IUI update

Hey there!

Just wanted to give an update. We are at nearly a week since the IUI, and things have been interesting at best. I have never been so crampy in all my years. I hear that even washed semen is irritating to the uterus, so I bet that is why I am crampy. Although I hear crampiness is a good sign, so we'll see. I also have another yeast infection, which is also a good sign at this point in time during my cycle, though since this is my 9th one this year, I have little hope of that being an actual symptom.

I have my annual exam on monday, ah the joys of being a woman. My doctor is insistent on doing the pap smear because if I am pregnant, then I don't have to have one done further into my pregnancy, which I would have to refuse since I've never had an abnormal pap ever, and I feel it could wait 9 months to bypass the risk of miscarriage (which I know is sooooo incredibly small, but so is the chance of having recurrent pregnancy loss, so I will take what I can get back!).

I will also be having my progesterone levels checked, which is really good. It will set my mind at ease.. that's for sure. I know that doctors like to have 10-15 readings at least, (medicated and unmedicated cycles) and mine are usually 22-48 unmedicated, which is fabulous. If they are lower than 15 I am going to request progesterone support in case I am pregnant this month. I am sure they will be great though. :) High progesterone levels tend to indicate pregnancy, but are not diagnostic, (apparently especially in my case!) so I will be posting my numbers when I get them, but will probably not post again for a few weeks about this subject..

Please bear with me, and pray with me that I will be at peace with what we find out.

-Megan

IUI

IUI went well today.
I thought for a few minutes that the doc wasn't going to be able to do it, and this cycle would have been a bust.. but she showed, and we had what looked like good numbers.. and they all looked good shape-wise.. so hopefully this will be it!
Prayers are greatly appreciated!

Surge Day!

Well, today is surge day.. that means that I have enough hormone in my blood to ovulate. Hope that's not TMI, but you guys read this because you want to know what's going on with our journey. Surge day means that IUI day is 24-36 hours later.. Which means this time tomorrow, (or at least pretty close to this time) we'll be having our IUI. Prayers for us would be nice. That God's will be done, that if it is in His plan, that this is successful. This is a very exciting next few days.. full of hope and some confusion. Please pray that we are at peace with whatever the outcome is, knowing that our God is sovereign, and that His timing is perfect, even when we don't understand it. We know that He works good for those who love Him and are called according to His purposes, so either way, we know the outcome is good.

Now remember, we'll know something in about 2 weeks, but I am not going to update for another several (about this topic) until we know with more certainty that this is going to work.. (as in, seeing a baby on the ultrasound, or hearing the baby's heartbeat.. etc) So hang tight, and I'll update as soon as I am comfortable with it.

-Megan

Psalms 113:9

He settles the barren woman in her home as a happy mother of children. Praise the Lord!

Just found this promise comforting.

-Megan

So, I wanted to give everyone an update.

We are still waiting on the room to be finished before we can call the agency and pester them! So in the mean time we are going to try an IUI! For those of you who are not as well versed in fertil-ese, that means Interuterine insemination. Fun fun! My doctor thinks that the only issue we seem to have is MFI, or male factor infertility caused by low morphology. When we go in next week, they will actually "wash" his swimmers, and all the good ones will stay afloat, but the bad ones will fall to the bottom. Hopefully this will increase our chances of conception. We'll see!

I'll keep everyone updated, but probably on a delayed basis as we won't announce anything until after the first ultrasound if we get that far!

I guess that's about it. Those of you who are praying for us, please pray that Baron and I will be parents soon. We are adopting regardless of pregnancy status, so don't forget about that too!

-Megan

Baron and I are going skiing!

We have a week and a half of vacation time, (starting today..) and we were trying to come up with ideas for a great/cheap way to waste our time! (I know.. most people don't think of skiing as cheap!)

So I got on google maps and entered in ski resorts. I clicked on the closest to Dallas and found this one.

warning: the accommodations aren't that great, and they get mixed reviews.

BUT... the point is that the reviews for the skiing are all good! And that is really the point, to have fun, not stay at a 5 star hotel.


I am soooooooooo excited. I have always wanted to go skiing again, and Baron has never been before, so it will be something new!

All told, gas, lodging, ski rentals and lift tickets=$200.

Seriously. Not per person. :)

We leave on monday or tuesday, and I'll post pictures when we return!

-Megan

New Blog.. about my journey to weight loss shared with a good buddy!

New blog!

ourhealthjourney.blogspot.com

enjoy. :)

more on it later.

A BIG JOY!!

Friends, go on over to the Rohloffs and give praise with Stephanie and Chris on their new addition!!

-Megan

You should really look at some of these prof's names.. I promise they're real! CRAZY!
I at least have Thursday-Sunday off. I guess I'll have time to get a job.. we'll see.
-Megan


HIST PERSP PSY: MIND & MACHINE MW 09:30-10:45AM
GR 4.428 Normal Academic Term
01-12-09 to 05-13-09 Assmann, Peter F. 3.00 11884 Normal grade rules


EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN T 07:00-09:45PM
GR 4.428 Normal Academic Term
01-12-09 to 05-13-09 Barfoot, John William 3.00 11883 Normal grade rules


COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY M 07:00-09:45PM
HH 2.402 Normal Academic Term
01-12-09 to 05-13-09 Krawczyk, Daniel C. 3.00 11885 Normal grade rules


BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE MW 05:30-06:45PM
HH 2.402 Normal Academic Term
01-12-09 to 05-13-09 Miller, Van 3.00 11941 Normal grade rules


NORMAL LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT M 02:30-05:15PM
GR 4.428 Normal Academic Term
01-12-09 to 05-13-09 STAFF 3.00 11927 Normal grade rules
Total Enrolled Hours: 15.00


I only have 12 hours left after these! (2 degrees earned!) and 3 of those are an internship! whoo hooo!

-Megan

Christmas portraits.. enjoy!

These are my favorites of Baron







These are my favorites of me.

ok.. we're switching to photobucket since I can't get blogger to upload some of these.



Dancing..


More dancing...



I think this was one my friend Stephanie said could be a poster for an Eidson sitcom..too funny! It is really cute though!


This is a really good one too!





This one is of me and my best friend, Leeann.