Looking Ahead

Had our doctor's appointment this morning and we are not pregnant. They are increasing my Clomid to 200mg with the hopes that we can get a good egg(s) on day 13. In the past, it's taken a couple more days to get a mature egg.

Looking ahead to important upcoming dates:

February 12th - Day 13 - pray for a mature 18mm egg!
February 14th - Next IUI if egg is mature
February 23rd - LEAVING FOR SKI TRIP!!!!!!
February 28th - Find out if we're pregnant in Colorado

As always, we'll keep you updated. Thank you for all your prayers.

Early Prediction

My early prediction is in on baby Sasser....No baby this time! Again, it's just a prediction, I have no concrete evidence to prove my theory. Still 3 more days until we find out for sure but my gut feeling is that we won't have an October baby.

What's the importance of an October baby? Glad you asked: Well, Ben's mom doesn't like October because on October 31st, 1999 her mom died. On October 28th, 2004, her husband died - which if you haven't read the baby name entry, is why we'll name the baby Kevin if it's a boy : ) So...to change her mind about the month of October, I really wanted our first baby to be born in October and make it a month she looks forward to. (Sorry if I made you cry, Gail!!!!)

Going with that thought, we still want the baby born in a significant month. November is George's birthday month - and that would be great. December is my dad's birthday month. Nothing happens in January - our luck that's the month the baby will be born! February is Ben's birthday month and March is my mom's birthday month.

I promise to post our results - good news or not - Wednesday morning!

T minus 7 days...and counting

One more week to go before we find out if we're pregnant! So can't believe we've made it this far. Got to talk to a lot of girls at church tonight that went through the exact same thing we're going through. It's great being able to talk about it with someone else who truly understands. Most people just listen (which is great) but will never know how we really have felt the past couple of years.

Still planning on how we'll tell our family that we're pregnant. I don't want to tell anyone over the phone but I can't convince anyone of my "plan". My mother-in-law says she doesn't care - she wants a phone call when we leave the appointment. My parents want to be told at the same time in the same room so we can hug and cry together. My luck, we'll find out and will call everyone at one time and yell the news! Either way...it'll be exciting!!!!!

In God's Hands

We had our procedure yesterday, despite the terrible weather we had. It took us an hour to get there but we made it! The procedure took about an hour from start to finish. We go back on Jan 31st to see if we're pregnant!! YEAH!

Thank you again for all your prayers! I know there are a lot of people out there praying for us that don't even know us. We can feel those prayers every day as God reminds us that He's still leading us. Continue to pray - we're not finished yet! And then continue to pray more if we get pregnant...we'll really need it then!

18.85mm

Yep..that's the size of our one egg! We made it!!!!! We go back Wednesday morning at 9:00am. Dr Johns believes in Clomid, only when it's followed up by a procedure called Intra-uterine insemination (IUI). Don't know what it is? Learn more at www.webmd.com.

We are very excited and can't wait to see what God has in store for us next. We have about a 40% chance of getting pregnant from our first procedure. No too bad.

More to come after Wednesday!

So close.....

Today's appointment went great!!!! My favorite nurse Teresa was there - she is even great at 9:00am on a Sunday in yucky weather. My eggs grew this time....16 1/2 mm on my left side and 13 on my right. To recap: Last month, my largest was 14mm on my left and 8 on my right. Teresa said to come back tomorrow (Monday) at 4:30 for another ultrasound...and she felt certain they would grow to 18mm! If the roads are bad tomorrow, I go Tuesday morning instead - either way she said everything looked great and we were off to a great start.

I'll keep you posted after tomorrow's ultrasound. Thanks to everyone who prayed for big eggs this time!

Cry Much?

The answer to that question would be a big fat YES!!!! My side effects to the Clomid are completely different than they were last month. This time around I have been very emotional. I have cried at least 6 times this weekend alone. Another addition to the constant crying is hot flashes. To say the least, it's been an interesting week!

Ben has voiced that he would prefer the "angry Candi" instead of the "crying Candi". I have to say though, I haven't been tired this time around either. It may all change after I finish the last pills on Tuesday, but so far so good.

Next date to be praying for: January 14th. That is our next ultrasound to see if the eggs grew and the Clomid worked. Remember - we just need ONE egg that measures 18mm. Pray specific, please!!!!!

Happy New Year

We're off to a great start for 2007!!!! Tomorrow I go to the doctor for an ultrasound and I start my next round of Clomid. This time they are increasing it to 150mg and I will be taking it for 7 days instead of 5. They are hoping the added strength and number of days will cause the eggs to grow this time.

We'll keep you posted as God continues to bless us and work in our lives.