The Countdown Starts...

It's been awhile since I posted, but it's also been awhile since I've had any news.

After the recovery from the polypectomy, I saw my nutritionist and my MD again. The nutritionist and I decided to keep in touch via email on a weekly basis and we'll go by the scale at SRM to see how I'm doing.

My MD and I caught up toward the end of October and we reviewed my surgery, the recovery process and the plan from now on. I also discovered he is no longer delivering babies, which is a little disappointing. However, he assured me that the specialists he'll refer me to are top of their field and I shouldn't have any problems at all.

If that happens, it will be the first time in this whole process...

I started feeling abnormally tired in the afternoons a couple of weeks ago, so I took a pregnancy test before I started the Provera, just in case. It was negative. (Stupid cold.) So I started the Provera and waited. And waited. And waited.

I really hoped I wasn't pregnant, because the birth defects associated with taking provera when you're pregnant are pretty severe. I was going to wait another five days before I started getting worried.

Turns out there was no need to worry: not pregnant.

This means we are able to try our first round of IUI!

I start the Clomid on Thursday, which should make my ovaries start producing lots of eggs.

My appointment for the first "exploratory" ultrasound to see if I have ovulated will be on December 1st. If I haven't ovulated, I'll have to schedule another ultrasound. (Last time we did this ultrasound, I ovulated on day 19...) When they find a follicle, they'll give me a shot in the hip and then we'll come in the next day to have the procedure.

Romantic, isn't it?

I never thought I'd need clinical intervention, but I'm really glad they're around!