Chapter 20: Our second TWW during IUI

Hey, y'all 👋🏻

Today marks one week down in our two week wait, and a week to go. I've got to say, staying home and relaxing last treatment cycle was great. But the time did draggggggg on. At the end of it, we didn't get the results we were hoping for anyway. So this time, I've been trying to keep pretty busy :) It has been going pretty well too, thankfully.

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On Sunday after the IUI, I had some cramping which was different from last cycle. It was pretty sporadic throughout the day, and enough to make me uncomfortable. I stayed on the couch with my heating pad and socks on, trying to stay warm. I needed the heating pad on Monday as well, but the cramping stopped by Monday evening.

I had been getting nauseous from CD 10 and that seemed to continue post IUI as well. It could just be residual gonal-f side effects or something else; I'm not entirely sure. But the nausea seems to hit in the evenings and then get worse throughout the night. It continued on Tuesday and Wednesday as well. Carbonated drinks have been helping though, alhumdulillah. Since I've been trying my best to stay away from sugar, carbonated water has been my go-to. I'm still on the search for a flavor I enjoy. But for now, anything fizzy will do. I won't be picky when I feel like I'm about to hurl.

On Thursday, my aunt, cousins, and nieces/nephews came over to spend the day with me. Having them around, the kids playing jokes and laughing, catching up with the girls, and just relaxing with family made the day fly by and not once did I focus on any symptoms, not that I think I felt anything then. It was a good day full of food, family, and tons of much needed fun.

On Friday, we traveled down south to be with my in-laws for the weekend. I haven't been in the car much while we've been in quarantine. Usually if am in the car, I'll be driving myself to go visit my Mom. The few times that I've been with my husband, he's driving. My car sickness which has gone down tremendously over the past few years has seemed to be making a comeback. I'm assuming it's because we haven't been traveling as often as we had been pre-pandemic. It was only an hour drive but I had to ask the hubs to stop somewhere and get me a diet coke before everything was upchucked on to the floor of his car.

We had a 3-in-1 graduation party for my husband's cousins on Saturday. I was busy all day helping to cook and setup for that so I didn't feel anything except for exhausted by the time it was evening. The guys had been BBQing and I am usually a huge fan of good BBQ. The smell of the meat was so upsetting to me and made me so sick to my stomach though that I wasn't able to eat anything more than some corn and a plain hotdog with fries on the side and coke to help keep everything down. I felt sick the rest of the night, and the nausea only lessened after we got home well past midnight and I had a carbonated water to help me settle in to bed.

The exhaustion must have caught up to me because I slept most of Sunday and today away. I woke up at noon both days 😅. I've been taking my progesterone suppositories at 11 AM/PM but with this whacky busy schedule, my AM dose has been a bit late for the past few days. I'm not as tired on the progesterone this time around though. Not sure if that's because I'm forcing myself to stay busy or if my body is more used to the meds now, but either way, I'll take it.

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Tomorrow starts the first day of the second week of the two week wait. I'm going to be with my family for most of the week into the weekend as we prepare for my younger brother's engagement party on Saturday, so I should be plenty busy for the upcoming week as well.

Praying that the nausea stays at bay this week. Hoping that I can resist the temptation to start testing on Wednesday (10DPIUI). I probably shouldn't take any tests with me. I know myself very well though and will grab a handful of them right as I'm heading out the door and stuff them in my purse. I'll still try not to.

I've been hearing an equal number of stories from followers on @musliminfertility IG that they have/haven't had success from IUIs. Tonight, I'm holding on to hope. If you're reading this, please send a prayer up for us as well. I'd like for this hope to be heard and felt in the heavens, and then for it to manifest as a positive on the 27th of July, inshallah.

Inshallah.