[lisa_kev]

Maybebaby1:

Good morning. I think you count the day after you have the IUI, so if you POAS on 9DPIUI, it's still REALLY early. At least you know the trigger is out of your system though. I'm sorry and I'm praying that you get your this cycle too!

Regarding telling my dad-it's tough on that one. I'm an only child, but have 2 step siblings (whom we don't get along). All I've heard since being married is "when am I going to be a grandfather?" Especially now since last summer we moved in right next door and it's his dream to have grand kids running around. We're not really telling him for the money factor. Although my father is well off too and would have no problem just writing a check, but I do not want it to come to that. I'd have that thought forever in my mind. My husband and I are blessed to have money put aside from the sale of our home last year, but that was going to be our life savings. We have some money, but we're not rich by any means and I'm a stay at home housewife. I felt if I were working, we'd be able to save more $$$ but what employer would put up with the woman who's missing 4-7 days a month? It wouldn't be any of their business. The way the economy is these days businesses don't put up with that sort of thing. Back to telling my dad: It'll be tough but it'll be a relief also because then maybe he will stop bringing it up so often and us having to lie about where we've been. Mind you, we travel anywhere between 2 to 3 hrs one-way for monitoring/treatments and with him next door, he doesn't miss much, LOL. Kind of a price we have to pay for having all this land and the only neighbor is my father, LOL.

As far as IVF-we're still on the fence about it. DH and I agreed that if this IUI doesn't work we would take a breather and figure out what our next step will be. Insurance will offer to help 50% with the IVF, but ironically, our fertility clinic offers global fees that are actually cheaper than submitting to insurance. Case in point, last IUI cycle cost us $1200 just for the monitoring/IUI alone and this month its $1000. Not counting the donor sperm and meds.

My nurse told me on CD 3 that the RE didn't want to jump to FSH injectables just yet. I don't know why, but I figure he's the doctor and knows what's best.

I do have fertility issues. I don't ovulate on my own and don't have many follicles that mature. Last cycle, I had none on my left and only 1 follicle at 18.5 at time at trigger.

My next step is CD 11 next Thrusday.

Have a great weekend and happy mothers day