About us

Hubby and I have been TTC for a little over 2 years now.  At the end of his last marriage he had a vasectomy.  Instead of spending a lot of time and money trying to get it reversed (which was not likely to work since it had been so long) we decided to go with an anonymous donor.  We spent months looking at different banks and finally chose one of the smaller ones out of Chicago.
After about 9 or 10 failed attempts at home we decided to move on to seeing a specialist and hopefully getting an IUI (intrauterine insemination).  The day before Thanksgiving we met with her, talked a little, got an ultrasound of my lady parts and gave 8 vials of blood.  We scheduled a follow up and were really disappointed when the soonest they could get us in was late January (it's the only RE's office in our city so they stay pretty busy).  A couple weeks after that first appointment they asked us to come in for a SHG (sonohystogram) to get a better look at a fibroid I have.  We had the SHG done right before Christmas - OUCH! but the ultrasound tech says I have "a beautiful uterus" (her words not mine).
Last week we went in to review all the results.  Not sure why but that morning I had a need to feel extra feminine (lots of make up, heels, etc) I was terrified there was going to be some kind of catastrophic reason why I wasn't getting pregnant.  Luckily, everything came back great.  The fibroid is small and out of the way and all my bloodwork comes back where it should.  We are still working to keep my hypothyroidism in check but otherwise everything looks good.
She suggested we do IUI with Femara and trigger shot.  The femara should help me produce more/better eggs and the trigger controls the timing (I'll ovulate 24 -36 hours after the shot is given).  I started the femara yesterday, so far just slightly achy and my fingers swelled up pretty badly today but not other side effects.  When we were working with my ObGyn and doing home insems I took clomid for a couple cycles and I was a BITCH so I think hubby likes this med better (even though its so much more expensive!)
So, Thursday morning we go in for an ultrasound and if I have a big enough follicle I'll get the trigger shot and we'll do the IUI next Friday.
With any luck I'll be on here in about 3 weeks telling everyone we're pregnant.