The Conley Crew: May 2014

Saturday, May 31, 2014

Tiny Moment - Something For Everyone

I bet you didn't know that Hobby Lobby has something for everyone, including something for the monkey. We had to hold every car, truck, plane in the whole store. Love this all boy of mine :)

Friday, May 30, 2014

Tiny Moment - Summer Boss

I love this boy....he means all business when it comes to summer. His face constantly saying, "bring it on!"

Tiny Moment - What I Do When Life Sucks

I have a horrible, horrible coping mechanism when it comes to hard days.........treaty, treaty, treats! But today I don't care. Today I get whatever I want. Because today I got to deal with the medical bills from my failed IUI. I got to deal with my fender bender estimate from Memorial Day. I got to deal with the damage in our back yard from a kid who stole a car, hit a fire hydrant and flooded our back yard. Today I am tired of dealing. So in order to keep dealing, I am treating! YUM! Treats make everything better! For reals!

Thursday, May 29, 2014

Tiny Moment - Cowboy Up

I don't know if it's because he has recently become obsessed with Woody, the cowboy, from Toy Story or he has cowboy in his blood, but Jax has decided he loves to ride a horsey.....like a lot!

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Tiny Moment - Bandaid Raid

Someone has developed a small obsession with bandaids, especially his Cars bandaids. This is a picture of my little devil after he had pushed the bar stool over to the cabinets and raided the bandaids! :)

Tiny Moment - Love Reading Time

I couldn't pick just one video of him reading because they crack me up!!!

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Hubby's 31st Birthday!

So grateful Jon and grateful he was born. He is a kind, sweet, generous, fun, loving man and I am grateful he is in my life. :) And I know the monkey feels the same. My little dadda's boy. :)

Jax and I worked on a banner for our birthday boy. He got tired of helping after about two minutes. But he thought it was so fun to color with mommy for dadda.

After a quick Jaxson drop off at my sister, Shauna's, we were off to see the new X-Mean movie, matinee style. It was a really good movie and so nice to go out just the two of us.

After the movie, we headed back to Shauna's to pick up the monster. When we walked in the back yard to find him jumping on the tramp with Uncle Tim and Lola. He could care less that we were there and had no intentions of leaving. After "playing" football with the boys for a little bit, we decided to pick up dinner instead of going out to dinner because it was getting late and that's what the birthday boy said he would prefer.

Our little fam :)

Before & after a special drink for the monster. The one to the right is so deceiving.....he actually looks sweet and innocent! :)

My birthday boy with his special birthday cake. I've made this cake going on 6 years and I have grown quite fond of it :)

Monday, May 26, 2014

The Second IUI

Here is the story of our second IUI........

This month I did a lot of research in preparation for our second IUI and asked Dr. Ollerton's office and specially him, if they would be willing to do a monitored and triggered IUI cycle. This requires the Clomid, trans-vaginal monitoring ultrasounds to monitor the follicles (or egg sacks) and a HCG trigger shot to ensure the egg(s) release. After Dr. Ollerton consulted with a fertility clinic he felt comfortable with proceeding with the monitored and triggered IUI cycle. I received the message that it was a go and was super stoked!!!!

First scan: 05/09/14 (CD9)

We have two good size follicles, one dominant in size but still too early for the trigger.

Saw a double rainbow on the way home.....hoping that's a good sign! :)

Second scan: 05/12/14 (CD12)

We have two BIG follicles (one is 22mm and the other is 19mm). Ready for the trigger but advised to trigger on day 14, but told to continue OPKs to ensure we didn't miss self ovulation.

The next morning (CD13), I got a positive OPK in the morning. So I picked up my trigger shot prescription and had my sister, Brooke, administer it to ensure my body released the eggs. Huge needle required to go into the muscle for shot, no beuno but my sissy did a rocking job! :)

This month's new addition to the fertility.The trigger shot, evening primrose and a cranberry probiotic.

Day of IUI 2 (CD14)

Just so happened that Dr. Ollerton was the doctor on call and was able to perform the IUI. My cervix proved to be stubborn again and required the teneculum for the procedure. Which resulted in quite a bit of bleeding again but not as much as a last time. Jon's count doubled which was amazing news after the T-shot mishap!

Lying on the table thinking happy baby thoughts. Lots and lots of happy baby thoughts.

Well fast forward to cycle day 26 and unfortunately the IUI failed. It failed. I have to remind myself the procedure failed....I didn't fail. I didn't fail. It is no less painful than last time. It might be even more so because so much more went into this one. The scans, the trigger shot, the medication for Jon. And even with all of that it didn't happen. Our miracle didn't happen, it didn't come. The ache just grew deeper and pain stronger. I just have to remember to have hope when it feels so hopeless. Because right now it feels so beyond hopeless! After a lot of discussion, we decided to take the month off because honestly I don't have it in me to go through everything again. And I still need to convince my doctor to do one more IUI round before making me go to a fertility specialist. I'm honestly looking forward to our month break. It will be nice to not have to FOCUS on it and just enjoy our June. :) Find the silver lining :).