Updates and welcome ICLW!

Hi everyone and welcome any ICLWers. I kept going back and forth about whether I was going to participate in ICLW this month, but I thought I'd miss it too much if I didn't!

For anyone who is new, the details of our IF story are in the sideline. Briefly -- my DH and I have been TTC since October 2008 and working with an RE off and on since August 2009. We got pregnant after 20 months on a non-treatment cycle, but miscarried. We're now on our 6th cycle trying again after the loss. I just had my first appointment with a new RE (Dr. Smiles) last week and we're getting started on a new plan. See my previous post for an excessive amount of detail about that appointment! :)

I've heard back from the nurse and all the blood work came back normal. I don't have numbers (I'm going to get it next time I talk to them because I like numbers!) but the nurse said that the hormone levels were good and my vitamin levels were excellent -- Dr. Smiles was sure I'd have some vitamin issues as a vegetarian. Part of me wants to yell "Ha!" about that -- look, you can be healthy and a vegetarian!

This is, of course, a good thing. But anyone who has "unexplained infertility" can understand the slight disappointment that comes along with "good" results. I just want to know why this has been hard for us!

It appears that my insurance might actually cover the laparascopy since the fibroid is causing pain and is getting larger in comparison to previous scans. He'll look for endo or any adhesions while he's in there. I think that for my peace of mind I need to do it. We're waiting, now, to see if we get any sort of negative response from the insurance company. I'm not sure what we'll do if they say 'no.' I've been hurting a lot, lately, so I might push anyway. I think part of it is that whenever I have a cycle where I have a vaginal u/s, they push on the fibroid and my ovaries and then they hurt even more than normal. This cycle, I've had to stay on ibuprofen to keep from having shooting pain down my leg. So, yeah, I think I'd have to push for it no matter what. And, I think we are planning on doing a few injectable IUIs, so I think this will be best.

Right now, I have the surgery scheduled for Jan 5th. This would be ideal because classes start back on the 10th and I'd have several days for recovery and wouldn't miss any work. But...in order to make that date, I need to ovulate in the next day or two so that AF will show the day or two before then. My body is definitely heading that way, but it's a risk. If I don't ovulate soon (and, yeah, we're still trying this month because you never know...) then we'll have to put it off until the next week Monday or Wednesday which means I'd have to miss the first few days of the semester which I'd really rather not do.

So, if you could all send some pretty heavy duty ovulation vibes, I'd really appreciate it. Either I'll get AF in time or I'll find out I'm pregnant and skip the whole thing.

Can you guess which one I'm hoping for?! Hmm... surprise pregnancy or surgery? That's a tough one, really.