Here is the story...

I finally have some free time to write about what I was doing/taking this cycle and all of the details that have occurred over the past few days. For starters here is a list of things I was taking this cycle:

1.Clomid CD 3,4,5,
2.B6 500mg daily
3.Pre-natles 3x daily
4.Probiotics 3x daily
5.Slow release T3 2x daily
6.HCG injections P+3,5,7,9
7.Estrodial P+1-P+12
8.Fertile CM CD9-P+2
9.Mucinex CD9-P+2
10.Cod liver oil about 1 Tbs. daily
11.Naltrexone 50mg. once daily
12.Baby Asprin once daily
13.Hydrocortizone 5mg 4x daily
14.Tums 1 per night (suppose to take with hydrocort)
15.Implantation herbs (2 days after ovulation for 6 days)2 scoops daily
16.Fu Ke Yang Rong Wan (Female Nutritive Tonic Pill)24 pills daily, 8 3x daily
17.Gui Pi Wan 24 pills daily, 8 3x daily
18.Plus acupuncture 2 days after O day
19.and an abdominal massage after O day (guess you're not suppose to do that after O day).
20. Plus I did the ENDO DIET since Oct.5, 2009. (Although the last three weeks were kind of sketchy). I did notice a huge change in my period though after a couple of months of doing this diet...hum!

So this is about it. It is so funny though looking back because after my acupuncture appointment (the first I ever had) the acu. man said now call me if you don't get your period. And I said if I don't get my period it will be a MIRACLE!!! He said no it will be "Chinese Medicine". Clearly it is obvious where his faith is, haha! Little did I know what God had planned. So on P+13 I took an OPK and it was positive. I didn't really think much of it. Then on P+14 I took two HPT's and they were both +. So I started to FREAK myself out that something was up!!!! (if you have been following my blog you would have known that) For me it is EXTREMELY unusual to make past P+14 so I just knew I should go get my blood drawn on P+15. Of course I was worried about whether it was just the extra HCG I took this time. I guess I put so much emphasis on that because of after battling IF for so long it just seems reasonable to find some reason why my + HPT would be wrong this time around because you just get used to not expecting a +.
PPVI took forever to get back to me for the blood draw order so I found an old one I had from last year and changed the date and photo copied it and then went and got my blood drawn. Now Dr. H. was sure it was a real pregnancy based on HCG levels of 177. I was still up and down all night freaking out about that stupid remaining HCG I gave myself (never again). My sister and Dh were more than excited so we went out to celebrate that night, Whoo-hoo! Then the next day I went and got my HCG levels drawn again. PPVI didn't mark down to have them tested just the progesterone so I marked on the boxes what I wanted to have done and then photocopied it once again, shhh! Anyways, once I got the results back, which felt like ETERNITY, I couldn't stop crying on the phone to the lab tect. I was a mess. I told her after 5 1/2 years this is just the best news!!!! Since then I felt on cloud nine, in shock, so relieved, happy, grateful, just a mixture of emotions. My sister of course brought over some gifts right away. A t-shirt that says "due in August", a maternity night gown, and a pregnancy journal. Wasn't that sweet. I just can't wait to start feeling sick...bring it on seriously. It would be so comforting to feel really pregnant. When is that going to start? Dh just says I am crany all the time...is that a symptom?
We told my parents on Sunday after Mass at my house. We were all having coffee and Louie said to my parents that he is sorry we won't be able to be here for Christmas but next year the THREE of us will be here with them. My parents both just looked at us and started to cry. It was such a special moment because I could see how much they wanted this for us. God has been so good to us this Advent season. I am so humbled by His goodness to me. I made my first ultrasound appointment for the mid. of January. I should be around 9 weeks. I guess I made it so late because I am very head shy about what happened last time with the miscarriage. (I went in to early for an ultrasound and they didn't know if things were wrong or if it was just to early which was just TORTURE)
I am praying for you girls and offering up any fears or anxieties I have with this pregnancy for you all. My heart aches for you this Christmas because I know how much we all want to be pregnant. Praying for you, xoxo!