Second Shot

We attempted our second IUI 1/18 so hopefully we will be testing on 1/31 to see if we're pregnant.  Yesterday was comical, I can say that today because when it was yesterday it was miserable.  It started with a last minute, I need you to drop me off at work because you have to pick me up for the appointment.  You ask... "Don't you have two cars?"  Well in fact we do but temporarily my sister lives with us and in order to avoid a fight with her we re-arrange our schedules to accommodate her always having a car.  Now you think doing this would get us off the hook from paying car insurance but alas it has not.  Anyway thats for another post all together.  Critical component is that we've been without a dishwasher for a month, not horrible since we were away for the holidays but still almost 3 weeks is not doable.  We have a new one now which seems to be wonderful based on first wash.  It did take 3 trips for BH to go to Hom.eDep.ot to get the correct parts.  Short timeline of yesterday
8:30 - Get to work tad late - BH delivers me
9-1pm - Non-stop meetings while BH deals with the delivery of the dishwasher - apparently we hadn't unhooked it properly - the delivery guys did it but left a trail of water that had to be cleaned up my BH and my sister
1pm - BH picks me up to go to ORM for the IUI
1:30pm we're early surprise
1:45ish -

• We're in the room for the procedure - Nurse comes in and we verify sample - yup its him
• Doc - great sperm count 24 mil - we only need 10 so you've got a great one :D
• She starts - wicked pain from the speculum which is atypical for me - I'm wriggling and BH can tell it's not good
• She has to get a new catheter like last time - finally it goes in and that was that
• We talk briefly that if it doesn't take this time or next by the 4th try we will go for Clomid - we're all in agreement - I had wanted to try next time but more rational in this moment I've agreed to wait one more
• Doc leaves - BH gives me my underwear after I lay there for 5 more minutes - she comments that it hurt huh?  - yup a lot my response
• We leave and are on the way home

2:30 - quick (20+ min) stop at Hom.eDe.pot - BH gets first packet of stuff - I am annoyed laying back in the car with feet up and seat back because I think it will help the swimmers
3pm - Panic as I walk in and hear a very strange water sound from the kitchen - I yell to BH unpacking the car - the kitchen is FLOODED!!!
I lay down for the next 2.5 hours while that mess gets cleaned up - the drip turned into a stream of water - we turned the main water off to the house while we figured out a plan
5:30 - finish meetings to go Pilat.es late - but I'm glad we go
6:45 - another HD trip - I'm annoyed at the whole mess and grumpy in the car
7:30 we start to put the dishwasher in place reading each direction and confused - we have the wrong part
8:30 - we're starving M has to go to HD again to get a different part (3rd and final trip) - I make pizza

---- Above written January 18th ---- below finished and published April 9th.  I am going to attempt to publish regularly each day to help remember this long TTC process.

I can't remember exactly what happened after 8:30 but its not important any more - we love our dishwasher and we're more confident in our handyman skills.

Now 3 months later all I can report is that the second cycle was a bust and my next posts will discuss our 5th attempt.