4DPO spike

Woke up this morning, 530am :( and temped as usual. This morning my temp jumped. We'll see if it stay up there in a triphasic pattern! The whole fact that I can get pregnant still hasn't sank in. It doesn't feel real. Too long with two blocked tubes! We'll see in the next few days what comes of this!

Tubal Catheterization Hysteroscopy

After meeting with the RE on November 6th, I was planning on having the tubal catheterization hysteroscopy done about 2 weeks after AF showed. At that point, I was at CD 41 and had no idea when my annovulatory cycle was going to end. I was so excited the following morning when I woke up and she had arrived! I called the RE and scheduled the procedure immediately! November 21st...the day before Thanksgiving! Either I was going to have a great Thanksgiving or a not so great one. The morning of the 21st my husband and I drive the hour and a half to Syracuse. Getting to the hospital we are directed around because noone knew where we were supposed to be exactly. When we finally located the right spot, we were in a quickly prepping for the procedure. I about fell off the bed when they told me that I would not actually be knocked out for the procedure! Thank goodness that the meds they gave me were so good that I slept thru it all though! After coming out, this is what we learned...That both of the tubes were blocked when they did the first HSG. Then the RE inserted the cath and was able to unblock the left tube but the scar tissue on the right was still to thick. A second HSG confirmed that the left was now open! This was the tube that was heavily covered in adhesions and was twisted back in Sept 2011! I truely believe that the Serra and the massage helped dissolve the adhesions and allow the tube to untwist! So, that was Wednesday. Friday came around I was starting to have cramping that I thought might be O pains. I took an OPK that showed I was not Oing just yet...but then again those things never work for me. By Saturday morning the pain was getting worse and I was afraid that I was getting an infection from the procedure despite taking antibiotics. That night I was in so much pain that I debated going to the hospital. The pain was strong and sharp, mostly on the left side but didn't feel like what I had felt before as O pains. I ended up going to bed that night in a lot of pain, but thinking it would pass. The following morning I woke up and the pain was gone and my temp spiked up! I actually ovulated on my own this month! This is something that I normally only do maybe 3 times a year if I am lucky! So, now for my very first 2WW that I have an open tube in the last 11.5 years! Today is cd 21 and 3DPO. Last night there was a lil bit of blood. I am hoping that is from the fertilized egg passing the point where the blockage was opened on its way to the "Safe Zone". With luck, we'll be having implantation in the next couple of days. Then I think I might ask to have a progesterone test done at 7DPO just to make sure that it is high enough. I also keep getting sharp twinges of pain on the left side which I am also hoping is good news that the tube is pushing my baby into the uterus! We'll see soon! I have a follow up appointment with the RE on December 4th where we will determine what to do next cycle if we aren't successful with this one. I am hoping that he will give me injections and a trigger...just to make sure that we have a good chance of the left ovary popping one or more out. However, I'm still praying that there wont be a need!!! 7 days til I see the RE and about 10 before I will start testing! The countdown begins!

Forever...Update :)

Oh my! My world has been upside down the last many months! In a nutshell...So long Washington and hello Upstate New York! Quite a trek across the country with 2 kids, a cat, a chihuahua and a great dane! Seven days on the road with my husband driving a Uhaul pulling one of our cars and me in our truck pulling another of our cars. I'm actually loving NY! We've seen so many fun places and things since being here: Niagara Falls, New York City, Gettysburg, Watkins Glen. We've been thru Hurricane Sandy and now the snow is falling for our first bitter cold Upstate winter. Now...the good stuff...TTC! We've been in a stand still since moving and due to the blocked tubes. I've continued with the Serra, Royal Jelly and PNVs. I met with my new PCM and she gave me 3 months of Clomid unsupervised, however, I chose not to do them because I know the tubes are blocked. She also put me on Metformin. I was only able to take this for a week because it caused my blood sugars to drop to low and I was getting dizzy, very fatigued and weak so I discontinued them. Ended up getting a referral to see a RE in Syracuse and was able to see him on November 6th. He suggested redoing the reanastomosis or jumping back in to IVF. I asked about doing a tubal catheterization hysteroscopy and after talking about it for a little while...he agreed! Surgery was scheduled for November 21st and we were successful in opening the left tube! So excited about where we might end up now that we have one open tube! I'll post more about the procedure and events following later. :)