Like every girl, I grew up with the fantasy of becoming a mom someday. Little did I know that I wouldn't be among the "normal" with the ease of getting pregnant. Once I hit my later teen years, I had this strange gut feeling that something was wrong within my body that would keep me from getting pregnant. Starting at the age of 24 I started asking doctors for their help in figuring out why I had never become pregnant. After my family physician put me on Clomid for 3 months to see if that would do anything, he finally referred me to an OB. Dr. D was great. Very informative and supportive. My first appointment we did an ultrasound just to check out my lady bits. He told me I had a pretty uterus and ovaries..thank you?? Strangest compliment to get, but hey, I will take it. It seemed I was in his office every week doing tests to try and figure out what was going on. In the end he determined that I had scar tissue on my cervix, which in turn has made the opening to it very small. It was acting as the great wall of china, keeping everything out. He then referred me to the Fertility Specialists here in Wichita for IUI. He said that everything else seemed too normal for me to not get pregnant and that I should have success with the IUI. I finally felt like I was getting somewhere. Things were finally falling together and I was getting a step closer to my dream. I called to make my first appointment with Dr. T. and much to my demise, it was a month wait! Yuck. All this progress to come to a hault for a month. On the bright side, I was going to get in to see him 3 days before the start of a new cycle...perfect timing!
The day finally arrived for me to meet Dr. T. I was full of different emotions. Happy, Nervous, Excited...anxious. He was a very nice, older man. Told me I could do IUI this cycle! I would be starting the meds and testing within a few days of my appointment! EEk!! It was going to happen so quickly, I couldn't be happier. A few days after meeting with him I started my round of clomid, and went in for my blood tests that needed to be done. About a week later I had to go have an HSG procedure done. I was terrified. During the procedure, they use a catheter and go through your cervix to inject dye into your uterus and fallopian tubes to make sure there are no blockages. Once the dye is injected, they take a series of xrays to watch the dye work its way through until it spills out. I definitely hyped myself up for it, way more than I should have. It wasn't half as bad as I thought it would be and Dr T. said everything looked great! Best news ever. Another week passed, then I went in for an ultrasound to see how my follicles were developing in my ovaries to determine when I could take my trigger shot (hcg injection that induces ovulation in 36 hours). I was hoping it would be that night, so I would go in for my IUI the day before Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, I had to wait a day. I was worried because I figured they wouldn't be able to do it on the holiday, and with it being a time sensitive thing I thought I had missed my chance for the month. I was happy to hear the nurse say that I could go in Thanksgiving morning for my IUI. YAY! I didn't miss my chance after all, and what better way to celebrate Thanksgiving than a good ol' basting. :) ha Plus it would make for a good story to tell my child.
So Tuesday evening, I did the trigger shot. Had a friend do it because needles scare me! Turns out I didn't even feel it. First thing on Turkey day, I had to drop off the swimmers to be washed, then an hour later they were injected! I had to lay with my pelvis propped in the air for 10 minutes (just like in the movies, haha) and then I was free to go about my day. Now the 2 week wait begins....
