Today is the day!

Today is extremely exciting……… today was my IUI!! AHHHHHH! I seriously cannot believe that I did my first, and hopefully last, IUI! I went last Thursday for my scan. I was incredibly nervous as last month, I had a perfectly mature follicle, it was just on the wrong damn side! So my scan revealed that I had a nice big follicle on my right side, which of course is the wrong side, BUT, I also had a nice big one on my left side. They had me scheduled for a scan Saturday to make sure the one on my left was growing and would look good enough to go through with the IUI. I went Saturday and got the all clear!!! I was given a new injectible trigger shot that was a bit different than the Ovidrel shot I did last month. This one was actually an intramuscular injection, which means it had to go just below my hip, which meant D had to give it to me. He did a wonderful job despite the nice bruise feeling it left for a few days. We went this morning so D could give his sample and they could prepare it and give it a boost. I went back a few hours later to do my IUI. I had never been so nervous in my entire life! It was done before I knew it, and I was left to my own thoughts while I laid on the table for 10 minutes. I prayed, tried thinking happy thoughts and even had a conversation with the puppy decals on the ceiling.  When the timer dinged, I got up and cried. I am in serious shock today. This has all been so surreal and I am so happy that I am able to even post this update! So now, we wait. The dreaded two week wait, I am officially in this territory! I am hopeful and thankful and beyond happy! Hopefully, I will be able to post some good news soon!!

As for the rest of life, it has been madness! For almost two weeks now, we have had D’s daughter A full time. Some things happened with her mother that left D with temporary full custody of A. It has not been without it’s challenges, which include stalking and excessive phone calls from that side of her family, and of course behavioral changes with A. Things are settling down which is nice, and we have been able to enroll her in school and come up with a  good routine for her. I am truly happy to have such a wonderful filled life with more love than I could have imagined. Here is to more of that with a new little one! ;)