Heads up-good luck?!

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I was on point with documenting our IUI, but moving monopolized our time and delayed my post...

Rewind to this rainy Memorial Day...our appointment was at 8:30. We arrived early and checked in. The girls ate breakfast and played on our phones. They called Meg back to verify the donor's number before they would thaw the sperm. We waited for what seemed like the longest 20 minutes EVER!

We had to verify the donor's number again while waiting in the room. The nurse told us that our vial had 100 million sperm with 40% motility (we had 60 million with 40% motility with Avery and 100 million with 30% motility with Harper) The nurse gave Meg a sheet and told her to hop onto the table.

While waiting for the doctor I maintained tradition and said, "This is it. Don't get scared now!" Meg laughed. 

The doctor walked in and had us state our donor's number one last time. She asked what we were up to. We told her we were moving and sure enough it was over.

We waited and relaxed for 15 minutes. I played with the doctor's headlamp. Avery yelled at me!!!

On the way out, Avery found a penny heads up! Fingers crossed!!!

Meg goes back into the doctor on June 5th to check her progesterone levels. The pregnancy test is scheduled for June 12th.

We will test at home on June 8th. That would be 10 days post IUI. We tested positive with both girls on Day 10.

The best part...pictures!!!!

 
    
 
    
 
  

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