At the end of May we started our first IUI cycle. As I stated in the last blog everything was a go and S's doctor gave her a glowing report for the baby making process.We tracked her ovulation with a ClearBlue easy Ovulation test and were excited to see a smiley face letting us know that S was ovulating and we were in full swing to get the process underway.
The very next morning (Tuesday, May 29) S went to the doctor and got her first "shot" of the spermies. The nurse told her that she should do the ovulation test again that night and if the smiley face came up again that she should come in the next day and get another shot. Which is exactly what she did. So on May 30 she got her next shot and we started the arduous two week waiting period.
We tried not to think about it or get our hopes up but we stalked the calendar to see when we would be able to take a pregnancy test. In the mean time S was beginning to feel a difference in her body. Two to three days after the second insemination she began feeling extremely tired, much more than normal. In addition to the sleepiness she felt bloated, her breasts were tender and she had some cramping.
We looked up other lesbian couples on YouTube who were able to share their experiences and discovered that some of the women had some of the same symptoms as S and discovered that they had gotten pregnant. Needless to say we knew it would be a stretch to get pregnant on the first try but we still held out hope.
S's period comes like clockwork every 28 days and was scheduled to come on the 16th of this month (June) but we were both surprised when she started spotting on the 10th. We heard that spotting can happen and doesn't necessarily mean that you aren't pregnant so we still held on to some hope. But when her period officially came two days later on the 12th our hopes were dashed. She took a pregnancy test anyway and found only a single line rather than a double line.We'd be lying if we said we weren't disappointed but felt confident that as long as we are vigilant we would be pregnant before the summer is over.
After her test S went back to the doctor for them to run some more tests. They checked her hcg levels and did an ultrasound. The nurse said that she saw a lot of anti-follicles which was a good sign. To help give mother nature (and science) a little boost they gave S a prescription for self-injecting Gonal-f RFF pen. For five days she would have to be injected with this medicine which is supposed to help the eggs (actually follicles) mature faster and bulk them up a little bit. She has to then take a test to see if the follicles have matured based on their size and if they have she will get a human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) shot to help release the follicles (eggs). This shot has the ability to release more eggs which can increase our chances of getting pregnant and also having multiples. *You may or may not know that a woman releases only one egg for each cycle to be fertilized.
Today we are on day three of the Gonal-f RFF pen and on Tuesday she goes back to the doctors office to check her follicles. If all goes well she will get the hCG shot and we will inseminate on Thursday and Friday. As soon as we have some more information we will keep you all posted. Wish us luck!
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