Awesome Quote that you may steal!!!

"We're not Barren, we're just Fertilely Challenged!"...Charlotte, Sex and the City


Hilarious.

Day 1!!! IVF # 2

Yay it is my Day 1!!!! I start Birth Control Pills today and will be on them for 2 weeks. Then I go in for my labs/ultrasound to start the stims. I am so happy that the ball is finally moving again!! If all goes well we should do the egg retreival in mid June!

Spotting

Well I am going to start AF soon; I have been spotting for a few days. I can 't wait to FINALLY start BCP for IVF # 2. I am still hoping to be done with the IVF process by July. But I have learned to never time out anything when it comes to Infertility!

In other news, I went to California for my twin sister's college graduation! It was awesome!!! Congrats Debbie!!!

Our Anniversary!

Well today is our 3 year Wedding Anniversary! I can't believe it!! It is also the 2 year anniversary of when we started TTC. It can make me a little sad but I refuse to think of this day as anything but the day I married my soul mate!

Love you Babe!

Metformin is back

Ughh, I have to start taking Metformin again!!!! I really shouldn't complain though - I am just happy to be trying IVF again, but I can whine a little:

For those of you who do not know what Metformin is, here is my definition:
It is a drug used for Diabetes treatment (blood sugar stuff), but it is also used in women with PCOS to help with egg quality. Here is the funny part I haven't been diagnosed with either! I probably have some form of PCOS, but have never gotten the full diagnosis.

Now this sounds great- it can help me with my IVF! But the trade off is tummy troubles! Lots of tummy troubles. I think I have found the secret to solving these not so pleasant side effects: Eating Low Carb. Most women with PCOS already know that they should eat low carb in order to help regulate blood sugar. But since I never got diagnosed and I am in a healthy weight range; I continued to eat all of my lovely carbs!

My RE wanted me to try to get up to 3 - 4 pills a day but I was having trouble with taking just a pill and a half a day.

After about a month of being miserable on Metformin I confided in my Acupuncturist about my symptoms (nausea, diarrhea , and even throwing up once!) She told me to give low carb a try because the higher dosage of Metformin I was on, the better.

So I gave it a try - and it worked!! I felt fine!!!

So this time around with IVF, I am going to eat low carb, I encourage anyone else on Metformin to do the same thing!! I really helped me out a lot!

Today is the first day I am going back on Metformin, wish me luck!

Still Waiting / Add me!

Hey Everyone! Wow it feels great to tell everyone that we had decided to gove it another shot using my eggs. We really feel like this could be it! I am just sick of waiting fo AF!!! I really hope it comes soon but I am not holding my breath.

Also if you have left a comment on my page or are following me now please make sure that I have returned the favor!! Send me a comment and say "ADD ME!!!" I really want to hear all about your journey too!

Sending out baby thoughts to you all!

Sorry for the wait!!

Hey Guys,

I am SO sorry for the wait on my news. I hate it when people do that!!!

We went to the meeting last week, and we had to sort some things out before I could post anything.

There was a problem with our embryos fertilizing that caused us to think our failure was due to possible egg quality issues. But now we are not sure about that. So we basically doing a "do over" attempt using my eggs again.

So now we are moving on to IVF #2. I am just waiting on my next cycle, and then we will start BCP's.

We are very excited that we have this chance, at using my eggs; and not having to put my twin sister through any of this. Hopefully it will work so we won't ever have to ask her.

Thank you all for your support! I will keep you updated on our IVF #2!

P.S. my sister picked out her wedding gown!! It is gorgeous!!!!