Since it's been a while I figured I should do a quick update. I just finished round two of Femara. They doubled my dosage this time so fingers crossed I will ovulate towards the end of next week sometime. As soon as I do I will be going in for 2nd IUI. I have heard that your chances increase with each one so I am really hoping that this works and if it does it sticks. We are so ready for our rainbow baby.

Over the last few months we have really sat down and thought out names and themes for nurseries. I think it has really helped us. It makes it feel like all this work is worth it. As much as all this work and waiting suck it does have one advantage. It has really given us time to think out and talk through all the things a lot of other couples aren't lucky enough to. We have talked about both of our views on raising children from the big things (like education, religion, sex, etc...) to the small things (like play time, naps, clothing, etc...). While I know that you can never be fully prepared to be a parent and to face all the challenges and decisions I feel like we have a really good foundation started.

When I first met my husband I never really thought about all this stuff (being only 15). I knew that I wanted kids and before we got married I knew that he did too (if he didn't that would have been a deal breaker for me), but I never realized how much involvement there was from each parent in raising a child. I never knew simple things like what to feed them or what time they went to bed would harbor such strong opinions in different people. And that's just the little stuff. Granted even the little stuff is important and I know we could have worked it out during the actual raising a baby process (which I'm sure we still will when new situations arise or our so well thought out plans fail) but I am still really glad we had the chance to talk all these things out. I feel like it has united us more and will help us be better parents in the long run.

There is a great giveaway going on over at Life, Loss, and Other Things and The Tater Twins where they are giving away not one but TWO Ovacue Fertility Monitors. This is an exciting little gadget in the trying to conceive world since it can be used by people with all conditions, including PCOS like myself and can technically be used for both trying or avoiding. They are doing a fantastic giveaway in which two winners will be picked. The cool part is when you enter the email address of who referred you, if YOU are picked as a winner, the person who refers you also wins one. How cool is that? So just enter tatianafivecoat@live.com when prompted and get yourself entered! The entries are super easy and take about 5 minutes to do. Even if you are not interested you could always enter and help increase my chances of winning myself one.


This would be an amazing way for Dave and I to cut some of the costs of the monitoring. Ovulation predictor kits (OPKS) are extremely expensive and having to use them monthly adds up very quickly. 

If you enter Good luck! And if you enter my email as the one who referred you THANK YOU!!