Countdown to Ovulation!

It's Monday. It was a rough wake-up. I'm in full miserable mode from allergies. My throat is sore, everywhere itches and consequently I didn't sleep well. I skipped the work-out this morning and slept a bit longer before work. Both kids were sick (so it should be easy to call in sick to work on Friday) and were bears today. On the plus side I received the catheter/syringe last week in the mail and Medco sent me confirmation that they are mailing the prometrium. I also received a receipt for the sperm purchase and it will ship on Wednesday. I think I'll start doing OPK's on Friday and go from there. I am hoping for an earlier O... maybe Sunday? That would work out great for me, but I have a feeling it will be closer to Wednesday/Thursday of next week. I am beginning to become anxious about everything and so I'm trying to relax, focus on turning it over to God and having faith. Oh, and of course praying.

Check List

I had two days off from work this week (work family was on vacation) so I took advantage of the days off to deal with the rest of my ttc checklist. Monday, I called Scandinavian Cryobank to order the fallopian swim team. Unfortunately, the guy that answered the phone said he was new and couldn't take my order... what?!? Isn't that the whole purpose of the bank? To take orders? Anyway, he took my info and Mette who I've been emailing with called me back on Tuesday. She took our order and will ship them 2nd day air via Fedex on April 30 for May 2 delivery. The only problem is that someone needs to be home to receive the shipment. Nate can't because he has a huge work meeting this week and next, so I'll be calling in sick that day. I also phoned the midwife on Monday to ask about allergy meds I'm on and to have them call in the progesterone prescription. I played phone tag with them on Monday and called back on Tuesday. Sachiko (who I saw on my Jan. appointment) phoned back and sent in the prescription to Bartells and then called back to let me know not to take ANY of the allergy meds. WHAT?!? No allergy meds heading into the worst part of allergy season? This little bean better stick to make this month of itchiness worth it. :) I picked up the progesterone (prometrium oral) Tuesday and then phoned the midwife today to have the rest of the 60 day worth sent to Medco. I also ordered the syringe/catheter on Tuesday to be delivered in the next week. So, it looks like everything is set for a CD 14 (May 2) - CD 19 (May 7) donor ICI. I'm really excited, nervous and a bit in shock that this is all happening. I'm trying to keep really busy with exercise and obsessing over my diet to try and drop some more weight before the pg. I'm a bit concerned that I'll find out the pg status the day of my flight to Utah to visit the family. I figure that if it's good news, I'll be happy to share and if it's bad news then I'll have my mom, dad and sisters/brother to help me get through it. I keep repeating to myself "I've done all I can do... now I need to turn this over to the Lord." I hope I can do that.

Baby Making Cycle

Wow! I didn't think I would get to this point. I'm on CD 1 of our DIY ICI at home. I'm down over 30 lbs. from the last time we ttc (almost 4 years ago) which is 13% of my weight gone. I've been getting 1 x a week acupuncture from a terrific practitioner for the past 6 weeks. I work out 6 days a week. I've been on prenatal vitamins for 3+ months. I'm eating a mostly South Beach diet and absolutely no refined carbs or refined sugar plus very little gluten. I think everything is very nicely aligning for this cycle. Monday I will call my midwife and get the progesterone subscription called in to my local pharmacy as well as find out how long to take it and when. I'm also calling the sperm bank on Monday to secure our donor sperm.

I keep trying to take deep breaths and do positive visualization. I'm so excited, but at the same time I know I shouldn't get too excited as the chances of this working are around 6%... but I really hope this is it. The other day a very calm peace enveloped me as I was driving and thinking about the whole process. I keep praying that the spirit waiting to be born will come to us this time. I think she's a girl.