Heeeeeeerrrrrreeee's Clomid!

Well, another month down the tubes. We had our second IUI in January and after being 4 days late and starting to get excited, good old reliable Aunt Flo showed up on Sunday morning.

I took it harder than I thought I would, to be honest. It's just that after 19 months of trying, it seems ridiculous that I'm not pregnant yet. We've both been checked out and nothing (besides a very small amount of endometriosis, which was removed several months ago) is wrong with either one of us. It doesn't make any sense!

It starts feeling even more hopeless when people all around you can get pregnant without batting an eyelash. Don't get me wrong, I am extremely happy all of my friends who tell me they are pregnant, but it does add salt to the wound.

So, on to IUI #3 this month. I had a sit-down with my dr and he's decided to introduce drug therapy to the scene. I started Clomid today, which I will take for 5 consecutive days. Around day 12-13 of my cycle, they will do a sonogram to see if my follicles are ripening up and then if so, they will administer an HCG shot to induce ovulation. The next day, I will head back to the dr's office for my third IUI.

They say that the success rate for this is very significant -- and that the possibility of twins goes up, which is honestly what we are both dying for. With IUI alone, there is a 23-35% greater chance of multiples, and with Clomid, there is a 10% greater chance. We're doing both so our fingers are crossed.

Thing is, once we've gone through all of this, if we have a baby, I'm not doing this again. Sure, I want more children, but we won't intervene with the process as we are now. I will be grateful to have one - any more than that will be gravy.