here we go!

so the ultrasound yesterday showed that we were ready to inseminate today and tomorrow (7/10-7/11)!!!  the doctor said i was ovulating from the right side and i had one big healthy follicle that was "ready to blow", lol!  he said he would aim for the right!  soo, today we inseminated for the first time!  we had to go in at 7 AM to sign paperwork, then leave and come back at 8:15.  The actual insemination took about 5 minutes... it really was over before i knew it started.  i stayed there for another 10 minutes laying down, and then we were out of there by 8:40.

i missed a few things here, so let me backtrack... i set up an appointment for saturday (yesterday) and monday (tomorrow) for acupuncture.  yesterday's acupuncture appointment was amazing!  so relaxing and stress-relieving!  so i was already feeling pretty good.  I couldn't go in for an appointment today because they are not open, but i have these apps for my ipod that help you meditate and relax, so i did one for a half hour before the insemination and one for a half hour afterwards.  overall today has been a very relaxing and stress-free day, which is pretty important at this point!

i also had to give myself the ovadrel shot to make sure that I was ovulating.  long story short, it wasn't that difficult.  the only thing that was a pain is that my insurance wouldn't cover it, unless i filled the prescription through mail-order which obviously wasn't going to happen because it needed it right then.  so hopefully if i need this shot again, we can figure it out ahead of time so that we don't have to use our own money for something that the insurance would have covered.  this is mostly my nurse's fault.  :)  even though she was assigned to me, she "drops the ball" a lot.  we actually call her a "unicorn" because she's like a fantasy character... we weren't sure if she existed for a while because we never actually saw or talked to her.  at this point, i've obviously talked to her and i've seen her once, but i feel like i get more information from some of the other people there.  and technically, she should be the one passing along important information.  she's on vacation this week, so she wasn't even there today.  and actually, our doctor wasn't there either, we had another doctor, for today and yesterday, who we kind of liked even better.

anyway, tomorrow we inseminate again at around 8:15-8:30.  :D  and then another acupuncture appointment around 12:30.  we could not be happier at this point! and we are thinking positive thoughts and hoping, wishing, praying for the absolute best outcome!