'Purpleish Perfect-O' 2nd Follicle Scan

Today was my second follicle scan! I had to travel to Austin today vs. just going to my OB in town. Thankfully Ashley came to the rescue and said her and her sweet little girls would make the trip with me and I am SO very glad they did. We--well I--made a wrong turn on the way there (if you know me in person, you know a) I can not stand driving b) I don't like driving far and c) I have NO sense of direction)...SO I was VERY thankful that Ashley came and helped me get from point A to point B---plus it's always a wonderful perk getting to spend time with my "Heard" girls...

Before I tell you about the appt. let me back up and tell you about the color-->PURPLE. Last weekend Zach and I along with some friends went to a local Chinese buffet. One of my favorite parts of the meal is receiving that little fortune cookie---well this one said...

"Pay close attention to the color purple--as it will bring you good luck"

I am not a 'huge' purple fan....pink-YES...purple not so much. I am not someone whom you would label superstitious, however let me just tell you that I have searched my closest and my husbands for every possible piece of clothing that has some type of purple on it...I notice anything purple in my sight and I am totally taking advantage of this little fortune and paying 'very' close attention to the color purple---maybe too much---but hey, it's fun!

Well Ashley and her sweet girls decided to hop on the purple train with me this morning, they were so sweet to wear purple with me. I am sure everyone looked at us like we were crazy, but we had fun and by them supporting me and wearing a simple color purple means more than they will ever know!

CLICK TO ENLARGE....
{This is what happens when you try to take a self portrait with 2 kidos in a car--many takes...ha!!}

OK...back to the appointment.

I have 6 potential follicles. 3 on my right and 3 on my left. All are fairly small--All are under 7mm. (for those who don't know or don't remember, they need to be 20mm+ before the IUI) I am only on CD6 so I have quite a while to go...which is ok. My Dr. sounded very optimistic as he thinks they will improve more before the next visit. He said "ok...so your playing rough-huh? I got something for you"...and with that my dosage goes from 75mi a night to 150mi...I will take 150mi tonight; 75mi tomorrow and 150mi on Sunday...

We go back Sunday morning for another scan. At first I thought I would ovulate early (if you have read my blog in the past you know I am a very early ovulater--like CD10) however I think this time I might suprise everyone and myself and be somewhat 'normal'...we'll see though!

So thats pretty much how my day went...a very "purpleish perfect-o" day! :)

Thank you all for the prayers and the sweet words, they mean more than you will ever know. Zach and I are amazed at the outpour of support you all have given and shown us! THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts!!!

Here are a couple more pictures from the trip:

Me and Haidyn and Avery

I LOVE this picture, Avery wanted to take a picture of me and her, I was laughing at her because she was trying so hard while snapping MANY pictures one after the other...too cute!

Ouchy-wow-wow

OK, so my shot #2 didn't go as smoothly as shot #1....

I alternated sides of my belly, and lets just say my left side didn't like the shot too well...if we didn't have company I could have totally cried like a baby!!!

I stuck out my lip and Zach said"are you ok"....I said "that one hurt"....it wasn't the needle that hurt it was the meds going in...

Has that ever happened to any of y'all??

While I'm asking questions...what kind of side effects can I expect to have...normally with Clomid I can def. expect to have hot flashes, headache and moodiness anywhere near or around the 3rd pill---I have heard that some think there side effects aren't as bad on Gonal F RFF--what are y'alls opinions?

I "survived"....

I had my very first "injection" tonight!!! I must say I am very proud of myself, not once did I get nervous and not once did I flinch (besides me covering my eyes...). Other than my eye covering I did great...and to be 100% honest it wasn't bad at all (I know, I know...you all told me that and you all were right!!!) I could barely even feel it...Zach was a bit nervous, but he did amazing!!!! Our friend Matt is staying with us until Wednesday, he took some pics for us to remember this date forever...unfortunately he totally focused on my chubby little belly and none of my face or Zach's face, so enjoy the pics but ignore the fatty belly.... :)

MY PEN

Zach is prepping my belly...

Gettin' a good ol' grip of my fat...ha!

And it's IN!

Injecting the meds...

and...."I SURVIVED"

Our sweet friend Matt knew that I would need a little encouragement to get me through this so he stopped by and surprised me with a Sundae; let me just say that it was the perfect encouragement and so delicious! :)

I took 75mi tonight, I will take 75 tomorrow and 75 again on Wednesday. Wednesday I will go in for estridial blood work and Thursday I will be making my way to Austin as Dr. S said he needs to see me Thursday vs. me going to Waco. I have a late appt (5:15pm to be exact) so that I do not have to miss any work. I am excited to see what this journey brings us!!! THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT!!!! :)

PRAYERS FOR STELLAN

Sweet baby Stellan needs our prayers right now!!! He has been in SVT for quite some time and is being airlifted to Boston. Please head over to MckMammas blog and lift her, Stellan and their family up in prayer; you can also follow her on Twitter.

Pifer Life

Count Down With The Pifers

Hours till I go to my first follicle scan

Hours till I start my injections...

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Family Updates

Zach-his knee is doing GREAT!!! His new physical therapist wears him out, she is really rough on him--but she is making sure he is 100%...which is what we want!! No pain-No gain...right?

Mom-still seems to be doing amazing!!! GOD IS SOOO GOOD!

Me-I am one sick puppy...Late Saturday night I started sneezing like crazy, then my head started to feel as though it was swelling...I was up off and on all night. Sunday morning I woke up with a horrible sinus infection, no-fun! I laid around all day, when I wasn't sleeping I was blowing my nose or sneezing...I am off work today because I am still sick, my throat is killing me and my head feels as though it could explode...I called my Austin fertility clinic this morning and begged them to let me just go to my Waco office so that I could #1 save money and #2 didn't have to drive far feeling like this....thankfully they said YES!

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News

My appt for my first follicle scan is at 1:30 today, they are just making sure there are no cyst on my ovaries...they will fax my results to my Dr in Austin, whom will turn around and call me back and let me know what dose of medicine I need to take for the next few days and when I need to go back in...

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Big events over the weekend…

Our friend Matt, from Odessa, whom we went to visit a while back, came into town to visit friends and family as well as get himself a vehicle--he has been staying with us this weekend. Friday night we went to pick him up then headed to the Slippery Minnow (a restaurant on the lake nearby) to eat dinner and so Matt could visit his brother whom works there...then we headed out to meet friends. Saturday we woke up and went to eat lunch with Matt's brother Brad and his girlfriend then we headed out to his parents so that we could take a look at his new car, it's a very old car and needs work--however it needs a little more work than everyone thought. Matt, his dad and Zach worked on his car for hours while I "supervised"--around 8 they thought is was ready to go, we all headed back in town to meet The Heards and The Sims for dinner and then off to go bowling (which I haven't done in forever). We had a blast--I was better than I thought, I think I got more spares than anyone...hardly any strikes though!! Late Saturday night I started to feel bad and Sunday was a "do nothing but curl up in a ball and sleep" type day... overall the weekend was good minus my sickness. Here are a couple pictures from our bowling night...

Kristina, Aimee, Ashley and Me

Me and Ashley

Me and my honey!

Tomorrow = "Game Time"

GOOD news is tomorrow is my day 3.....I have an appt at 3:45 in Austin (which I have a call into my nurse to see if I can go to my local OBGYN and get scanned b/c that would save time and money, but I won't know that until tomorrow morning....) but regardless I am going in tomorrow for my very first follicle scan for this cycle and I will start my injections tomorrow night--eeekk!

We are very excited, a little nervous b/c we don't know what to expect, but very very excited....if I could get rid of this sinus infection that I woke up this morning with I would be even happier :)

Thank you for all the prayers, support, sweet emails and cards...you all will never know how thankful I am!

Ready....Set....

"Go" is pending....

BUT I AM Ready.....and I am SET.....

I received my meds in the mail today!!!

3 Gonal-f RFF Pen's and 1 Ovidrel trigger...

We can't forget my gauze...alcohol swabs and my nice sharp disposal container for my used needles.

I think it's really sinking in now...I am getting very excited. It's crazy; when my package arrived I called all my co-workers over so I could show them my meds (like it's some "huge prize" or something--ha!) They could all see my excitement and they were just about as excited as me. I really don't know what we would do without the amazing support you all have shown us throughout this journey and esp. this new upcoming chapter.

So now we are just waiting for good ol' AF...then the "real" countdown will begin!!!!