Good morning! Yesterday we had our appointment with our doctor to discuss what to do if our 4th attempt is unsuccessful. He reiterated that he sees no evidence that anything is wrong with me. He said we need to give IUI 6 chances to really get the full benefit. He did say that we could use injectable drugs, similar to IVF drugs, to increase the quality of our eggs even more. The downside is that using only injectables raises your twin rate to 25% and triplets to 2-3%. Our doctor will always say that multiples isn't ideal just because of the increased risk of danger to mom and babies. We decided on a compromise where I will still be on the oral medication I have been using but also do a smaller amount of injectables. He actually gave us the injectables for free so we won't even have to pay anything extra.
It's too late to do the injectables with this 4th round, so we will continue as normal this month. I have an ultrasound Friday and will then find out when the insemination will be.
In the meantime, we are certainly not giving up on exploring other options. If this doesn't work after 6 times, I really want to have a plan in place for what we will do next. We have a conference call on Friday with an adoption counselor to ask her questions. I am also in the process of reaching out to the contacts so many of you gave me on FB. We are just trying to get all the facts so we can make the best decision for us!
Thank you for all your support - last night I told Chris that I always feel like I'm letting people down every month when we aren't pregnant. He said I can't worry about what other people think, and I explained that I'm not worried what others think, I just hate that so many of our loved ones are supporting us, praying for us, hoping for us, and every month we have to bring them bad news - because MY body can't get it together. He said he totally understood feeling that. It's hard to always be calling your family and telling them it didn't work. We cannot wait for the day when we can call you and let you know that our dream has finally come true!!
Thinking of you guys! I do admit that I had to giggle a bit at the thought of you starting injectable hormones and going back to school at about the same time. Those middle-schoolers better watch out! On the bright side, if you get pregnant in the next couple months, you'll have the most stellar maternity leave ever--6/12 weeks off and then summer! Hoping the timing and meds and baby-making works this time!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks! Last time I wasn't too out of control with the hormones so I'm hoping this time will be the same. lol because otherwise, seriously, they better watch out :) Thanks for thinking of us - I have been watching you on FB and love the nursery!
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