A little of this, a little of that

[judecorp]

Netflix delivered the first disc of the last season of Queer as Folk today, and we have already devoured it. Three solid hours of television. I think my brain is mush, but I just want to see what happens next! (No spoilers, please.) We should get another disc on Thursday or Friday, whoopee!

We decided to do a trial period of acupuncture - 4 sessions, more than we can afford, but then we can see how we like it and whether we think it's helpful. And also see what they recommend, because if they recommend way more than we could manage we'll have to say no. There have been studies, though, which say that acupuncture can increase effectiveness of infertility treatments by almost half! We'll see what happens.

I also think we decided (though I could be wrong, I always think we've decided and then find out we're still deciding) not to continue looking at apartments. We do want to stick around here long enough to give the TTC thing a good try, but we also want to get on with our lives and head to Western Mass. So we have our doctor appointment on the 26th and will see what he recommends. Then we will try that for a little while and hope for success. Then we can talk about when to house hunt, whether we're successful or we've decided to move on to adoption. It's just so frustrating to look at cheaper apartments and find that they aren't anywhere near as good as what we have... and we really want a house. I grew up in an apartment and don't want to die in an apartment, KWIM?

Another hot one today. Love it.

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I can't say that I have had /any/ conversations with the doctor about how long things take - and by that I mean there are no promises or timelines given, no guarantees. No one ever said, "This will take three years," and no one ever said, "This will take a couple of months." What they DO say is that they like to do things in threes, because in ideal circumstances, the average IUI will be successful in 1/3 to 1/4 of tries. We have now done three cycles of Clomid 100mg - one worked well, one worked less than well, and one didn't work at all. When we go in on the 26th, he /could/ opt to try an increased dosage of Clomid but I'm inclined to think that is not the case, based on conversations I've had with the NP. (Things like, "Clomid is not a very strong drug and it might be smart to move to something more aggressive." Her words, not mine.) I'm not sure if you're concerned that maybe I'm seeing some RE who has promised the moon on a silver platter or something, but I can assure you that this is not the case. Sure, he says things like, "I think we can make this work," but it doesn't go further than that.

I won't tell you it's not upsetting. For me, it has been WAY more upsetting to have a cycle get cancelled than it has been to have a cycle turn out negative... because at least with the latter you get a /chance/, and we didn't get a chance this month even though I took the icky pills with the icky side effects. And we /are/ nervous, because injectible drugs with IUI are our last step (because after that, all that's left is IVF) and if that doesn't work in the number of times our doctor or we are willing to try, it's over, at least for now. And that is certainly something I think about.

We never planned to try to knock me up for years. It was something we wanted to try while I had good health insurance, something we thought we would check out since I had previously been told it would never be possible. It's something we want to try but not something we are willing to beat to death. Does that make sense? I have always had my peace with adoption and have known that it was how I was going to add to my family. This is just sort of an added bonus.