hi cheryl--i remember you from the ttc board. congrats on your trips!

alita (and all): my process to get here was fairly easy and we consider ourselves SO lucky. my wife and i (married in massachusetts in may, but living in PA) have known we wanted kids for a while and our plan was to start trying in may '08. we found ourselves ready a little sooner, though, so we went in search of an RE in december.

we found one who was recommended and he was TERRIBLE. he wanted to treat us as infertile even though there is no reason to have believed i was. i have never been pg, but have also never tried. i have regular periods, etc. he also told me to lose 40lbs and come back and see him in three months and then MAYBE he would inseminate me then. (bear in mind that i have just lost 120lbs in a year and a half.)

needless to say, we didn't see him again and found another, much more reasonable doctor. we love the practice, the staff, and everyone there. this doc wanted to do an hsg so we didn't waste money on specimens if there was a simple issue, so after i had my gallbladder out in january (unrelated to ttc) we did the hsg (clear.) we did our first insem in february. we timed it with an opk and blood/ultrasound. bfn.

we did our second iui in march, this time with an hcg trigger and got a bfp on 13dpiui! so far, so good (knock wood.) as i mentioned, i had a blood scare a few days ago, but it was short-lived and we saw the heartbeat the next day. i continue to have what feels like light mentrual cramps and occasional pulling/tugging cramps, which i hope are normal. i have the complete and utter exhaustion typical of early pregnancy, but no nausea so far.

so, that's our story. oh--also, just fyi, we used anonymous donor sperm (from cryobiology inc.) with previous reported pregnancies for our second try. our first donor did not have reported pregnancies. who knows. we only used one vial the second time (because they said the motility was high enough.)

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Robin (the femme, 34, carrying)
M* (the butch, 48)

IUI #2 at 13dpiui