Well we're halfway through the week which is super exciting...I don't know about where you are but it's colder than a witch's titty here. We're expected to get rain today which will turn into sleet which is supposed to then "snow buckets" from what the meteorologists are saying through Thursday afternoon. In short - I will more than likely be stuck at home for the next few days.
Speaking of freak snowstorms in March, have you ever had things not go as planned? I would venture everyone can say 'yes' a million times over. I think it's a commonality to life - you can plan away to what you would like your life to be and more than likely it doesn't always go that way.....or you eventually get to your finish line but you ended up taking an alternate route. I feel like our lives have been like this for the last 2 years. Most of my 'constants' in life have remained the same (my husband, family, friends) but obviously a different path is what my husband and I decided to choose (i.e. moving to a new city). Overall, I think it's been a good experience and it's helped my husband and I to grow but along the way we have come across new road blocks and detours.
Case in point, after nearly two years of trying to get pregnant (which obviously has been unsuccessful because I am neither pregnant nor have I had a child), we have had to move forward with finding a RE (reproductive endocrinologist aka a fertility specialist) to figure out our next steps. Based on a number of tests that my OBGYN had done, the RE decided that doing IUI (aka a form of artificial insemination) would be our next best option in trying to have a baby. I could go into details on what IUI is, but instead I'll link it HERE and you can read all up on it if you desire. Basically, I'll have blood work, doctor's visits, some ultrasounds, injections, a procedure, and lots of drugs all mixed in.
We started in a couple of weeks and the hard part is that things start off kind of firm but then a lot can change based on how my body reacts to the drugs and when the doctor feels it is best to have the procedure done. From there, it's 2 weeks of waiting to see what happens. I am hopeful we will be successful the first time around but I also worry I will be heartbroken if it doesn't. It's a good feeling to actually feel like things are moving forward but even with increased chances there's no guarantee (don't worry, we had to sign forms where we actually said we understood that this was not a guarantee). If we have 3 unsuccessful rounds of IUI, then the doctor wants to move forward with IVF. IVF is similar to IUI but more invasive. It also allows me the opportunity to design my baby (kidding....well kind of).
So that is where we are with the process. Who would have thought? Deciding to have a baby should be an exciting time but ours for the last few years has been a lot of disappointment and fielding questions of "so when are you going to have kids?" (Is it bad for a while I wanted to say, "well probably never since my doctor said our chances are at 1%.") I do plan on updating things on the blog as they develop - apparently I'm going to be a real peach once I start to get going on the fertility drugs (I apologize in advance) but again I am hopeful this will be a short-lived detour in our long-term plan.
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