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I work for a local university residency program and this is the most hectic time of year....We have started interview season.  This goes on from November to the middle of January and is the most exhausting time of year. So, lets add some fertility treatments to the mix!

This month I took 5 days of pills and then 3 days of injections in the tummy and off to the doctor I went.  The appointment was o.k. but not great.  The meds were working but not at the speed we would like.  My follicles are growing but not where they need to be.  Another round of 3 injections with an upped dosage was in my future.  Friday I went back to the doctors office and got some not so great news.  It looks like my follicles are still not where they need to be and when they did the post coital test it looks as though my body fights off my hubby's little swimmers.  I only have 2 follicles that seem to be growing to the size needed.  This makes my chances of conceiving this month pretty low but we are trying anyway.  The appointment ended with another round of 3 injections but now 2 different injections a night. I was also told that we would have to do, intrauterine insemination, IUI.  Monday I have another appointment and I am hoping that my follicles will be the size needed to do the trigger injection and then IUI will begin. 

I did complete the book Every Drunken Cheerleader: Why Not Me and I thought it was great... I think it is a book everyone should read not just those going through the "I" word as Kristine Waits, the author, would say. 

I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving and thank you for joining me in my journey through this!

New Book... New Start...

I started a new book today and it seems like it is going to be very interesting. The book is called Every Drunken Cheerleader:Why Not Me by Kristine Waits.  Since I just started it I can't go in to lots of detail about it but so far so good.  It is not a book of what you should try it seems more like chronicles of Kristine and her husbands journey through fertility treatments.   I will continue to read and will comment more about this book once I have finished it.

I have another appointment with Fertility Institute on Monday.  I have my fingers crossed that all goes well with this appointment and I will be able to start the medication and the injections.  It seems crazy that I would be excited to start injecting myself in the stomach for 3 days, but you do what ever you need to to get to the end result.  I know that it is unlikely that the first round of this treatment will work but it is really hard to not get your hopes up.  I by no means am losing any hope I just understand the reality.  At this appointment I will be asking quite a few questions, I hope I will be able to get some answers.  The Fertility Institute staff is usually really good about answering questions or getting the answer to questions and getting back to you as soon as possible.  Please keep your fingers crossed for my appointment on Monday!