Shades of Sunshine

Well we did it, went in for my scan on Saturday and I had 5 really good follicles on my ovaries: 26, 23, 21,17, 16 and a few under 10.  They like them to be 18 for triggering, well the most dominant one.  So I had a really really good response to the Clomid.  Which is good to know for the future.  So we went and picked up the trigger shot (makes you ovulate) and Rob gave it to me Saturday night right before bed.  We had IUI (Intra-uterine insemination) yesterday morning.  To say these were the worst Ovulation cramps I have ever felt is an understatement.  All day sunday and yesterday, even hurt my tummy to laugh.  But it will be worth it if we get a sticky bean.  It's going to be a very long 2 weeks (how long to wait until pregnancy test).  The trigger shot is HCG which also shows positive on a pregnancy test so a lot of women start testing early so they can test it out so when they get a BFP (Big Fat Positive) they know it's for real....

As everything falls into place for us to finally get pregnant (hopefully, fingers crossed), I have so many mixed emotions.  A baby is going to change the dynamics of my hubby and I's relationship.  Things will be different.  We have a good thing going (finally now that I am on medications for my Bipolar/Anxiety) and I don't want to ruin that.  But I finally feel like it is 'our' time to get pregnant and the time is right to have children.  I know Rob (my husband) is going to make one incredible dad, I have seen him with babies before and I have seen how he is with our various fur children.  He's going to be great.  Although still trying to get him to budge on the fact that he thinks because he helped with nieces and nephews he won't get stuck with diaper duty.....yeah don't think that is going to fly buddy.  I know that being a mom is going to be difficult, especially with my Bipolar/Anxiety/Depression, but I feel like I've finally found the combi...

Is he not the cutest little kitten you have ever seen?  Holy Smokes aka Little Buddy is 4 weeks old now.  He purrs non stop and is just the sweetest, most adorable baby in the universe.  I love fostering kittens......except I am getting super attached to this little guy.  It's hard not to.  He also does face nuzzles (rubs his face on your chin/face) like our cat Raven does.  It's just so sweet. So I had my cycle day 3 ultrasound on Thursday and boy was I shocked with the results.  Everything was normal, no cysts even on my ovaries (I was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovaries back in 2002), but you can have the PCOS without having cysts on your ovaries and I have a lot of other symptoms.  So it wasn't the 1st Dr that I saw it was a different one as my Dr wasn't in.  She started me on Clomid to help me release more eggs when I ovulate.  Scheduled a follow up ultrasound on Day 12 which is next saturday to see how I responded to the Clomid. ...