I Lied: 1 Year & 1 Month of TTC Baby #2
In my last blog I said I was taking a break because mentally I couldn’t take it. Well, I lied, LOL. When I wrote that blog, I was feeling so defeated. In that hour (maybe two) I had just gotten my period and was over it.
A little side track, when I was pregnant with my son, my husband and I decided not to find out our baby’s gender. I would make two fists and say to my dog, “Is Mommy having a boy or a girl?” or “Are you having a brother or a sister?” I’d tell her to “Choose one,” mentally dubbing a hand boy or girl/brother or sister. Well, 99.99% of the time she chose boy and I did, indeed, have a boy.
Yesterday morning, I decided to try again, but this time asking, “Is Mommy going to get pregnant again?” Or is, “Mommy going to have another baby?” And each time, she’d choose, “Yes.” I know it sounds crazy, but if you’re TTC you know you cling to any little thing that gives you hope and well, that little act calmed me down and fed me with that little sliver of hope I needed. An hour or so afterward, I got back in touch with the fertility clinic to let them know my menses had arrived.
I asked to switch from Clomid to Letrozole.
I had read somewhere that in your entire lifetime you’re only supposed to take, at most, six (6) rounds of Clomid. This made me really nervous, considering my last cycle would have been my sixth cycle using Clomid. In addition to having read that kernel, I happened to mention it to a girlfriend of mine who get pregnant on her first IUI and she said she got pregnant during her first cycle using Letrozole.
My body isn’t reacting to Clomid the way it once did.
I’ve felt that something’s been off with my cycle since starting on Clomid in June. I have, for as long as I’ve been taking notice, always had egg white cervical mucus (EWCM). There are a lot of other reasons I asked to switch, but I think it’s worth its own blog.
On that note there’s a lot more to this cycle than the usual take medication, wait for a positive OPK to do timed intercourse or an IUI, and then have the grueling TWW.
Next Steps
Tonight, CD4, I begin taking Letrozole at bedtime for five (5) nights.
On CD10, I have to start OPK testing, but that’s optional. I will move forward with this, because they want to be able to look at the tests.
Beginning CD12, I am to have timed intercourse for 1 week.
CD19: I have an ultrasound. Not entirely sure what for, but probably to check my ovaries/eggs to see if I ovulated or not.
Between CD20 - CD23, I have to head to the lab to do blood work so they can check my progesterone levels.
We’ll see how things go this cycle! Keeping my fingers crossed for me and for you!
