For reals, this time

Well, I guess we can officially say we have no fertility problems… I wonder what the percentage of IUI couples who get pregnant on 100% of their tries?  I think we’re special (even if the first one didn’t “take”).  I gotta think that our only problem was the hairpin turn in her uterus.  Apparently, my swimmers weren’t smart enough to take the corner.  I like to think they probably came screaming in like a race car only to careen off the track and crash through the retaining wall.  You know… cuz they’re so fast…

Like Jess said, we’re knocked up again.  We’ve both agreed that it has felt different this time.  She was apprehensive because she didn’t want what happened last time to happen this time.  But I think this one is the real deal.  We are at week 5 today.  Her HGC levels were really high, about 3x what they were the first time. A very good sign.

My only hang up at this point is we haven’t had an ultrasound yet.  I haven’t laid eyes on it, so at this point I’m basically taking everyone’s word for it.  Once I see it, then it is the real deal. That’ll happen May 4th.

The funny thing is that Jess is already having strange pregnancy symptoms.  Like tasting metallic aftertastes when eating which is apparently a symptom of a lot of estrogen.  No morning sickness yet though, so that’s a good thing.  She has given up all the good stuff you’re supposed to when you’re pregnant.  No more alcohol.  No more caffeine, which is probably the bigger sacrifice at this point.  Anyone who has seen her in the morning before her coffee will attest that she NEEDS caffeine.  But, we switched to decaf and are plugging ahead.  All things being considered, she is doing tremendously well.  Fatigue and all.

I also instituted a program to make her abstaining from alcohol a bit more palatable, but that is another post.

Thus begins the great adventure.  Strap in and stay tuned!