Bah!

Looks like the test wasn't done. The earliest I can get into the lab is Thursday.

Annoyed that I need to go through this extra step. But we have plenty of time.

Also not pleased that my CBEFM gave me a high reading today?! Way too early. Like super way too early. It's not time for my body to go pulling any surprises on me.

Off to enjoy my glass of wine and finish watching Bride Wars. Totally not my kind of movie, but sucking me in nonetheless.

Waiting

Finished up our final counseling and medical evaluation yesterday! Except one test was missing from my records, so I am currently awaiting a call back from a nurse to find out if the test was done and just omitted from the records or if I have to go back in and get more blood drawn. Once I get that to the Nurse we are cleared to order sperm!

Which now means we need to narrow down our donor list and place our order. Our final decision will be deciding on timing for insemination. Perhaps some of our readers can give us some advice.

Based on my charting I generally get a positive OPK, the next day a normal temp and the day after a spike. Between that and my other fertility signs it seems that I am O'ing the day after my positive OPK.

Since we plan on doing one home insemination and one IUI, both with frozen sperm, we are trying to get our timing right. Originally my plan was to do the home insemination the evening i get the positive OPK and the IUI the following morning (my potential O day).

A woman at the clinic recommended doing the IUI in the morning after my positive OPK and then the home insemination around 12 hours later.

Sooo.....any thoughts?

Another great 2010 weekend

So far 2010 has been exactly what I imagined. This weekend was no exception, amazing weather, delicious food, and plenty of time with J.! Yesterday we hit up the farmers' market and picked up some delicious local food. Today we signed up for a gym membership and did chores around the house. Now I'm enjoying a glass of wine while J. whips up some eggplant parm. Does it get any better?

On Wednesday we have our final appointment at the clinic before we get our medical clearance to order our swimmers. We have picked out a few potential choices only to find out our top 2 have had no reported pregnancies, which kind of grosses me out. We have another list to check out and luckily we can look at long profiles for free at the clinic, which we plan to do on Wednesday.

The last decision to make is when do we do our first insemination? Initially the plan was April since I was going to be out of town around ovulation time in March. It seems now that I will be home still during ovulation. Do we start early? I haven't been terribly good about not drinking alcohol and caffeine this month, but the idea of starting a month early is really exciting. Although J. thinks we should stick to our original plan. I think maybe we'll see how it goes on Wednesday and if we are able to pick a donor right away perhaps we will order and see how it goes! Of course that means no drinks during my business trip, but I'll live. :)

Off to watch more Baby Story and finish my wine! Enjoy the upcoming week! It's supposed to be beautiful here!

Life Gets in the Way

It sure is hard keeping up with a blog nowadays! Spent last weekend away visiting family and had to work super late this past week. But luckily this weekend has been spent relaxing and enjoying ourselves!

Working my first month with my fertility monitory and all is going well. Also got my medical records in the mail and it turns that I am CMV negative! This severely limits our donor choice because the clinic we go to requires a CMV negative donor. Oh bother! Also I have confirmed my bloodtype of A negative. But a positive donor should be fine right, I just might have to get the antibody shots? If we need to limit our donor selection any further we'll have one to pick from!

I hope to catch up on reading blogs today and seeing what the rest of your are up to. Your thoughts and words are always so inspirational and informative, so thank you!

Off to enjoy some chocolate bock french toast with the wife. Happy Sunday!

9-15 inches is entirely too many inches. *giggle*

And I with my beer and S with her wine. We've settled in for the snow storm and are feeling just fine.

With the promise of an impending snow storm today, S was out of work by noon. Being that I'm her ride home from the train station, I too was able to sneak out of the office early. An afternoon of working from home with a tasty craft brew and my wonderful wife by my side is leaps and bounds better than rotting away in my office. And while I loath snow, it's little things like this that make everything OK.
[Even if I do have to shovel our impossibly long driveway.]

There has been talks of S going away for a work conference in March, which of course would be while she's ovulating. So the plan was to have our first insemination in April. Now there seems there's a chance she wont have to go. So do we stick with our original plan of starting in April? or push it up a month if we can?

Things that make you go hmmmmm.........

Friday night

There is nothing quite like a Friday night....

Went to my doctor on Monday and had to get my second pap (my first one was short on tissue). Also brought all the medical forms I needed signed. She ordered up my bloodwork and I went and took care of that today. In about a week I should have all the medical records that I need to bring with me to our appointment on March 10th!

Once I find out my CMV status we can start picking out some swimmers. The clinic we are using requires a CMV negative donor if you test negative. Obviously if I am negative this greatly reduces our selection, so we are waiting to choose a bank after we know what kind of selection we will need.

January was a great charting month and I can only help that future months are as clear cut!

We are going to visit my family next weekend and I'm looking forward to spending some time with them. It is my hope that when we finally figure out we're preggers that we can go tell them in person, but we'll see.

I'm off to putz around on the internet while the wife sleeps soundly beside me. G'night!

It's All Good.

Wow, I haven't been on here in months. I'm a horrible blogger!

Lets see...
We went to our AI Orientation two weeks ago and looks like we will be doing our IUI at the clinic there starting in April. The place seems really nice but with one MAJOR draw back, it's right across the street from Fenway Park! I told S if we are going to do the insemination there, she's going to have to wear a pair of Yankee's socks or a hat or something. We need something to counteract the Sox Nation just a few feet away! :)

S finally had a positive OPK. She wouldn't listen to me when I told her her test strip was positive. Instead she went out and bought the $40 digital kit, which told her the same thing I did. Positive. Next time she should just give me the $40 and test stick, I'll look at it and smile at her if it's positive.

Tonight is all the medical testing and what have you. Fun fun. So looks like things are underway! Woo!