The Husbands Side of Things

 

Changing it up a but here's a side of the story from my husbands view today: 

This journey has been quite the adventure. Me and my wife have been trying to have a child since we got married, which has been over a year. We finally went and got tested and come to find out I was the problem, low sperm count and sperm quality was at 1%. I have always dreamed of being a father, and now I know what Garth Brooks was singing when he said some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers. I honestly believe the good Lord made me this way because he was wanting me to wait to meet my wonderful wife. The only thing that kills me is I'm not the one that gets poked 3-4 times a day, gets probed every other day, and has to go through the painful operation to have the follicles removed. I should be the one receiving all this pain right? It just amazes me to watch her endure all this and I know it hurts, but not once has she complained or faulted me. She just takes it like a champ and smiles. She takes all this in and still does everything for everybody, from taking family members to Dr. Visits all the way to raising money for our friends family members that have been seriously injured. I'm so lucky to have this angel for my wife, and hopefully soon the mother of my children. Please say a prayer for us as we continue this journey over the next couple of months. 

Injection Time 💉

I went back to the doctor on Wednesday for an ultrasound. Everything looked great- lining was thin & No cyst! Whoo hoo!!! So that means injections started this morning. I started Menopuer 75 units every morning & I will do Follistem 250 units every evening then go back for another ultrasound on Monday morning. This will be just to be sure everything is going correctly & all the medicine is doing what it should be doing :) Please continue to pray for us as we are getting closer & closer to our little miracle(s). 🙏🏼👶🏼💙🎀🚼

Of course I had to make a shirt to go along with the starting of injection day! 💉💉

 

Trial Transfer/ Injection Teaching

Yesterday we had 2 appointments back to back with Dr.K! First, we had our Trial Transfer:

Everything went well. He was basically showing us what to expect when our Transfer actually gets here. The only thing he didn't like was that my bladder was empty; therefore it made the catheter do a 90 degree turn-- when it should've went at an acute angle across. So Transfer Day I will be forcing liquids down my throat to say the least. 

Dr.K had some wonderful news for us as well. If you have been following along you will remember our chances for IVF working were in the 60 percentile range. Well folks GUESS WHAT?!! That rate did not only go up for us with new results in the year 2015 but it went up by 10%!! This is HUGE for us & we were thrilled to get this ratings.

Next, on our list for the day was our Injection Teaching with the nurse. I think my husband loved this part the most (not bc I'm having to go through this by no means) haha. He's been the one having to takes tons of meds orally & injections at the beginning so for the injections --he's still on about 6 meds orally daily for just fertility--to now be opposing in his favor. He sure got a kick out of it && he got to learn how to stick me instead. ((Talk about being nervous.. Yikes)) j/k with the nurses thorough instructions he got it right on the first shot! Whoo Hoooo!! Now if he can do that when it really & truly counts we will be doing great! 

Our plans from here: 

(1) on July 17th I will stop taking the B/C (birth control) pills

(2) On July 20th we will go in for our Baseline Ultrasound 

After that I will update again with further results/steps along our way!

Please continue to pray for us as our journey is quickly approaching & getting scarier by the minute. Pray for Patience ((& mainly this --as it will be a BIG key factor as I will be injecting tons of hormones so just imagine what my husband will be dealing with thru this)), Pray for positive thoughts, pray for comfort, & pray that we will have a tiny miracle (s) soon!