Quitting Caffeine - I *promise*

I REALLY need to stop the caffeine, and fake sugars.... *sigh* it's so hard to not want my whitechocolatemochalattecarmelfrappalattechino from the gas station across the street in the mornings. And I want my diet pepsi at lunch too....I don't have coffee or diet pepsi everyday, I never have them on the weekends...but I do drink Crystal light (again, fake sugars) at home. I'm also not supposed to have dark sodas or coffee due to my kidney stones...so I know I need to quit for a lot of reasons...

My acupuncturist suggested I've try Stevia and drink it with tea...I bought a bunch of stevia packets and they taste like crappityweirdness. They are SUPER sweet with a tad of odd, I might try to like that and use half a packet, at least it is all natural and made from a leaf....(come to think of is, so is pot, hmmmmmm....so perhaps it's not good after all?) I digress, I tried it in some tea and I drank it all down super fast cause it was gross....

I guess it's back to plain water and my True Lemon, True Orange or True Lime packets....YUM....

I just know that I need to, I know that I have to....give up all this artificial/empty calories/caffeinated stuff....except caffeine from chocolate....cause sometimes a girl just needs a dove promise :)...

IVF Class

So, I got some initial paperwork on Monday, filled it out, sent it back and after Ada and I played phone tag yesterday, we finally talked this morning and we are now scheduled to attend the IVF Introduction Class on Thursday, March 11th from 7-9pm. It's a bit of a drive away, but I'm sooooo excited to go.

Last night Mike was a bit hesitant again to move forward with this - I understand, it IS a lot of money and Insurance covers not one single, solitary cent of it. He just feels if we try on our own long enough, it will happen. I think after our talk last night, he's finally seeing my side of things....

After the class, we will have to do a lot of blood tests for both of us, S/A for Mike, forwarding medical records, take a class about injections, and all before our first appointment. If everything comes back normal with those tests, we'll have our initial appt, where we figure out our game plan, do a mock transfer and sonohystogram and then I think I go on BCP's and we're off to the races....

It seems like a lot to do, but I know we have time. I think we will be right on schedule for May/June IVF....

Are we there yet?

Just like a child asks during a trip, are we there yet? And usually, the answer is "NO" otherwise, why would they ask? .....Well, we have come to that point in our journey TTC…..and yes, we ARE there…

After 5 failed IUI’s with Clomid, Femara, trigger shots…..Thousands spent on tests that reveal nothing wrong with either of us and just a wave of the hand that we have “Unexplained Infertility” we ARE there….

11 months of Acupuncture, Chinese Meds….news of the other 5 girls she is treating are all now pregnant…we ARE there…

Where are we? IVF…In Vitro Fertilization…

So, Friday, I contacted a clinic in MN…they have a satellite office in the town next to us, so that we won’t have to make the 3 hr round trip trek nearly as much….The IVF Coordinator got back to me in 5 mins (I emailed) I was super impressed and I hope her name being Ada is a good sign :). She said she’d send the paperwork via email, but I have yet to receive it….She said sometimes the secure docs don’t allow it to go through….I guess, I’ve waiting this long, what is a couple more days? I’ll email on Monday……well, that’s it, our BIG Announcement…

I’m excited, scared, worried, happy, everything all rolled into one… EEEEKKKKK!