Time Sensitive

Today was a frustrating day.  I got a positive OPK this morning, which would normally be a happy thing because that means IUI will be within the next 24 hours.  IUI (intrauterine insemination) is where they take Charles' swimmers, prepare them so that only the good ones are saved, put them in a tube which is then inserted past my cervix and into my uterus.  This allows the best of the best to be right where they need to be when the egg is released.  They would have to be really dumb to not know where to go at this point!  The chance of conceiving goes up to 20% when you take medication with IUI. 


I had talked with the nurse a couple weeks ago at the beginning of my cycle, and she said I could bring in Charles' sample if he was unable to go to the office himself as long as it was received within 30 minutes, and they open at 8AM.  I thought this was perfect since we live right down the road from the clinic now, and that way he could leave right to work as soon as he gave me a sample.  He would only be a little late to work if I took the sample in first thing in the morning!  I called the office today to let them know I got a positive OPK, and they said the soonest I could drop off the sample would be 12:30PM.  Umm... this does not work.  Charles can't take a whole morning off work.  Then they asked very rudely, "He can't even take time off for this?"  This is not about what he is willing to do.  He wants a baby as much as I do.  This is about his job in customer service where the customer always comes first, and Charles can't just up and leave anytime he pleases, leaving all his work to his coworkers.  Coming in late in the morning was understandable to his boss and coworkers, but leaving in the middle of the day?  Nope.  He can't even predict when his lunch break is (much like my job), so that wouldn't work either.  They just could not understand that.


I got frustrated on the phone, and I said, "Well, I guess we are done here then.  He'll never be able to give a sample in the middle of the day.  We need the first appointment."  I wanted to cry.  The receptionist retorted, "Well, we'll never be able to predict when you get a positive OPK, so we can't ever promise you a 8AM appointment if you're going to call to schedule it the day before."  Actually, I've gotten a positive OPK on Day 12 every single Femara cycle, so we can predict it, but she didn't believe me and said it could vary every cycle.  I said we can try to do the 12:30 appointment, but there's going to be a lot of stress involved.  I will be driving to Charles' work in Bountiful, trying to seduce him quickly, get the sample and fly on the freeway back up to Layton to get the sample to the office within 30 minutes.  I'm not feeling good about this.  I can just picture myself getting into an accident, being brought into an ER, on a backboard with a c-collar on, clutching that sample to keep it room temperature, yelling, "Someone needs to take this to the reproductive office!  And you guys better stabilize me within 90 minutes so I can get there, too for my part!"  But I also know that if it is meant to be, it will work out.  It is all in Heavenly Father's hands.  I just need to take some deep, cleansing breaths.  Wish us luck!