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Hello Lasses,
Well, I am home and able to write a proper post using my computer!
Feeling a bit crampy and nauseous but other than that I'm good. A teensy bit of spotting going on as well.
Because I am silly, and still a bit stunned by today's events, I decided to do another OPK when I got home so I could take a picture of the smiley face...I was too stunned earlier to remember to do it. Oh, and I am a duh-head...the doc gave me the empty vial in case I wanted to keep it and I left it on the counter at the docs office. DOH! That would have been nice for the scrap book if this ends up working. So, yeah, basically I'm feeling a little bit brain fried.
I got hardly any work done today so I'm going to have to spend part of my three day weekend playing catchup.. I started work early so I could take a break to go get the cryotank, and then I got home and worked for about an hour until it was POAS time, and then after that, things just are a haze... I tried to work while I was waiting for the doc to call but couldn't concentrate...then she rang about 30 minutes later and said "can you come down now" so I literally hopped in the car...well...first I took the dogs out so they could get a potty break in and then I grabbed the cryotank...and THEN hopped in the car... and then the whirlwind... wee...
So, I definitely surged. I could feel the O pains on the left and now I feel those plus this wierd hot/crampy sensation... I just have never heard of someone doing an IUI right AT the LH surge, but I trust her and she says she thinks we got the timing SPOT ON and was really glad I was being so diligent about OPKs because otherwise I would not have gone in until SUnday for my u/s and we would probably have missed the O all together.
I also trust her about the 72 hour thing because I really pestered her about it and she said that 24 is what the cryobank will tell you because they don't want to get sued and err on the low side... some sperm will die off in 24 hours and there are definitely some that just don't survive the freeze/thaw process at all, but a health number will live three days, and if they get to the tubes before the egg does, even better.
So, now...the REAL wait begins... I'm officially on my TWW... time to update the signature list too.... I still am in shock. I mean, I was at 14.5 YESTERDAY!!! YEESH! Doc said that if this one doesn't work, then at least now we know that I am a freak and have small follies that go on massive growth spurt at the end, so if I have to do this again I'll likely end up having daily u/s once I near O time.
So I start progesterone on Monday and doc says that if period isn't here by Sept 16 to come in for a test. I'm pretty sure I'll be POAS long before Sept 16. LOL!
Deej! That is so coool that you're looking into fostering. I can def offer advice, although each state and each county is different. I start my foster/adoption training next Saturday and I have reems of paperwork to fill out. For the record, social workers don't care whether you are single or married and most foster kids come with financial assistance to cover their room, board, clothes, etc as well as any special classes they need and such. I couldn't be a foster mother because it would kill me inside when time came to give the kids back to their parents but I am definitely going to adopt.
If you are interested truly in this I have a great book I can lend you called "20 things adopted children wished their adoptive parents knew"...it's equally valid for kids in foster care.
Ok, there's lots more I need to respond to but I'm feeling a bit crampy and need to go lie down because I still have to vacuum before my friend comes over.
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