Update & Shower Photos

Wow, I didn't realize that I haven't posted anything since February. Guess it's time. :) My last post was about my friend's baby shower and it being my solace. It almost made me forget about not being able to get pregnant. In my last post, I also touched ever so briefly on the fact that my husband was gone... Well, he was deployed at the time. Luckily, he made it home safe and sound. We instantly made an appointment to go see our fertility specialist. Got in, saw her, she praised me for my weight loss but told me to continue (which has been very difficult getting back into a routine now that my husband is home to mess that routine up) and told us to schedule our appointment for our Nurse Consultation. At the NC the nurse goes over what drugs I will be taking, how to take them and when. This is also when we sign about a million release forms. It literally felt like we were buying a house. So many forms!!!! Once it was all done, I realized something... I was on CD5 and the meds were supposed to start on CD2. Bummer... Looks like we will be waiting until next month to start IUI... Wait... My parents are flying in next month and our vacations are already booked and paid for... Well, now it looks like I'll have to wait until the end of July to start IUI. I've already been waiting 3 and a half years... What's a couple more months? Sucky part is I was really hoping we could do IUI in May and find out we are pregnant so that I could tell my parents in person. That won't be happening now! Oh well. Surprisingly, I'm taking all of this a lot better than I thought I would. It's still tough and I still really want to get this show on the road so I can become a mommy. I can't wait to hold my OWN little one in my arms. But anywho, back to reality.... The nurse went ahead and had all the prescriptions filled so that I would have the medications ready for when I do start the cycle that we are going with. Took about a week to get them in since they were being couriered to me but here is what it all looks like...

2 different types of injections, a pill that I have to take orally, a pill I have to take vaginally and a cream that has to be squirted where the sun don't shine, plus the prenatal vitamins (not pictured) that I have to take. Sounds and looks like fun doesn't it? I hope there are women out there who get pregnant at the drop of the time that can see this... Look at what I'm having to put myself through just to achieve a pregnancy. Please, never complain about your gift of being fertile. It really is a gift.

Anyway, enough with the heavy... Here are a few pics of the baby shower I hosted recently:

This is the candy bar... The boxes were for the people who attended the shower. They grabbed a box and filled it with as much candy as they wanted. :) We raided the stores during Easter when all of the baby blue candies came out. There were about 8 different kinds of candy, chocolate covered marshmallows and chocolate covered strawberries. MMMM mmmmm MMMM!

This was the small balloon chandelier made by my friend, "S".

Here's how the top of the room looked.

Another picture of the candy bar.

The cake. :) "S" made the boobs and the bump and then together we laid the fondant and made the letters for Baby Cameron's name. :)

The cake table. We were worried there wouldn't be enough cake so "S" made some cupcakes to go with it. 

The finger foods.

This is the diaper bike I made. :)

The Onsie Decoration Station. In the basket were all of the onsies, the fabric paint in front of it, safety pins and little cards for the person to fill out so the Momma to be knew who it came from. There were also fabric squares and scissors in case someone wanted to make a design out of it. We also supplied fabric markers.

One of the onsies made by a guest. (front)

(the back)