MONTH 10- First CLOMID/ IUI CYCLE December 2011

Well we decided on moving forward with the clomid/ iui this month. If nothing is wrong with us maybe we have been timing it wrong some how, and hopefully this will work.
 Clomid (50mg was my dosage) is a medicine to make me "super ovulate" as they called it. They checked me through ultrasound about cycle day 3 when I was still on my period to make sure I didn't have any cysts, because if I did the clomid would make them grow. I was fine.. So I took it cycle days 5-9  to develop big follicles that have eggs in them. The clomid gave me cold clammy skin, hot/cold flashes, I would randomly see silver spots kind of like a small alien flash of light, ovary area on both sides felt swollen, my brain would randomly go blank when I was talking or thinking about something. This happened quite often. I didn't like this drug, but of course I just took it for the greater good.. 
 Then they did another ultrasound on cycle day 10 to see if the clomid did it's job. Only one 19mm follicle!? =/  Umm don't I make one on my own? I was hoping for maybe 2 or 3. O well at least they will know when its gonna drop. That's right they make it drop by having you give yourself a shot called ovidrel.  It's HCG hormone ( the pregnancy hormone the baby creates), so your body thinks its pregnant and it will then drop the egg out with in 24-36 hours. My hcg shot was 6,500iu's taken on cycle day 12. My mother in law gave it to me because we were on a trip together, and I was scared to do it myself. It was funny I kept telling her "WAIT NOT YET!!" Lol! I was so scared, and it was the tiniest needle ever. Finally she just did it. I was waiting to feel sick, but all I felt was about 10 minutes later my right kidney area got a burning cramp for a minute or two.. Then I went and laid down for bed. I awoke about an hour later with the CRAZIEST feeling ever!! I was warm all over my body and and super super HORNY. I popped my eyes open, and was thinking WHAT IN THE WORLD!!!! It was almost painfully horny. My husband was back home in another city, and I was with my mother in law and her sister in the house. That would just be weird to take care of it if you know what I mean ; ) So I just kinda giggled, and thought wow this is crazy just gonna have to try and ignore it.Then I went back to bed.

 Monday morning cycle day 13 I went in for the IUI also known as artificial insemination. I made them give me a valium since they were sticking a catheter into my cervix again. Which if you read how my HSG test went you can understand why I'm horrified of the pain involved with the cervix. I recommend you take at least half of one if you have to have anything done involving the cervix to numb it out!  Brandon came in a few hours prior to my appointment so he could give his "sample". They have a process they do with it in the lab where they wash all the seminal fluid out, separate the good strong sperm, and add in this creepy milky pink liquid for the sperm to swim in. So my dr came in and read the name on it and showed me. It was a small vial around the size of my pointer finger about half way full of the milky pink mixture. So I laid back put my legs in the stirrups, and the Dr went in with the catheter. It was weird because even though I had a valium  I felt it touch the top of my uterus. I screamed " EWW UGLY!!" Lol! Random thing to say guess I was trying not to cuss.. Two seconds later it was done.  the Dr told me to just lay there for 15 minutes then we are free to go. I asked Brandon if he used the movies or magazines earlier when he gave his sample. He laughed and said yes. Haha!