The wait

Just a quick update to say no news!  Just waiting.

I tested out my trigger shot and as of last night the hcg tests were almost completely blank so that is out of my system now meaning that any pregnancy test I take will have accurate results.

 I went and got progesterone blood work done yesterday and it came back this morning with a level of 27.8 which is great!  Anything over 10 is good. That was a relief because I'd been worried that the supplement dosage I was on was not enough.

I had a temp drop yesterday on my basal body temperature testing and then it spiked back up today, that is a good sign (and making me obsess more).

Inseminated!

We are inseminated!!!  

I was SUPER nervous waiting this morning for them to process the sample, then we waited what seemed like forever but was about 40 minutes and at that point we had decided they didn't find any sperm and were waiting on the doctor to tell us. Then they called us back and the embryologist said "come look at the microscope" and my heart fell to my knees.  Then she's like, There are good swimmers in there!  

They said they don't do an actual count but  '2.5 mil after wash" was written on the thing beside the microscope with our name on it, so I'm guessing that is their estimate which is WAY better than we ever had before.  So I'm hopeful. The doctor seemed very happy so I'm happy now too. 

I'm a little annoyed though because they don't schedule a beta, just said to do home pregnancy test.

What's next?  If an egg gets fertilized then it takes 5-7 days for it to implant in the uterus and start growing. Another 3-5 days after that HCG levels ( HCG is secreted by the growing embryo) should rise to a point a pregnancy test would showt positive.  On Saturday I start a progesterone supplement to help sustain an embryo.

Between now and then I mostly wait. I can test out my trigger.  The trigger is a shot of HCG given before IUI to help mature the eggs and ensure strong ovulation.     testing out the triggrt means taking pregnancy test now until it's negative so that I'll know the result on the one in 3 weeks is a true result and not leftover HCG from the trigger shot. 

IUI Eve

Went for my follicle check today and had 3 mature ones, doctors office went ahead and gave me HCG trigger shot and I go in at 7:45 tomorrow for a date with the turkey baster. Hubby has to do his collection at home and we bring it in, hopefully there are lots of swimmers.