The Story Behind My Siggy

[twotrue]

K and I have been having the 'one & done vs. another child' conversation for quiet some time. There was alot about one & done that was appealing to us, but at the same time I couldn't 100% get past the fact that I had a strong desire for another child. We also knew that if it was ever going to happen we needed to do it now. Partly because of K's age, but also because as soon as I got pregnant, K could leave her job and her insurance behind (the kick-ass insurance that pays for everything). We agreed we would try with the sperm we had in stock and that if it didn't work then we were done.

In August we met with our RE to see what our game plan might be. We decided we would do an IUI in September with the same protocol that created Jelly Bean and if that failed we would go straight to IVF in October. At that appointment they took my blood, did an u/s (I was on CD12 and had a lovely, 22m follie - this also confirmed for me that I was ovulating early). We also ordered my meds (Clomid, trigger, Prometrium, baby aspirin) and we were on our way.

Then the blood work came back showing that my MMR vaccine was no longer providing protection so I had to get a booster. Because this is a live vaccine I had to wait 30 days before TTC. This pushed our first attempt out to October.

So October rolls around and I take Clomid CD 3-7. On CD 12 I went in for a follie check, and just as expected I had a 22m follie and a smaller one trailing at 15m. It was go time! I triggered at 5:30pm that night for a 9am IUI the following day (my previous BFP was 24hrs post trigger. I did not want to do 12hrs post trigger, this ended up being 16hrs post trigger).

At 8am on IUI day I went for acupuncture at the health spa that is part of my RE's office. My RE's office is amazing! I love the entire atmosphere and all the people. The acupuncture was free since I was having an IUI that day. After acupuncture I met K in the waiting room of the main office, where she and I both enjoyed professional chair massages (just another awesome thing the office does). Then it was off to have the IUI. We used two vials of IVF sperm.

Three days later I started the prometrium supplements and then it was just a matter of waiting. And waiting. And as Blue knows, I'm terrible at waiting. My first beta was Tuesday morning and it came back at 255 so I was pretty happy. My second was yesterday, 627 with a doubling rate of 36 hrs.

So that's it I hope this little one sticks around that this pregnancy will be just as pleasurable and wonderful as the one I had with Jelly Bean. It doesn't feel real this time. It really doesn't. I'm sure if everything is good on the u/s next week then it will start to sink it. Until them I'm just kicking myself for not gorging on sushi on mai tai's prior to the IUI.

[mk]

Omfg! Congratulations, but I can't believe you kept this from us! Lol


From Mandy's phone

[seattlekari]

Congratulations!!! I am also amazed you gave no peep of this until now! Happy and healthy 9 months, Two!

[never2amazing]

Curiosity question...totally not baby-related...any chance of K and brood relocating to DC .

[twotrue]

Nov 2, 2012 12:31:21 GMT -5 mk said:

Omfg! Congratulations, but I can't believe you kept this from us! Lol

It wasn't all that intentional. Honestly, this time around just felt really different. There wasn't the intense emotional investment in it, like the first time. Maybe because I knew what to expect. Or maybe because if it didn't happen, while I would have been sad, I would have been okay too. Plus it was just a super busy time at work. We were dealing with my potential cancer scare, then K's potential cancer scare, jobs suckage, yada, yada, yada. I just didn't want to get sucked into the whole TTC, live and die by the 2WW thing. kwim?

[twotrue]

Nov 2, 2012 12:38:49 GMT -5 never2amazing said:

Curiosity question...totally not baby-related...any chance of K and brood relocating to DC .

Can I send you K's resume? She's definitely looking at DC. But we're also waiting to see what happens on Tuesday and what changes that might bring to things. Of all the places we might go, DC is in the top three.

[joyseattle]

Congratulations! I was just thinking last month that I wonder if you'd made your decision, looks like you did!

[bluedaisyus]

Nov 2, 2012 12:16:03 GMT -5 twotrue said:

Three days later I started the prometrium supplements and then it was just a matter of waiting. And waiting. And as Blue knows, I'm terrible at waiting.

Haha, yes I do! We are soul sisters I think. Anyway, you already know how excited I am but congrats again!

[mk]

Cancer scares? I don't remember those, but I'm sorry!! I'm glad they were just scares! Yikes. Anyway- congratulations, again!