Day Three of Fourteen

Jenni says:

I am on the dreaded Two Week Wait (Tww). In a few hours I have to put a trigger shot in my wife's butt and then on Thursday, she starts her two week wait. I think surviving one wait is hard enough but when it includes yet another two weeks, it sounds downright impossible!!

So far I have had a lot of Guatemalan family rub my belly and make comments of "you both" when referring to me. I really appreciate their enthusiasm, but I really don't feel a bit different. Other than a cold, which I have decided to blame on the donor, even though I have no proof. (Long story short is there's a virus called CMV that 80% of people already have, but can be passed through bodily fluids. Many sperm banks test for CMV, even though most donors are positive for the antibodies. Our sperm bank didn't provide us with this info, so as CMV can cause cold-like symptoms and sore throat, I have decided the reason I suddenly feel like shit is the donor. Unfounded, but why not blame the anonymous one, eh!?)

Am I supposed to feel some "inner knowledge"? Or some weird twinge, weak elbow, fluttering sentiment? All in all I feel snotty and exactly the same. But it's been three days, and if I'm pregnant or not has nothing to do with me--consciously, I mean--so we just have to wait.

We're planning a trip to El Salvador for a beach break and a nice hotel stay. Unfortunately it's all inclusive and neither Anai or I will be able to drink our faces off. It's almost worth wishing to know early if I'm pregnant or not so I could wallow my sorrows in some vodka. But I don't pee on a test until May 10 and we go on May 3; so if I know by then it would only be via virtue of an early period.

Speaking of pregnancy tests, they are so bloody expensive here. 75Q, which, to put into perspective, we bought a pay as you go phone for 95Q today. Granted, that's about $12.50 for a pregnancy test, and $15.80 for a phone... ok, so that's cheap, but not for Guatemala standards haha. I suppose I should be happy that it's only $12 rather than bitching about it. ;)

Speaking about costs, our IUI with ultrasounds, donor, and doctor visits, runs about $700 per cycle. Anai, since she is on pills and a trigger shot, only adds $40 to that. I am very thankful that we are able to afford this without taking out a loan. It also makes me less worried about when/if I need a second cycle, as our budget is solid for a full six tries, three between us.

Other than waiting, and having a cold, and seeing lightning, and finishing a book, (The Heroes by John Abercrombie; I ate those 600 pages in no time) I'm just hoping Anai's appointment on Thursday goes well. Now to Google how to give someone a shot in the bum... :)