, Friday, or Saturday. Hopefully there was plenty of little swimmers that were waiting for the egg.

I made an appointment today for a pregnancy test on Friday, 1/27. That is 15 days after the shot. So we shall see what happens.

I also bought a home pregnancy test if we shall feel desired to test. I'm trying to make a promise to myself not to test anytime before 1/25. I know that the medicine in the ovidrel shot can make me have a false positive. They suggest waiting about 10 days before testing. So if I had the shot on 1/12...I should wait til 1/22.

Just to be safe, I'm going to test 1/25. Then, we'll do the blood test 1/27.

Keep praying for a positive. Brian is very supportive of this being our cycle. I'm just praying that it all works out.

As of right now, keep praying for some sort of growth...some positive news!

If you were wondering...everything else on that Wednesday went well - my evaluation was spot on, Gen's dress fit perfectly (and I learned how to do her bustle)....

I will update you all in a short (haha) 2 weeks! :)

My follicle size is...

Today, at 8:15  we had another appointment to check my follicle size....We needed them to measure above 20mm....And mine were.... 8-9 mm :( :(

Very disheartening. So we were given 3 options

1) Wait a week to see if they grow
2) Cease the cycle, start provera, then do another pill called Lexo something or other
3) Cease the cycle, start provera, then do Lexo and clomid together (I believe this was the last option, don't remember actually)

2012 Body Cleanse

I am on day 4 of my body cleanse.

My body cleanse, which consists of just fruits and veggies, was discussed in the previous entry.

However, I'm here to talk about days 1-4 of my cleanse. It's been HARD!

On Sunday (day 1), I wanted something good to eat after finished my fondue party (the evening before) and having some adult beverages. Well, I couldn't. I ate a hard-boiled egg.

Then Brian's mom invited us over for dinner. They had steak. I had salad, broccoli, and the onions that went on the steak. :(

On Monday, we bought a cast-iron skillet. Brian pan-seared a steak and ate it. I ate a salad. :(

Tuesday, work came...I had a salad for dinner and lunch that day.

And now, Wednesday...again, salad for lunch and dinner.

Now, I'm going to say - I'm sick of salads :( Of course with my salads I have cashews, hard-boiled eggs, grapes or strawberries, apple or oranges...But man.

This evening, I decided to make vegetable soup. In my crock pot I have broth, corn, green beans, potatoes, carrots, and lots of herbs cooking. It will be done around 9o'clock tonight. Yumm! Something new to change it up a bit!

If you have any recipes of just fruits/veggies, please let me know! :)

Also, on Tuesday I got a phone call from the medicine place in Maine. They are the people sending me my trigger shot. The trigger shot (plus more medicine) is $140!! I was like WHAT! Well, after spending the money, the Ovidrel shot and progesterone suppositories will be delivered tomorrow. Ah! Yes, I said suppositories. I left out a step in my schedule that posted earlier...The updated schedule is:


Take Clomid from yesterday (11/29) until 1/2/2012. CHECK
Ovulation Predictor Kit 1/4/2012 CHECK
Ultrasound to check follicle growth 1/6/2012
Ovidrel Shot - When they call
Baby dance like whoa..
Progesterone suppositories - 3 days after my ovidrel shot
 Then 16 days later, a hopeful (prayerful) BFP shows up.

Thankfully the suppository pills go up the other way (not orally or the "common way") and I've had many people tell me they aren't that bad. It will just feel like I peed my pants all day and that I need to lay down after putting them in.

Woo. Aren't you excited I'm divulging you all in my lovely fertility fun times :)

I go to my doctor's appointment on Friday at 8:15. I'll update you on my follicle sizes and what is next!!

Keep praying for a BFP for us! <3