Three months!!??

Addison is three months old today, and we're not quite sure how that happened. It just flies by. So, she had her 3 month pictures taken today. Here are a couple to ooh and ahh at since we've been such BAD bloggers lately :)

Not Pregnant. Sigh.

So. We're not pregnant this cycle. It IS the first time that Jen's been inseminated. You would think that after the two and a half years it took to get me pregnant, that we would have a realistic view on what this could possibly be and how long it could take. I dont think though, that reality trumps hope. Do you? I was crushed when Jen came out into the living room last night and said that she had started her period. I wasnt crushed because we werent pregnant, I believe that that will happen. I was crushed because of the look on her face.

She looked at me and said that it must be karma for telling me that my eggs were scrambled when it took so long to get pregnant. I told her that that wasnt it and we just sat next to each other on the couch and next to Addison sleeping for a while. Today, we're moving on. I think that we've actually decided to go with a new donor. Although SD donor is great, he's really far away and we dont go out there again until September. I think with a little effort, Jen can be pregnant by the end of summer. Her surge was really strong and long. Mine used to barely register and her line was so dark it was almost black. It also registered positive on the tests for a day and a half. So, onward and upward.

Besides, you cant stay bummed when you're just beginning to enjoy your first little miracle. And look at that face, huh?

I had said that I'd be caught up on everyone's blogs this last weekend, but our move was a little more involved then I planned, so please, forgive me, and I will do my best over the next week or so to get to them, comment some and get into Kim's forum. Hope that everyone's doing great :)

That's my story and I'm stickin' to it...

Hi BlogLand. Michelle here. So, this was our OPK this morning. This could be a really good thing. We knew that Jen was getting close because the lines on yesterday's test were starting to come in, and, it matched up with the tracking we'd been doing. It just wasnt enough to register yet. However, we inseminated anyway, because, our donor was leaving town. And, here's the story with our donor. The attempted collection of a sample the day before yesterday was a bust. Apparently, he had performance anxiety. He says tired. Ok, we'll go with tired. So, no insemination. However, yesterday's insemination was successful and we got a fairly large amount. Enough to do two separate syringes, one with just a sample, and then about a half with a little saline to catch any stragglers or leftovers.

We're hoping that it was perfect timing. I got the sample and literally ran out of the house because it's a 20 minute drive from his house back to Jen's parents house. I put the sample in my bra to try to keep it at body temperature. I got this little nugget (the body heat, not the bra part) from Chronicles of Conception. Thanks ladies. I started the timer and called Jen so that she could have everything ready when I came running in the door. It took me 21 minutes to get there. We had her inseminated within ten minutes.

Our donor's motility is high, around 60 million. Doing my fertility flexi-math, I figure, we lost a little on transport, a little on the insem, a little outside of the cervix and a few on the way to the fallopian tubes. But, it's like Jen says, we only need one to make it. So, we're starting the dreaded 2WW now. I forgot how hard it is not to get excited. I'm really excited. I'm trying to switch to just hopeful, but, other then the one missed insem on Wednesday, everything seems to have fallen into line perfectly. So, cross your fingers everyone! :)

I've been wanting to get pictures of how very blue Addison's eyes are, but havent been able to until now. You dont see a lot of red headed, blue eyed babys, and her eyes are so pretty. So, here are a few pictures....