Chasing Joy

And The Torture Goes on: Baby Making Update, 5 Days Post IUI

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They say nothing worth having comes easy.  That definitely seems to be the case for me when it comes to building a family.  Having my own family has always been something I’ve wanted.  One of the reasons I choose to work for the government was because I knew I wanted a good work/life balance when I had a family. Yet having my own family is not happening easily.  Even know that I have decided to go for the baby before finding my Mr. Joy Chaser its not happening easily.

The two weeks between getting the IUI (Intra-Uterine Insemination) and waiting to find out if it worked are super hard. You over analyze every little ache and pain wondering if it could be the beginnings of a baby. This first video is more of my thoughts and over analyzing 5 days after the IUI.

Don’t even get me started on the progesterone.  It is the hormone your body makes to support a pregnancy and is responsible for many pregnancy symptoms like sore boobs and morning sickness.  A week after the insemination they test your blood to see if your body is making enough progesterone to support a pregnancy.  This 2nd video Is my thoughts after the progesterone test.  Spoiler alert I ended up needing the progesterone.  They like it over 10 and mine was 9.28.

Click here >>> For 2nd video about the progesterone test <<<

This two weeks is tough.  This entire process is tough.  Knowing there will not be another parent to help you through the pregnancy, the expense of the sperm, the medical tests, not knowing it works, etc, etc, etc…  I just have to keep reminding myself nothing worth having comes easy.  I know my future bundle of joy will be worth having.  
Do you have any advice for getting through the two week wait and through the process of getting pregnant?  Did any of you have to take progesterone while pregnant or trying to get pregnant?  

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

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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!!!

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