Now the wait

So far so good! We did our first insemination Wednesday and had a positive OPK that next morning. Our donor found out that he wasn't being sent out of town so we went ahead and did our second insemination last night. Our doctor wanted us to do it two days in a row but all of the books we have been reading tell us with a fresh donation to skip a day. So I hope we didn't jump the gun. I feel like we did the right thing for this cycle. I don't know if this is a sign or not but this morning when the alarm clock went off the only thing i heard was "Welcome to pregnancy" and I hit the snooze button. How weird is that? Now I just sit here thinking what if. What if the dogs are sad? What if I lose my job? What if the baby colicky? What if? What if? What if? I am so excited but also so scared at the same time.

-V-

Insemination #1

This is it! in just a couple of hours we will be inseminating for the first time. Things aren't lining up quite as we would like them to but we have determined this to be our best shot. This cycle has been quite wacky and our donor is working out of town tomorrow. So we will do #1 tonight and #2 on Friday. I can't beleive our time is here. Somedays I feel super confident that we will be lucky on our first try and somedays I feel like it won't work at all (without fertilty assistance). V and I have decided that we will not pursue fertility treatments if it comes down to it. Perhaps we will change our minds. Wish us luck!

Fern, BBT and OPK oh my!

Before things got serious and we were just considering TTC I starting charting BBT. Back then if we could go on BBT alone things would be perfect. Every month showed temp drop on CD 16 and every month was a 28 day cycle. Things were so easy. Several months later when our decision was solid we purchased our "Bible" The New Essential Guide to Lesbian Conception, Pregnancy and Birth. And we started charting. BBT, ferning, OPK, CM, CP. So all the sudden my cycle is all screwed up. I started early one month. My temp dropped late. I ferned 10 days out of a 28 day cycle. And I never had a positive OPK. Well, I may have had a faint positive. I never have egg white CM. I never know if my CP is high low soft firm or open. WTF? So here I am on CD9 and as of right now this cycle has been relatively normal. I am crossing my fingers that I have a positive fern and OPK ON THE SAME DAY! This is our last test run before our first insemination. Oh, and have I mentioned the semen analysis? Our sperm donor took his sample in a couple of weeks ago. Mixed results but my OBGYN's nurse seemed optimistic. Apparently his volume is low but sperm per mml (sorry for lack of tech. term) is WAY high, so she is not concerned about low volume because what he does have packs a mighty punch. So here's to a normal cycle and powerful sperm!

Quadruplets

For the last couple of weeks I have been watching a robins nest that was built right outside my kitchen door. I took a mirror to see inside the nest about two weeks ago and I saw four eggs so I kept watching to see how they were doing and Monday I notice three of the eggs had hatched. On Tuesday all of them had hatched. So I set here and watch how the mama bird takes care of her babies it is so cute even the dad gets in on it, he will even bring the mama food. What a good daddy bird. Its funny to watch how the mama bird feed the babies if the worm doesn't go straight down the babies throat she takes it away and tries it again until she can get it just right. Here are some pictures of our quadruplets!

Our Iowa Wedding

On Thursday April the 30th we traveled to Burlington Iowa to get married on our anniversary. It was a five hour drive from KC and we had to do it in one day because of the pets. Everything went really well. The weather was supposed to be bad but it ended up being very nice. We had our ceremony at mosquito park that over looked the Mississippi river. The town was very neat, it had all the old houses that C and I love. We stopped at the fire station to see if they could tell us where the best place to eat was and while we were there he asked us if we would like to come in and see their museum they had, so we took a little tour. After that we went to the Drake- the restaurant he suggested. And there we were told another story about how life was before the white man ever got there. The Indians would come to that spot to get the stones and weapons they needed to fight with but they made a deal that no one would kill while they were on that ground. We ate our lunch/dinner and headed home, another five hour drive. We didn't have much time to celebrate but we did order a special cake and ate at our favorite restaurant on Friday.

Easter

We went to Cs grandparents Saturday for Easter and we got to see our 8 month old nephew he is changing so fast. He got his first tooth and is setting up and rolling all over the place. He is so funny. C and I also colored eggs Saturday and the Easter bunny came by and hid them for her. It was a busy but fun day.

We got to see baby pictures of our donor yesterday. He was so cute blonde hair, blue eyes, and a round head. They called him little fat man. His baby book said that he like to play with the magazine rack and when they slapped his hand and said no he would look at them and laugh. It also said that he wasn't sleeping through the night at six months, he would still get up once or twice a night to eat. His parents said if he was their first they wouldn't of had a second. I think I'm in for it. Its hard to believe that possibly next Easter we will have a little one to take care of, if the insemination goes well.

We also arranged our wedding. We will be getting married on April 30th in Burlington, Iowa. I thought it was a 3 hour drive but I was mistaken it more like 5 hours so it will be a long day. We have to do it in one day because we have to be home to medicate the animals. My mom is going with us to be our witness.

-V-

you may kiss the bride

I went over to my moms Sunday and she gave me a blanket that she had made for my brother, when he was a baby. I was sooo happy that she gave it to me. It made me feel good that she wanted us to have it. She is an awesome mom and she has always been suportive of me but when she gave me that blanket it was like her telling me I will except Cs baby as my grandchild.

Then last night I asked C if she wanted to go on a 3 hour and 20 minute drive on our anniversery. Which is April 30th. We had a commitment ceremony two years ago at Punta Cana, the Dominican Republic. Then last year we registered as domestic partner in Kansas City. Now Iowa legalized gay marriage so thats just a short trip North and its just in time for our anniversery. So guess what? We are getting married.
I keep on singing "We are going to the courthouse and we're going to get maaarried, going to the courthouse of love." Then I say C do you take this woman to be your lawful wedded wife and she says I do and then I say well now you may kiss the bride.
I will do any thing for a kiss.
-V-