My date with Zonare went better than expected- "Boy do I have a story for you".

Today was our first appointment. I was scared..nervous..excited and looking forward to starting off the new year in a new direction. Today was different..first before our appointment our microwave that we have had for all of 4 years and a bit decided it was time to hit the appliance graveyard. It stopped heating up Doug's lunch and let out a burning smell in our kitchen..and started to make some bad noises. So time to get a new one.

After Lunch we headed on our way to the doctors office. Our appointment was at 1pm. We thought this is great..first appointment..we will get a baseline and see what happens from there. We waited a little bit as we usually do. But we were the first appointment of the day..so we did not have to wait too long..which is good..it would of made my stomache feel even worse. I was so nervous i could only eat a  Oatmeal to go bar...for i have to still be taking the metformin.

I get in there and we do the normal...strip..lay on the table we are going to do the internal ultrasound. Today he had a trainee with him..so you usually here a little more of what is actually going on. I was lying there and said the doctor.."I was just wondering if you see my ovaries as very swollen or enlarged...due to I have had a lot of pain this week and last when i was taking the clomide". I got a swiftly answered" I will look when we get there". So he is looking around using the Zonare machine..the ultrasound machine used for internal and external ultrasounds.  It kinda looks like a really high tech sex toy..but is used to get information. Giggle.

As the doctor is looking around he says "Woah" as he sees my right ovary is huge and looks like it is fully there with eggs ready to drop as it pleases quite soon. This is a shock to all of us since this is day 12..and we are all not expecting to start this process part until later next week. He also decided to ask me where i was hiding my left ovary, for he could not find it for a while. My lining on the other hand is not great but also good..It should be a .7 and is at a 6 something. I am really not sure what that means..but its not the worst it could be . So before we left we were told that I am doing the procedure tomorrow afternoon..which is news to me. I was given a couple different prescriptions for this whole thing. I have to get Ovidrel a HCG injection tonight. I am to start taking a drug for my uterine lining to thicken up so the egg will attach...and to start taking progesterone suppositories after the procedure is done tomorrow on the following day for almost up to 12 weeks. The progesterone helps the pregnancy to stay with us.

So we leave there thinking this is good news...we are a little nervous. We had to ask Holly to come over for sure tonight now..to administer the needle. Yes I am a wimp...when it comes to needles..but there is a lot of people i know that are too. Just not something i really want to do myself.  We had to cancel a work trip that Doug was supposed to do tomorrow..due to he would not make it back in time for our appointment. And last of all..get the drugs we need. Little did i know that was going to be a task in itself. I dropped off all 3 prescriptions at walmart. I was told it would be a hour and a half.  We had a plan..drop it off..pick up Doug's dad from work..come back..get the prescription..and buy a new microwave...come home and have dinner.

Did I mention that nothing in this process has been easy. I came to pick up the prescripton and I was told they do not have two of the 3 and they would not have them in until tomorrow. Which does not help us at all since we need them for tonight. We asked the pharmasist to call a couple of places to check and see..she called 2 and then said she is too busy. We were livid..I am super surprised that Doug did not freak on the woman. She would not give us the prescription back due to half of one was filled and the other one was on the same note. The pharmasist gave us a list of numbers to phone to see if any other pharmacy had the Ovidrel around town. The one drug we do not need until the day after the procedure, so we can wait to get it . But the Ovidel is  a must. So we are walking around the store..as Doug is called pharmacy after pharmacy to see if they have it. We are trying to buy a microwave and all I can think about is..how the hell are we gonna do this now. We leave frustrated..we have to phone the pharmasist at walmart back by 7pm to let her know if she needs to fax it over. We continue to call when we get home. Finally..Holly phones one of Lindsey's Shoppers..and lucky we are..one of them have it in. Doug had been called all night and all of them did not have it in and would only have it by late morning.

Doug calls walmart..tells them to fax it over there and we would drive there to pick it up. So back to Lindsey we go..Ash,Holly and myself. Roadtripping for drugs. Now that is something I never would have thought I would be doing. We drive all the way there..and walmart still had not faxed or called back the shoppers in lindsey..so I phone Doug back and let him know. He calls them again and asks them to resend it..since they were having fax issues...the shoppers had not received it yet..(shakes head at walmart). So finally they fax it over and we are on our way to getting the injection covered. Now atleast we know a place that happens to have it on hand. When your Ovaries say go and your Doctor says we are doing this...we are on our way to the next step.

Tomorrow is the big day..the first IUI for us..in this brand new year. We made it home after waiting for 10 minutes at shoppers after the fax went through and drove back to have a late dinner. Hard work I would say. Tomorrow I work early and the procedure is going to be done after 4pm. Not gonna lie..nervous as all hell. More drugs..new procedure...kinda crazy...then we wait for the cycle process. Oh boy what a day we have been having.

We went in for a baseline, we got a jumpstart. My date with the Zonare machine..definitely went better than expected.