Stalking the postman for profiles

So after getting all excited about finally getting to see a donor list ... we walked away from our counselling session empty handed :(  Turns out they post the profiles out to you in the mail.  And ... apparently we could be waiting up to 3 weeks to get them!  Very disappointed to say the least.  Scout said she pretty much switched off after she found out we weren't going to get the profiles.  It turns out that we were just there to sign the legal paperwork associated with using a donor and that was about it.  Our counsellor still had our names confused.  Scout suggested we get t-shirts with our names on them LOL.  I guess we shouldn't bag the cousellor, since it's all just part of the mandatory process, but we walked away from there feeling pretty let down.  

Anyway - it wasn't all bad as we also had a session with one of the nurses and she was great.  She went through the protocol our specialist usually uses for IUIs including all the drugs, blood tests, ultrasounds and the insemination itself.  She showed us how to use the puregon pen to administer the FSH injections and gave me a little practice with the pen and with another empty suringe which I had a go at jabbing myself with.  It actually wasn't as bad as I thought it would be and even Scout was surprised I didn't seem to have too much trouble with doing it.  Anyway, she gave us a little cooler bag and ice pack to use when we pick up the drugs so we didn't end up leaving empty handed after all :)  

So now we just have to wait to see our specialist on Tuesday to find out our test results, and if I need to have the laparoscopy, when it's likely to be.  I'm actually looking forward to getting it done so that everything is sorted and we can get on with the baby making side of things.  I just hope if there is something wrong in there, it's something that can be easily fixed so we can still do the IUI.  In the meantime, Scout will be stalking our postman every day until our donor list arrives :)  

We also went to the Pride March today at St Kilda and met up with our other friends who are also TCC.  From what they said it sounds like they are in the middle of a new cycle and having another crack at IUI so we are very excited for them and have all our fingers and toes crossed that this one sticks :))

Jaz and Charlie sporting their rainbow colours at Pride :)