Almost Done!!!

Yay. Im almost done. I have tomorrow night left to take my shot and then hopefully Im done!!! I go back to the dr on Friday so Im hoping for great progress!!! I cant wait!! I just hope and pray that I dont get too many follicles and my IUI cycle is cancelled. I think I remember once that my dr likes to see 4-5 follicles for an iui cycle... so Im good there :)

Just thought Id update some.

Wowzo!!

My dr apointment: I had 6 (yes, SIX) follies on my right and 3 on my left. So 9 (yes, NINE) total!!! they measured around 7mm-11mm (i think, either that or 7-10mm) and my lining was around 9mm. Im only on day 10, so that's pretty good. Im to continue Bravelle until Thur night and go back Friday at 8:45 for another scan. :-) Im soooo excited!!!! I cant wait!! I just know my Easter miracle will happen (we should be doing iui on/around Easter, which is also Trav's bday!) Im just thrilled!!! I just know that God is going to do wonders this time around and we'll be getting a miracle soon :)

Thanks for all the prayers!!

Introducing the human pin cushion!!!

Yup, that's me, the human pin cushion!! I only have 2 more nights of shots left :) wow-that's amazing!!! Only 2 more nights!! :) (well, until I learn more at the dr on Tue)

I go to the dr on Tue for a follicle scan. Im excited, scared, nervous, all those rolled into one. I want good follicles, but not too many to cancel my cycle. Most places can turn an overstimulated iui cycle into an ivf cycle, but we cant afford that right now. So Im praying reallly hard that since God led us here, that He will allow us to get through this. We are hoping to have our 4th (and final :)) IUI on or around Easter, which also happens to be Trav's bday :) I think that'd be a great miracle and a great gift!!! And my due date would be around Christmas :) How wonderful that would be!!

We talked a little bit about ivf today, not really in detail, but some. I found a place in New York that does mini ivf cycles, and natural ivf cycles. We would have to pay around $4,000 instead of like $20,000. Plus we'd get a little vacation out of it.

That's about all that is going on in the Bennett house. Nothing much, just waiting and trying to do it patiently this time around!!

First of many shots...

Today I went to winston to have my day 3 ultrasound and everything looked great!! My lining was 2.5mm and that's great because Im on my period. I had 2 follicles that measured 10mm and 12mm, so they checked my estrogen levels. They were 35 (anything under 100 was great) So i was good to go!! Dr Parker told me how to use the needles along w/ the q-caps that came w/ them. and told me to take the shots every night, 75iu, once a night until Monday night. I go back on Tue for another ultrasound/follie scan to see how the bravelle is working.

I did my first of many shots tonight! I was/am sooo excited and just KNOW that this IS going to work! God IS going to bless us!! This month :) (positive thinking here-hehe)

pray pray pray!!!

Day 1!!!!

YAY YAY YAY!!!

Im sooo excited to be moving on and to actually be doing somthing to get closer to having my precious baby!!! Im sooo excited!!!

I heard today in church, that you may be overwhelmed but God isnt. I loved that!! Its totally the truth!

So now, all I do is wait!!
Yay me!

Do you see what I see???

Well.. I hope you dont see what I see, bc that'd be gross :) Lol... sorry, bad title.

I saw some spotting today (TMI, but hey, youre reading a TTC-trying to conceive-blog-haha) and that means af (aka: my period) will be on her dreaded but o-so-welcome way!!! YAY!!! who knew I would ever be so happy for that!!! Lol.

That should make tomorrow as Day 1 and then I go on Day 3 for my ultrasound (yes, while on my period-soooo embarassing!!) to check to see if I have (well, dont have) cysts. So PRAY (hard) for none!!! (I just cant wait any longer to move on!!!) I will start injections on Day 3 (that night) and continue them. I go back on day 8 for another ultrasound, and then some after that (to check on my follicle growth)

Im sooo excited and sooo overwhelmed right now :) I just know that God has great and wonderful plans for my life(well, Trav's life too-lol) and I know that this is it!!! It just has to be :)

So, over the next coming weeks, prayers would be GREATLY appreciated!!!!

Night!

Acquire the Fire

Well, i just got home from Acquire the Fire. For those of you who dont know what that is-its a really amazing time where teens from all over get together to worship God and get closer to Him. It was really good this year.



The bands were Thousand Foot Krutch, Unhindered, Stephanie Smith and Building 421. It was really good, and I dont usually like "loud" music.

There was a really awesome guest speaker. His name was Nick Vujicic (I think that's how you spell the last name) His website is http://www.lifewithoutlimbs.org/ if you get time to check it out.

He said a few quotes that were great and told great stories of insperation (i dont think thats spelled right, but im tired-haha) and one thing he said that stuck out in my mind was this...

When you dont get a miracle from God, you can be a miracle to someone else....

I thought that was a great quote, especially since Ive been struggling w/ a miracle lately...

All in all it was a good trip and Im glad that the youth group had a good time!!!

Hmmmm......

Hmmmmm..

So today I applied for a new job. I saw a job opening online for a receptionist at Blue Ridge Elem and thought about it all weekend about if I wanted to apply or not. I was a little hesitant to apply for it, so I thought about it all weekend long. I decided today that I would go ahead and "bite-the-bullet". So, I did it. Im nervous and excited all at the same time. Im mostly scared because I dont know how things will be with all the dr apointments and time off for them. It will be hard, but I guess I can do it.

So.. that's my latest news. Nothing really much going on. I will keep posted on what happens and what I hear. Prayers would be good.

Ouchie!!!!

I need a dentist!! Ouch!!! My tooth is hurting me so bad today. Idk if its my wisdom tooth or my cavit-eick! but either way, its hurting! I have an apointment on April 6, but i just realised that my iui will probably be around that time, and i dont want to do anything to hinder my chances of the baby sticking :) Lol. So i will call tomorrow to see if they have any open apointments bc boy o boy-it hurts!!

Well, that's about all!! Only 3 more nights (well, tonight, tomorrow night and wed night) of the provera left--YAY!!! I had a little bit of spotting last night, so that freaked me out. I need af (my period) to hold off until Thur/Fri :) lol.

Thats all....

Just to let ya know....

That Im NOT pregnant, so that is NOT my pregnancy test!! (It is what will happen though!!)

Okay, just wanted to clarify!

4 More Days!!!!

Wahooo!!! Only 4 more days!!! Then Provera is done!!! Wahooo :) I HATE that med and never want to see it again!! Then on day 1, I call my fert coordinator and set up an apointment for a day 3 scan. So... we're on the roll!! Wahoo.

here is what I will go through, in pics...

Day 3 ultrasound...



Injections (Day 3-15)



Day 8-15 ultrasound (Follie Scans)



lining:


IUI



Pregnancy test!!!!!!

Bravelle, Progesterone, and needles....OH MY!!!!

Here is my new stash of meds. I got 2 boxes of Bravelle, needles, syringes, progesterone supplements, and another biohazard box (I look like a pharmacy-lol)

Here is a pic of my stash :)



So.. now all I wait for is my period. I go on day 3 of my cycle for an ultrasound and then again on day 8. Im sooo excited, nervous, anxious, all of them rolled into one :) and most of all, Im ready!

Injectable drugs here I come!

I am so excited because I got the word from my nurse that we are to start on injections. I ordered my meds from Ascend on Friday. $580 for 11 vials of med!! I am still on provera now to get a period. When I end the provera, I will get my period then I am to go on day 3 to the doctor for an ultrasound. If I dont have any cysts (which I pray I dont) then I start the shots that night. I will do 75iu of Bravelle once a night for up to 12 days. (depending on how my ovaries react to the meds) I will go back on day 8 for an ultrasound to see how well my ovaries respond. I hope really well :) Then we'll do another IUI and wait. Im sooo excited that I can hardly contain myself :) I just know this has to be it and that God will bless us very soon!!!

Last month for my trigger, I took a picture of my shot and all that stuff. I was going to post a pic, but couldnt really figure out how-lol. Lets see if I can do it now. I will be posting pics of the Bravelle when I get it in the mail.



So, pray for me guys... I know that alot of people are struggling with infertility as well, and I pray for them daily, but I know that God will be doing GREAT and wonderful things-very soon!!!

Thats about all. I will keep ya posted as time goes on...