Cough Syrup

Cough syrup is suppose to help increase quality cervical mucus. Since this is one of my fertility problems I decided to try it. I hate cough syrup tho so this should be interesting. I get to take this three times a day until after I ovulate :) I wasn't going to do anything until we did IUI but I bought this on a whim at the grocery store today. God knows if it will work or not :)

You'll find out if a baby or two come of it.

The Twelve Week Plan

1. Change Diet & Excercise:

- For the next 12 weeks Jeremy and I will be doing body for life. We did this before we got married and I lost 40 lbs in 8 weeks...


2. Vitamins: Jeremy will be taking fertilaid for men for the next 12 weeks. This is suppose to help make his swimmers stronger
In addition to my prenatal vitamins I will also be taking vitex and red clover.

3. IUI:

Jeremy just got an unexpected bonus from work (PRAISE GOD) so we plan on scheduling our first iui in 12 weeks. For those of you who don't know...iui is when the dr. washes your husband's sperm sample and injects the good sperm into you ideally around the time you ovulate since washed sperm can only surrive around 8 hours.

Jeremy and I will be praying about God's plan through this time, and afterwards whatever happens. Right now Jeremy only wants to do one IUI. He says if the iui treatment is not sucessful that he wants to save for IVF...which could take us forever and a day :) It is at LEAST $15,000. Not pocket change for us. However, if God leads us through our time of prayer to do more IUI treatments, or no treatments...or hopefully getting pregnant before treatment or pregnant through iui we will obviously be open to what God wants whatever that means.

For now we have a 12 week plan. It should be an interesting ride.

Answered Prayer

I'm not pregnant, I don't even know if I'll ever get to be pregnant... for now I am thanking God for the prayers he has answered.

Last Monday I broke down on the way home from speaking to a legal recruiter. I told God that I was jobless and childless...that the doctor said I needed IUI to get pregnant and I could not do IUI until I got a job...with the job market the way it is I felt hopeless. I also mentioned to God that my husband would not let us start the adoption process until after we try IUI AND IVF. He really really wants his own biological child. . . So do I, but I think I mostly want to be a mother.

Well...right when I got home I plugged in my cell phone and on my voice mail was a job offer. I took it of course.

So even tho I am still childless, I am no longer jobless. Praise God! Which means...that in addition to not having to forclose on our house, we will begin saving for the consultation and first IUI treatment.

I am not sure how I'll fit infertility treatment into a new job, but I know God will work it out.

This cycle we are taking off fertility drugs again. Maybe we won't even need IUI :)