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My Last IUI Two Week Wait.

November 18, 2016 |

This week’s baby making upate is about my last iui two week wait. The two week wait is the two weeks between when you get inseminated and when you can test to see if you are pregnant or not. It is also called two week torture because sometimes it does feel like torture. It feels way longer than two weeks. During this time women trying to conceive tend to go crazy analyzing every little symptom they experience. I am no different.

Check out the below video, 7 Days Post My Final IUI, to see how I was holding up half way through my two week wait.

Oh Joy! Another Two Week Wait!

June 12, 2015 |

Yup, more tales of the two week wait. The title says Oh Joy but I assure you there is nothing joyful about the two week wait. Getting the IUI is easy. Waiting two weeks to find out if it was successful, now that is tough, torturous even. It is hard on the emotions and often hard on the body if you have to take progesterone.

I shared a video of IUI #2 last week. Here are my thoughts a few days into my second two week wait.

I hate the two week wait and progesterone is not my friend. But it will all be worth it when I have my bundle of Joy.

Baby Making Update: The Wait!!!

December 4, 2015 |

Last week I did not share a baby making update because I figured everyone would be too busy eating leftover turkey and cranberry sauce and shopping on black Friday. Now that the holiday has passed let’s get back to our normally scheduled programing. The video below is my symptoms and thoughts during the dreaded two week wait. Click here > One Week Post IUI With Frozen Donor Sperm < to go to my YouTube Channel if you have trouble viewing the embedded video.

The two week wait is tough. Have you been through it?

TWW = Two Week Torture: Baby Making Update, 3 Days Post IUI

May 1, 2015 |

The TWW sucks!!! Do you know what the TWW is? Unless you have spent some time trying to get pregnant or reading about trying to get pregnant then you probably don’t. TWW stands for Two Week Wait. This is the two weeks of torture between the time you ovulated and when you will be able to find out from a pregnancy test if you are pregnant.

On internet forums about trying to conceive the two week wait has also be called the two week torture. The 2nd name is much more accurate. Its torturous because you start paying an inordinate amount of attention to what is going on in your lower abdomen. Every twinge leaves you wondering if you are becoming pregnanat. I wish our bodies could send us some kind of signal as soon as the sperm units with the egg. Something like a pop up indicator like the ones on roaster chickens would be good. As soon as the sperm meets the egg the indicator could pop up and you’d know that a bun was in the oven, stop the alcohol, intense exercise and heavy lifting. But alas it does not work that way.

Here is a video from my YouTube channel on my thoughts 3 days after my IUI during the TWW aka Two Weeks Torture.

This journey to becoming a mom is an essential step for me in Chasing Joy but this Two Week Wait part is difficult. Have you been through it? How did you not go crazy?

Keep praying for me and sending me lot’s of baby dust!!!

Baby Making Update: Pregnancy Testing After FET

May 12, 2017 |

Testing, Testing, Testing!!! Never in my life did I imagine I would have done this much pregnancy testing. Sigh….

So here we are. I shared my Frozen Embryo Transfer. Now it’s time to share the results. Did it work? Will the there be a 2nd line on the test? Will the BETA blood test come back positive or negative? These are all of the questions that I wrestle with for days and days after my transfers or inseminations. The two week wait is torturous and feels more like two months. Those two weeks between ovulation or fertility treatment and being able to get a conclusive answer through pregnancy testing feel much longer than two weeks.

I know it feels long for you guys following my journey too. I see you guys trying to find hidden messages in everything because you know my videos are delayed for privacy. Well, I don’t know what to tell you LOL. I am not speaking in code. So you guys have to wait along with me. I do appreciate you all. Your encouragement and interest in my journey does keep me going. Anyway, enough rambling. The two week wait after my FET are up. Watch the live pregnancy testing video below to see if it worked or not.

Is it time for my Frozen Embryo Transfer (FET)

April 21, 2017 |

Can I move on to my FET, my frozen embryo transfer? I have come to terms with the failed fresh transfer. After talking to my doctor about the failed cycle all I want to know is can I get started with the FET?

After dreaded two week wait, the most nerve racking time is the time leading up to your next cycle. There are so many things that can pop up that prevent you from having the necessary fertility treatment to try again. In the past I have been delayed trying to lose weight. Most often I have been delayed because of developing a cyst on my ovary. This happened to me last year when I thought I was going to start IVF. Then I was further delayed because of the lab’s maintenance schedule. So, before I could start taking the estrogen and progesterone needed for my FET I needed to find out if I could even get started. Was it indeed time for my frozen embryo transfer.

The first hurdle I had to cross was going in for the day 3 tests. This consist of blood work and an ultrasound between the 2nd and 4th days after your period starts. In the case of my FET they were checking to make sure that I did not have ovarian cysts. If there were cysts then I will have to wait for them to resolve. In addition to looking for cysts they also check the uterine lining. The doctor wants to make sure is appropriately thin for that stage of the cycle. Even if the cycle day 3 tests are good I’d still have to come back in a couple of weeks to make sure the uterine lining thickened properly. Only then would I be given the ok to have the FET.

Now that you have some backgroud, check out today’s video of me going for my day 3 tests and finding out if I could move forward with my FET.

I’d love to hear about anyone’s experience with a FET (Frozen Embryo Transfer). Don’t be shy leave a comment or email me at ArlettRHartie@Chasing-Joy-com.

It Aint All Joyful. Talking Myself Through Uncertainty & Limbo

December 21, 2015 |

Uncertainty! Limbo! Ugh!!! These are two things that I hate. I like being in control. I like knowing what is coming my way. I want to prepare. I want to get in the right mind set. I want to be ready. I cannot do any of that when nothing but uncertainty looms before me.

Can you relate? Have you ever felt stuck in limbo or had to deal with uncertainty? Maybe while waiting to find out about a job or professional opportunity, waiting on some medical information, or even waiting to see how a love interest or significant other responds to you. It sucks right???

I most recently experienced uncertainty just last week as I awaited some medical information from my doctor. Nothing life threatening (no need to worry) but possible life altering. I wanted to know the outcome immediately. Bu that is not how it works. The uncertainty left me stressed. Will the info be good or bad? Should I take time off work in case I don’t like what the doctor has to say when she calls in the afternoon? I don’t like being emotional at the day job. Ugh.. My stomach was in knots. I was extra tired. I was not sleeping well and having unsettling dreams. Clearly, I don’t handle uncertainty well. You would think trying to conceive this year would have helped me to manage limbo better. I mean every single two week wait between possible conception and time for a pregnancy test is nothing but limbo and uncertainty. Apparently it didn’t. Or maybe it did and I would have been in even worse shape last week.

One particular morning while still trying to figure this health thing out with the doctor I decided to go to work. I did not want to get up. I just wanted to pull the covers up and go to sleep and stay asleep until I could wake up to some definite answers. I did not do that. Instead I started talking myself into getting up. The thought that got me going was “Just focus on the things that you can control right now. What are you going to wear to work? What are you going to have for breakfast? Just focus on what you can control?” Have you ever talked to yourself like that?

A while back I wrote a post on things to focus on when life is out of control. Apparently that same advice works for when you are stuck in limbo and dealing with uncertainty. I guess uncertainty is one of the ways life can feel out of control.

When was the last time you were stuck in limbo and dealing with uncertainty? How did you get through it? Did you focus on things that were within your control or did you find another technique helpful?

Testing, Testing, Pregnant or Not Pregnant

December 11, 2015 |

Here we are again. The end of the cycle. The monitoring is done and I have survived yet another two week wait. Did it work? Am I expecting my very own Bundle of Joy? Let’s watch…

If you have trouble with the embedded video click here < Live Pregnancy Test After IUI with Frozen Donor Sperm > to watch it on my YouTube channel.

So, what do you think?

Baby Making Update: TMI Time For My IUI

November 20, 2015 |

Joy Chasers this trying to conceive thing is not easy. But I guess nothing worth having really is. This cycle has been rough and I have not even started the two week wait yet. In my last video, Back at it! TTC Cycle 9: Monitoring, you saw that even with all of that monitoring we still missed the opportunity for me to do my Ovidrel trigger shot at the most optimal time. I gave myself the shot anyway and now it’s time for the IUI. Honestly I already feel sad about this cycle. I feel like it is not going to work. I am trying to be optimistic but that is just not how I am feeling right now. On the bright side it does seem like this IUI is being timed pretty well. It is in God’s hands now.

Here is the video of my IUI. It is TMI but you really don’t see anything.

Despite my feelings going in to this cycle I am going to fight against them, focus on the positive, pray, and give myself credit for trying to create the life I want for myself.

Trying to Lose Weight While Trying to Conceive With Nutrisystem

July 10, 2015 |

Happy Friday! Friday means it’s time for a baby making update. Well, there really is not much to report this week. Last week you saw me get IUI #3. It got off to a bumpy start and then the donor’s sperm count was low. SMH.

Rather than bore you with all of my crazy thoughts during the two week wait from the time I got the IUI until I find out the results, I will share with you something else that I am doing to prepare myself for pregnancy.

A few weeks ago I joined Nutrisystem. This was not my first time trying Nutrisystem. I tried it a few years back and lost over 20 lbs. So, I know that it works. Actually I think almost any diet plan can work if you stick to it. The trick in finding something that you will be able to stick to. What does this have to do with baby making you ask? Well, having extra weight is unhealthy in all the ways we know about but it also can cause you to stop ovulating. Luckily I don’t have that problem. Being overweight during pregnancy can lead to pre-eclampsia and gestational diabetes. I don’t want either of those. So while I am trying to conceive I am also trying to lose weight. I am trying to lose weight while trying to conceive with nutrisystem

Watch the video below to see some of my favorite Nutrisystem meals and how I have been doing on the program.