One of the big things going on right now is that Josh applied for a promotion at work. This position feels like it would be such a good fit for Josh, better for his mental health (arguably the most important feature, especially for us), and of course, better pay. ;) It's been a slow process and we've heard that the positions may have been filled at this point, though we haven't confirmed that. So, even if he doesn't get it this time around, he'll apply again when it becomes available again, because they apparently regularly have openings as the company takes on more clients. So though we'd obviously love for him to get the position now, we're still optimistic about him getting it sometime in the future.
The other big thing going on right now is that I recently officially started fertility treatments due to secondary infertility. We'd been trying for over 2 years, and finally visited Utah Fertility Clinic in Pleasant Grove. We love it there already! We started with a bunch of testing - blood tests, semen analysis, etc - and everything was good with all that stuff, so I got started on treatments that would lead up to IUI. So far this has included prescriptions, a vaginal ultrasound, a water ultrasound, and an HSG. P.S. the water ultrasound and HSG are NOT pleasant. But they're manageable. P.P.S. the twins are learning a lot by going to appointments with me, haha. ;)
When they did the water ultrasound and followed up with the HSG, they found some tissue in my uterus that shouldn't be there, probably scar tissue. It's not necessarily the cause of my secondary infertility, but taking care of it does improve our chances of getting pregnant and keeping that pregnancy as we continue with treatment. So we stopped me where I was in my current round of treatment, and I went in yesterday for a hysteroscopy (no, not a hysterectomy!). Basically they knock you out, go in with a camera, and then surgically remove anything that shouldn't be there. Now I just have to wait for my next period again to start treatments over again. Thankfully Josh's work allows him a certain amount of days paid leave for emergency-type medical whatever, and apparently this falls under that, so he was able to take yesterday and today off to get me to and from the procedure and then help at home while I recover. I'm super thankful for that. <3
That's all the big stuff right now! The twins are crazy, cuddly, opinionated, spirited 4-year-olds, and that keeps us plenty busy beyond our other obligations. And we love it.
Love,
Ashley
