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5 things Friday! 

the about "us" edition 

(Welcome Message for my lovely ICLW'ers)

1. We say "I love You" All. The. Time. 

No joke some of my friends yell at us when 

their around because we constantly say 

"I love you babe" 

2. We never NEVER go to bed angry. 

Someone gave me this advice before we got married

and we have followed it since we said "I Do" 

I won't lie there are some moments when 

we are laying there wondering who is going 

to break first.. and it usually always me. 

But we always resolve it before we fall asleep.  

3. We have been married for 5 and a half years

& just a month ago
we put a TV in our room. 

another little piece of advice we heard before we got hitched, 

was a TV in the bedroom
would kill the romance. 

So no TV it was! 

But after some rearranging
of things in our house 

we ended up with a 43 inch flat screen on the dresser -_-

it really hasn't killed our romance though 

we hardly turn it on! 

4. We have a lot of opposites..

He likes to stay up late, I like to go to bed early

His idea of relaxing is doing things, my idea of relaxing is laying around

He loves Sweet, I love Salty 

He has no road rage, I am the definition of road rage :)

Opposites attract it's true! 

5. We made a packed shortly after I began this blog
that we would not let our Infertility break us.
Infertility is hard, it's hard on me it's hard on him,
and it's hard on us.
But we use our love to strengthen us.
and together we can get through anything!  

& if ya don't know...now you know! 

Welcome ICLW Visitors!

Ladies I am so sorry!!! 

I have been out of town on a business trip for the last 4 days 

and completely forgot about ICLW! 

No worries though because I am here!! 

So welcome!~ 

I am Alexis...

I am a 27 year old infertile that has been pregnant 4 times,
(3 first tri miscarriages and 1 chemical pregnancy)

           We are currently on our 10th medicated cycle 

We have done 6 rounds of clomid with timed intercourse (round 3 we got pregnant but miscarried at 12 weeks) We cycled until November and took december and January off, January 2013 I had a chemical pregnancy which caused my period to be a no show for the month of February! March we did our first Femara/IUI cycle. BFN. April we did our second Femara/IUI cycle. BFN. May we are currently doing a Femara/IUI with Gonal-F injections! My follicle scan is Sunday at 8 am when we will decide if we are doing a 24 or 36 hour IUI. We are praying that this third IUI will result in our take home baby(ies)!! 

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In my spare time I like to work on my Headband business 

 

Little Miss Millie's Boutique 

My Mother and I opened the business in July of 2012 

and have been working hard ever since! 

We love making cute little babies even more adorable!! 

If you have a second please take a look at our creations & if you have 2 seconds like us on Facebook!

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 I also love to do a little bit of photography on the side :) 

This was my first "real shoot" Michelle is one of my great friends from High School. She is getting married next year and asked me if I would do a few pictures for her! I am working on a full blog post of this shoot filled 

with their pictures! So be on the look out for that! I also love to shop, read, blog & take baths in my spare time! 

Oh and our favorite couple spare time activity is 

rock hunting! ;) 

We just head down to the creek and look for cool rocks!

We are pretty close to having enough to build a house! 

This is Scott :) 

He is my handsomly hot husband! Scott is the most incredible man you will ever meet! My friends ask me all the time if they can clone him :) He is a jack of all trades! Scott is a graphic designer / business owner / embroider / manager He really can do anything you ask of him. I married this wonderful man 5.5 years ago! He is the best thing that has ever happened to me!  I know he will make an incredible Daddy!   Hopefully soon :) 

This is Our Journey Through This Lovely Life

We hope you would love to follow along! 

Pulling Out The Medium Guns!

Yes I know the saying usually goes something like 

"Lets Pull Out The Big Guns!" 

which is what I said to my nurse this morning!

The convo went like this.. 

She said "I was so sad when I saw your name on 

my list yesterday!" "What the hell is going on!?" 

Ha! 

I said "I was going to ask you the same thing!" 

  "I have been here over a year, 

I think it's time to pull out the big guns!" 

her reply was 

"Yes we could but do you have have the money 

for the big guns?" 

"Well no not right this very second" I replied

"How about we pull out the Medium Guns for now!!" 

"Deal lets do it!" 

We laughed for awhile and then the Dr. entered.

My scan was fine and I was cleared to start round 3 of Femara 

But Dr. G didn't just leave after he cleared me, he continued 

to talk about options and what to do next. 

It was almost like he was saying straight to my face

You need to do more! 

So about an hour after my appointment I called 

my nurse and requested we throw the injectables in now! 

why wait?! why do the same thing again if it didn't work the first 

2 times?! Why not throw some Gonal F in there! :) 

So that is the new plan! 

Femara days 3-7 Gonal-F 7-? 

Follicle scan on Sunday May 26th 

Trigger hopefully Monday with a 24 hour IUI 

on Tuesday.. I requested the 24 hour IUI 

The last two were 36 hours and then I would sit in the 

waiting room for 30 minutes then on the table pantless for 15 more 

minutes...So to me it wasn't really 36 hours at all! 

I expressed this concern to Dr. G and he had no problem 

moving up to the 24 hour IUI 

The only maybe tiny problem will be 

the damn weekend! So Since Monday the 27th is Memorial Day 

the Office is closed and will instead be seeing patients on Sunday.. 

Sunday is day 12 for me..so that works out perfectly 

But...If I am over ready they will have me trigger that night 

and continue with a 36 hour IUI... 

If I am at say a 22 then I can trigger Monday and 

have the 24 hour IUI Tuesday... 

Have I lost you yet?! 

Whew! It's like wham bam right into a new mix of things! 

So my question to you girls is 

How is Gonal-F?! what can I expect? 

Baselines SUCK! :) who the hell wants to be wanded with Aunt Flo in town!
I was in a "don't touch me don't talk to me" Mood this morning! lol thanks for the moodiness AF!  :D
I feel better know that I know we are adding Gonal-F I feel like we
are actually "Doing More" than the same thing over and over... 

So here we go! Cycle 10! 

Femara + Gonal-F + Ovidrel + IUI = A BABY (hopefully!) 

No Need..

No need for a Beta or POAS
as AF arrived today.
I had a sneaking suspicion that she was on her way
yesterday when the intense cramping was followed
with spotting...
Soooo instead of crying all day
I decided to laugh.
I went out with my friend Jenn for a beer or two or maybe three
We laughed and chatted for a long while.
My Baseline is tomorrow
and we are going to discus increasing the Femara dose.
We will do one last IUI/Femara cycle
before we sit down and decide what to do next.
Hopefully 3rd time will be a charm! :)
On to cycle 10!
 Keep your chin up that's all you can do! 
 TONIGHT
I am so excited a few of my girl friends and I are
going to a baseball game! We haven't all been out
together in so long! If you follow me on Instagram
I'm sure I will be taking a million pictures tonight! :)

& One final quote I want to leave you with

Hardships Often 
Prepare Ordinary 
People For An 
EXTRAORDINARY 
Destiny....
-C.S. LEWIS

Maxwell Turns 1 Year Old!

This weekend we celebrated Maxwell's 1st Birthday! 

He was my 5th live birth and my first csection to attend ! 

Just call me "The Professional Baby Catcher!" 

He is so adorable and growing 

so quickly! He is also the little brother of Nathan 

remember my pseudo child that ate a dime? 

Anyways Saturday was spent doing some last minute 

shopping and lots of decorating! 

Sunday was filled with food prep and final touches 

I may have even driven to Lucy's like this... 

I also may have been driving next to a cop 

the entire way, singing Dixie Chicks at the top of my lungs...

I am actually quite surprised he didn't pull me over! 

Before we knew it, it was time for friends, family and food! 

My 3 favorite F's :) 

Here is a quick look at the Birthday Boy

Happy 1st Birthday Maxwell! 

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I also wanted to share my beautiful gift from my Mother!

She gave me this bracelet yesterday for Mothers Day..

A hard day for all of us still waiting for our tiny miracles 

It says "Even miracles take a little time." 

It's a quote from Cinderella! 

I love it so much! 

and it is so true! Miracles do take time! 

We are still waiting for ours! 

&
Hopefully we won't have to wait much longer! 

♥♥♥

Five Things Friday!

Five things About Me

 That You Might Not Know! 

1. I have NO cavities! 

When I was little I had all of my teeth 

except 2 pulled! I have the longest roots you will ever see! 

How are your chompers?! 

2. I've been in an earthquake and a Hurricane! 

I was young, and in Las Vegas with my parents 

I remember looking out the window from 

the 17th floor and seeing the buildings around us swaying! 

The Hurricane occurred the day we were planning 

to leave our vacation in Florida, We were delayed 

leaving by a few days! I've never seen such a storm! 

Have you ever experienced a natural disaster?

3. I've ridden in an Ambulance once. 

and hopefully never again! 

I had my tonsils out when I was 18 

and  they bled so bad that my mom had to call 911

Have you ever ridden in an Ambulance?

4. I've called 911 for a real bad emergency
(I've called other times too, to report car accidents and such) 

but the one time I had to call in a shear panic 

We were having a NYE party

people were leaving and we 

were about to go to bed when we heard 

someone screaming in the front yard! 

we went out to find one of Scott's friends 

badly beaten and unconscious

It was awful! He is now fully recovered 

but went through many surgeries 

and has a metal plate in his head. :( 

Have you ever had to call 911?

5. I have a slight obsession with clothes

seriously you should see my "wardrobe room" right now! 

It's is ridiculous! 

When I was in high school I never wore 

the same thing twice...no lie. 

I have gotten better as I've gotten older, 

I now have the bring one in take one out rule! 

Buy three shirts, donate three shirts! 

Do you have an obsession with clothes, shoes or jewelry?

IF YA DON'T KNOW....NOW YOU KNOW! 

*TTC update, Not much to update...it's 11dpiui 9dptrigger2

and I have yet to pee on anything! I am still holding 

strong for the 15th! :D 

The Time My Pseudo Child Ate A Dime

Nathan is what I consider my Pseudo child :) 

I was there when he was born he was my 

hmmm I think 3rd live birth that I attended. 

I babysat him weekly from 4 weeks old till 3ish

Him and Scott are best buds! 

 I have watched this beautiful little boy grow and grow

He is one of the smartest kids you will ever meet!

He is 4 1/2 now :( 

I could go on and on about how smart he is 

about how he can add and subtract 

spell and read.. 

Not only is he super smart he is kind and polite. 

When he meets someone new he will shake their hand 

and say "hello my name is Nathan" 

When he is leaving he will shake their hand again and say 

"It was nice meeting you" 

He got bit by a dog a few months back, 

(I will spare you the pictures because they are not pretty)

it was awful and scary but he was brave 

and strong. When the police came to get a statement 

Nathan gave them the whole story, including his address 

city state zip and phone number. 

To say the cops were impressed was an understatement!

Which brings me to my title..

The Time My Pseudo Child Ate A Dime! 

Scott and I were over visiting last week 

It was a little past nap time and we were 

getting ready to leave when Scott found a dime 

on the floor and handed it to Nathan telling him to 

put it in his piggy bank in his room. 

Scott and I leave and about 30 seconds later 

Lucy calls me and in her calmest voice ever 

says...I have to take Nathan to Children's...

He just ate that dime Scott gave him! 

I couldn't believe what I was hearing! 

Nathan? No way! that's all I could say!

over and over again. 

I blame this mindless dime eating on lack of sleep, 

I mean, we were cutting into his nap time.. 

maybe he was craving metal?

I have no clue but thank the lord 

he is perfectly fine the Xrays showed 

the Dime and they are now just waiting 

for it to pass...ya ew. 

I love my Pseudo Child to death! 

But no more coins for him!