I thought I would start my journal with a short (or maybe long) background of how we decided to choose Microsort. I have three wonderful boys. My first ds was conceived by accident while on a trip to Hawaii. My second ds was conceived after getting off the pill and the next month I got a BFP. My third ds was conceived with much consideration because at this point I really wanted to have a dd. I tracked my cycle and read about the Shettles method for one year before I even tried to conceive my third child. So after one year I felt I was ready to try. We bd'd every day from the end of af to day 11 of my cycle. I used a vinegar douche before bd to ensure an acidic environment and dh took hot jacuzzi baths. On day 13 after O I got a posivitive opk. On our first try I got a BFP with our third baby. It turned out the baby was a ds ( and he is sooooo close to my heart I cant even explain) even though we did follow Shettles to the T. I was in a serious funk for about a month after the 20 week ultrasound. I was in total denial,and it was not until my ds was born that I finally accepted that I was really having a boy. I just thought I did everything right so it should have worked. So we decided to do Microsort in December of 2004 and had our first MS IUI in April of 2005. I took 100 of Chlomid days 3-7 and a trigger shot on day 13. I had my IUI on day 15 and had 2 follies that had fully ruptured. Unfortunately 14 days after the IUI I got a BFN. Talk about a shock. I had never tried more than 1 cycle to get pregnant and now this did not work and it was quite shocking to me. I know I understood it took most women more that one cycle to achieve pregnancy, but I did not think I would be one of them. My dh and I decided to try once more so I went in for my baseline. Low and behold I had a huge cyst. So I had to wait the next cycle out until the cyst went away. The next oppurtunity we had to go to MS because of vacations and everything was in September. I had a great cycle that cycle. 100 of chlomid days 3-7, trigger on day 13, on the day of IUI 6 mature follies. Perfect lining of 11, sperm count 300,000 with 280,000 motile. Everything just seemed to fall into place this cycle. I told Nancy that I believed I O in the am before the IUI. She did confirm that the corpus luteum was present and all the follies had ruptured. So I started the dredged 2ww. I can not even explain in words how long those 2w's take to go by. Every little thing I feel I think is a sign of pregnancy. So, 16 days after the IUI I got a BFN (again) and shortly after that af came. That was just so devasting because this was going to be our last time. I just could not believe I was not going to have my dd. I talked to dh and did some trading to have one more chance at MS IUI. He agreed and here we go again. CD 1 was sunday 10/16. I am going in for a baseline tomorrow and see how everything looks. I just ask for all your thoughts, prayers, and maybe a little baby dust this next 30 days. I know this will be our last cycle with MS so this is it. I will keep you posted on how everything is going over the next 14 days. Thanks (It looks so nice to see a little pink mixed in with all the blue, dont you think?)