August 2017 IUI Try

My next cycle we went in on Day 11 for an ultrasound right before we were leaving for camping. We all got to go as a family! I received the phone call that afternoon that I had “1 really good mature follicle!” We were instructed to do the HCG trigger shot that night at 10:30 P.M. and to come in to the hospital that Sunday (2 days later) for the IUI. I needed this good news and was ecstatic. This meant our camping trip was going to be cut short as it was a 3 hour drive one way to get to the hospital and we would have to come home the next day so it wasn’t worth it. We tried to get as many things into our now shortened camping trip and it really was a blast. Sunday morning we got up at 5:30 A.M. to pack up our campsite and take down our tent. The twins did amazing which shocked me! We got to the hospital and waited. I was informed that the OB on call was someone new to them but not new to OB. Her nurse was amazing and asked if we wanted the kids in the room or if she could take them! I was shocked! We opted to have them in the room but not right in the direct way of being able to see what was going on. The IUI took place with minor issues of placement and I laid there for 30 minutes. Then the nurse took the kids to get stickers while I got dressed. We went out to eat at Red Robin, stopped at Fleet Farm, and then came home. I started the progesterone suppositories the next night. Over the past week I have been exhausted, craving peanut butter, chocolate, and straight up junk food, and have had a few emotional breakdowns over nothing! I tested 3 days early on day 11 after the IUI and day 13 after the HCG and it was a negative. It was quite tough for me as I really wasn’t expecting a negative this time and that is 4 months of failed tries. I got my period 2 days after I tested. I talked to Paul and we decided it wasn’t worth doing the same thing again another month to have another failed cycle so I called Aurora Infertility Clinic where we got pregnant with the twin on the first try and asked them for my time table. I am going to compare the time table with what we have done the last 4 months and see if there are any major differences to change. I received a text message 4 days after my negative pregnancy test from my soon to be sister-in-law informing me that her and my brother just found out they are expecting. Although I knew this was going to happen it still sucks. This is the same person that told me I would be pregnant before her just because she doesn’t get to see my brother. I am excited for them but I just feel like I am getting kicked while I am already down! I needed a break from all of this and am going to take this month off.