Long Shot

Started my period. I know it was a long shot to get pregnant, but even all this together would have been an easy process if it had just worked. Also, the test results of my egg quality came back and it does not look good. My AMH numbers are low, so low that the Dr. gave me a 2 - 16 % chance of getting pregnant again. Long shot indeed.

Artificial what?

Bright and early on a Sunday morning we head to the fertility clinic. I forgot how long the whole process takes. We did leave and eat breakfast between appointments. I had seen a sitcom that teased about how a woman was eating lemons in hopes of conceiving a girl. No idea if there is any truth to the wives tale, but I did order lemonade as my drink, just in case.

After the final procedure they say to lay on the table for 15 minutes. I wait 20, again just in case.

The Big Splash

Today I took a half day off of work for an ultrasound. I stayed calm and handled the pain as they inserted a catheter, inflated a balloon and shot saline through my tubes. Not the most fun appointment I have had, but not the worse either. The nurse said she would give me a pad at the end of the appointment because I will most likely have... leakage.  Um, I forgot and she forgot. 

To reward myself for being a trooper I drove through the best donut shop in town for a maple bar and headed to pottery barn for some window shopping. I was walking around the store when all of a sudden I had... leakage. I did a speed walk to the bathroom, checked out the wet spot on my behind, tried to do damage control, then quickly headed for the exit and home. Kind of embarrassing, but I don't think many people noticed and soon I can laugh about it.

The good news was I am day 11 and they saw a decent follicle so I am going back in for Artificial Insemination in three days.