Stressed But Grateful

Ok guys!

The past couple days have been pretty rough for us..

I started my cycle yesterday morning. 

It has completely blown our minds that the last cycle didn't work. 

I mean...how can you have 5 mature follicles, 22 million sperm, and still not get pregnant??

So we were really anxious to talk to our doctor and nurses this morning to see what they thought and to talk to them about the next step.

I really thought that we would be moved to just injections this cycle but our doctor felt that the egg quality and number was so good last cycle that he just wants to stick with the same medication plan for this cycle. 

I am completely fine with this. Our insurance doesn't cover injections other than the HCG injection so the longer we wait until we up those injections, the better.

Our doctor wasn't there this morning when I came in but he had our new plan laid out for our nurses to go over with us.

So I started off asking our nurse if there was a reason I wasn't getting pregnant. Was there something I had been doing wrong??

She said that we had been doing everything perfect, its just a chance game and the more we do it, the better our chances get.

I also asked if our doctor had mentioned IVF. 

She said he does not want to move to IVF any time soon because he feels like there is a few more things he can try before doing that. This was a huge relief for me!! As much as our chances would increase with IVF...we just cant afford it. They did say that if for some unforeseen reason we were to have to do IVF, that there are a few finance companies that will finance IVF for couples that can't afford to pay out of pocket.

But...we aren't there yet!!! We have gotten pregnant with IUI before so our doctor and nurses feel like we just need to stick to IUI for a while. 

But she did say that there was something that she wanted to try for our next IUI. 

During the actual procedure, the uterus pushes some of the sperm down whenever they remove the catheter after placing the sperm where they need to be. She said that all women have this to some extent. So she wants to try to do something different during our procedure. 

First, she wants to tilt the table up. Usually the table is flat during the procedure and then tilted after everything is done and you lie there for 15 minutes. So she wants to have the table tilted for the entire time.

And second, after she puts the catheter in and puts the sperm where they need to be, she is going to leave the catheter in for 5-10 minutes to keep the uterus from pushing the sperm down. 

Usually once they place the sperm where they need to be, they take the catheter out pretty soon after. 

So hopefully doing these things during the actual procedure will help my body get the little push it needs to get pregnant again. 

So...we will be doing 2 Femara pills cycle days 3-7 and Menopur injections cycle days 7-10. Usually I would come in on cycle day 12 for a follicle check but this time he wants me to come in on cycle day 11 for a follicle check. I think he is just worried about over stimulating my ovaries so he wants me to come in a day early and possibly not do an injection on cycle day 11 like last cycle.

So while we are pretty stressed about this whole situation not working, we are grateful that they are trying new procedures for us and they aren't just moving us on to IVF yet.


Thank you for all the thoughts and prayers! We are going to keep at this until we have our take-home baby!