Third Time's a Charm

It's been quite the busy past couple of weeks.

We've had day of birth celebrations (Me - of course, Dreem, Nat, Shawn (Aquarian's rule!), Sandra and Christy), Boobie consults (Jack's gettin' the girls done March 12!), VDay family Vision board party, Sister-wives RV Shopping, Shmore date nights, poker night(s) - I may or may not be developing a problem, baby Tayte and Brody visits, Bf Sapporo date nights, Comp and Rec soccer practice/games, Golfing extravaganza's, Brittany makes a meal night, mini road trips to Idaho for lottery tickets (see... think it's a problem? Nah... Can't win if you don't play!), Baby making 301, Bec's baby shower, and Sunshine @ the Park.

Yep, third times a charm. It better be, being 6500$ deep, we're going to have to start a Smith-Wong charity fund soon, if not.

Since it hasn't taken yet, we purchased five viles this go around (3700$), but the good thing is they store them for you for a year. That way if this third time works (or if not, it's a discount on each vile if we do have to use them for me), we'll have four other babes waiting for the time (hopefully within two years) Jack is ready to make her mini-me. 

It's a 475$ storage fee for a year, so come next February, we'll pay that (and purchase more if our Donor's viles start getting low) to store them one more year. 👭

Yes, we are pretty sure we'll be shooting for three baby Smith-Wongs! We'll see how this one goes first though. ;) #KidsAreCray 

It's interesting how each time we do this, we learn something new. There is a "Trigger Release Shot" (HCG) that one can take after your Follicle study (this tells you when your egg will drop) to help you release the egg in the alloted 24 hour period. It's 55$ + 24$ injection fee and hopefully worth every penny (shoot, that's prob the cheapest part of this process).

I don't really understand why doctors wouldn't advise us to do a Follicle study and the HCG shot the first go around... I mean, let's be honest, an additional 200$ is much cheaper than 1500-1800$ a pop if it doesn't take. Things that make ya go Hmmm...??? I guess they assume when there aren't any infertility issues, odds are pretty good (25%? That's not 1800$ good!) 

We went in Friday the 28th for our third insem. Again, it was an amazing experience and our fingers are crossed. The Follicle study was good, we did the release shot, and "all the little dudes" (spermies) as Anna would say, were doing great!

It'll be another two weeks before we find out if it took. And since we took the HCG shot, regardless of when we test, we'll most likely show a positive for the next six weeks. (HCG is the hormone your body starts producing when you are pregnant, so getting the release shot can give you a false positive if tested too early).. So STAY AWAY Aunt Flow!!!

This whole process has been crazy and quite the learning experience; we're glad to be able to share it with all of you. 

Keep your fingers crossed and hopefully in nine months we'll be welcoming baby Londyn into this bright new world. <3