RE appointment for Ultrasound & Bloodwork

This morning I went for my CD12 u/s and b/w. The u/s showed one mature follice measuring 17 mm. He wasn't sure if he saw a second one or if it was the same one from a different view. My estrodial was 233, my progesterone was 1.0 and my LH was 49. I took the Ovidrel at 6:30 PM and go for another round of IUI on Thursday and Friday. If this time doesn't work, then he is going to schedule an HSG (histosaliogram??) for the next cycle. I really hope that's not necessary. I am trying to stay relaxed over the next couple of days so that this really has a chance to work.
Note: stayed on 100 mg of Clomid this cycle.

On to another month

Well, last months round of Clomid, Ovidrel, and IUI didn't work. Of course, I was upset. This would have given us a due date of Christmas day. How thrilling!! But that was not meant to be. Tomorrow, I will put in a call to my RE (Reproductive Endocrinologist) and find out what's next. Maybe I will stay on the same dosage of Clomid or maybe bump it up to 150mg. Hopefully, this one will give me a nice mother's day present with good news!

Introduction

My name is Carin and I am 33, 34 next month. I have been married to Matt for 11 1/2 years and we've known each other for 18 years! We have two children. Timothy is 9 and loves baseball. Lindsay is 7 and she loves dance and Carrie Underwood. They both love their 22 Webkinz! Matt and I decided about 4 years ago that we wanted to add to our family. We tried for about two years and then just kind of figured Tim and Lindsay were it for us. Then, in July 2006, I unexpectedly found myself pregnant! We were both so over the moon!!! At the time, the kids were 5 & 7. We told the kids we were going to have a new baby after I went to the dr to confirm. I went for my first u/s at 8 weeks. Sadly, there was no heartbeat and an emergency D&E was done on July 28, 2006. We were so heartbroken. It was a very difficult six months, emotionally for me after the loss. Finally, I was feeling better. In July 2007, I talked to my ob/gyn and she suggested we see a specialist. At the end of August, I went to Northern Fertility and met with Dr. Freedman. They ran some blood tests and then started me on Clomid 50mg in Aug. We were unsuccessful in getting pregnant without any means of assisted fertilization. In November, 2007, we had our first two IUIs (Interuterine Insemination) along with 100 mg of Clomid. They were unsuccesful. However, it is rare to get pregnant on the first IUI done. In December, still on 100 mg of Clomid, we had another round of IUI. This time, we achieved pregnancy! My first HCG produced a hormone level of nearly 3800! I went in again the next day for another draw and and u/s. It was too soon to see anything on u/s but Dr. Freedman said with my levels, that there were probably two, possibly three babies! I though that Matt was going to fall on the floor! The hormone level that day was 4500! We were to go back on Christmas Eve. Well, I went by myself. I went in and Dr. Freedman got very grim. He could not see anything and should have been able to see a gestational sac. Later that day, the nurse called with my hormone levels. They had dropped to about 3600. I tried to reason with myself that one baby didn't make it and that was the reason for the drop. Two days later, still no sac and hormone levels had leveled off. I knew then that I was going to miscarry again. On January 6, 2008, I passed one baby and on January 7, I passed the second baby. The twins I had so desperately wanted were gone.
Fast forward to March 2008. I am back on 100 mg of Clomid. My dominant side was my right side this month. I had one follie measuring 19mm x 21mm. I took the Ovidrel to induce ovulation and on Thursday, April 3 and Friday, April 4, I again had IUI done. Dr. Freedman said that the sample looked good and that "this should get you pregnant." Friday, he said that the sample was superb! So now I am in the dreaded 2ww that women must wait and see if they "caught the egg" or not.
Here is the link to my Fertility Friend chart: http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/carin53174