Last Friday I baby-sat for my 2 nephews down the street - so my sister and brother-in-law could go out to dinner. My sister went back to work this past Monday - so it was nice for them to go out on a little date night. This was my first time watching the boys by myself and they definitely kept me busy. Luckily, I had some help from my neighbors that watched Wendel play with their kids - while I took Oliver back home to find a bottle for him. (They also let me know that Oliver was hungry - hee, hee!) Saturday morning I went out to breakfast with a bunch of girls and our friend, Betsy - the one that moved to Nashville last month. It was so good to see her! After that we went back to my sister's house and I played with Wendel in the sprinkler until it was time for me and Elphie to go get our massages. We bought them through groupon at a local spa. We both really enjoyed our one hour massages - couldn't beat the price either. We were a little too relaxed and sleepy after our massages -so we had lunch at Panera to wake us up. That night I headed up to Cleveland to visit one of my OU girls, Lauren. I had a really nice visit with her and her family. I hadn't seen her girls in so long - they are adorable! Her oldest daughter was recovering from a staff infection - but she didn't seem phased by it, just had a little swollen cheek/eye on one side. It was nice just hanging out with them at their house. On Sunday I headed back home and did my P90X workout (I told you, I'm super dedicated these days) and then went to my sister's house for a cookout. My parents were in-town, along with a good family friend that was visiting from Japan. And we ended our Sunday night with the perfect ending to any weekend, another great episode of "Big Brother." :)
Follow-up Appointment: This morning my hubby had his folllow-up appointment with Dr. Lowe. The appointment went much like my husband anticipated - Dr. Lowe said that everything looked good and that the incision was healing fine. The next steps are for my hubby to go back for another sperm test in early November. After that he will have a follow-up with Dr. Lowe to review the results. Even thought my hubby's counts were fine - there's a chance that this surgery may improve the counts going forward. And even though you only need one sperm to make a baby - every couple million help! ;) The reason that we have to wait until November is because sperm takes about 3 months to process through and become ready for use (for lack of better medical terms - trust me, I googled to try to find a better way to phrase this and didn't have much luck). Since the surgery was on August 1st - the earliest that we would see any changes to sperm would be around November 1st - once the sperm has had a chance to cycle through.
She also went to get acupuncture during one episode and I'm thinking about considering it myself. A lot of ladies posted about getting acupuncture during their FET cycles on the fertility discussion boards that I was participating in. I just thought it was for "stress-relief" and never really considered doing it. But after watching the show, I learned that they can actually pinpoint specific spots with acupuncture to improve fertility. I also talked to one of my cousins that used acupuncture for a different medical reason and she said that it really worked. Of course I had to ask her the stupid question about whether it hurts. But she said you just feel a little poke - but it's not bad at all. After all of the needles I've been poked with - not sure why I was concerned about the little teeny tiny acupuncture needles. A week or two ago I googled and found a few local acupuncturists - one that specializes in fertility. Today at work I checked my insurance and was excited to find out that acupuncture was covered at 90% after I met the deductible (while we all know I met back in March thanks to all of these lovely procedures). The bad news is that the more detailed information in the plan said that it's covered if "other pain management techniques" have failed. And unfortunately, I don't have any pain to be managed - besides our heartbreak from last May of course! But somehow, I'm thinking that is not quite what they mean. Even though it's not covered - I think I will still at least have a consultation with the doctor. We figure that it can't hurt, right?
On the show, Giuliana's sister is pregnant with her 4th child - so there was a scene where her niece asks her if she's jealous about other people having babies. Giuliana's response is exactly how I feel - definitely not jealous at all. And she also said something that I can totally relate to - when other friends and family members have gotten pregnant during this whole journey, we just feel bad when other people feel bad about having to share their good news with us. As I've said before - we are happy for everyone else and just thankful that it doesn't have to be this hard for everyone! Now if other people having babies lessened our chances than maybe I'd be singing a different tune - but we all know that is not the case. ;)
It's late... I better go to bed. I need to get up early for my workout tomorrow morning. Good night!!