Whirlwind Week

This week has been quite the whirlwind already, so I need to catch up on the past few days.

Monday morning, I had an ultrasound appointment with my RE, Dr. W. He said everything looks good -- my lining, my cervix, is absolutely perfect and I have one good follicle. On Monday, he thought the follicle was ready to go, but after doing some bloodwork, found that not to be the case. The suggestion is IUI. I have mixed feelings about this. First of all, am I crazy that I haven't even had my HSG yet and I'm ready to move forward with this step? Perhaps. Second of all, I'm pretty much convinced that the only reason Dr. W is suggesting IUI is because he's convinced Mr. Bella has a sperm problem. I'm not convinced of that though, after we met with the urologist. That's why Mr. Bella was supposed to have another S/A done, but his appointment was cancelled last week and we figured we would just wait until next cycle. I've already taken the Clomid and I knew we would need to start 'getting busy,' therefore, the S/A would obviously interfere with that.

I talked to Mr. Bella about the IUI on Monday, since we initially thought we would be doing it on Wednesday, and he said, 'let's go for it.' Maybe it's necessary, maybe it's not. Maybe Mr. Bella has a sperm problem, or maybe he doesn't. The bottom line, though, is that if it can help increase our chances for conceiving this first treatment cycle, then I am all for it. Besides, I figure we'll just have to BIO quite a bit afterwards, and then if we conceive, we'll never know, was it the IUI or not.

We're not against IUI morally, but I do wonder whether, if this works, we'll tell our families. I can imagine I would tell my sister and my brother because we're pretty close and I think they would understand. But my super Catholic mother? I'm just not sure she would want to know. What would Mr. Bella's family say? I'm not sure, but I guess we can figure it out later. We have to see if this is actually going to work first or not.