Cycle Day 23

Why is it when your trying to conceive a month takes forever? I am on cycle day 23 and this month feels like the never ending cycle. I think its just because we will be doing our firt IUI with donor sperm around cycle day 11 or 12 next month. When I start my period I'm to call the OB's office to scheudle a day 10 ultrasound to see if the follicles are maturing. If so, I will be givien an injection of HcG to induce ovulation and 24-36 hours later the insemination will happen. I guess if I'm being so impatient now I am absoutely going to go crazy when I'm in the official Two Week Wait! Gary and I have not discussed wheather or not he will go for insemination? I will not be overly concerned if he is not able to go, with his work schedule of comuting 3 hours per day makes things really hard to plan anyting.

It's going to be really hard not to share my excitment with everyone I know when I do get a positive test result. All of my friends and family know that we are doing the IUI and we talk about it a lot but I would like to keep our little secret for at least a month because so much can go wrong. Anne & Sarah, Gary's grown children don't even know we are planning on getting pregnant so it will be a total shock for them. I guess a lot depends on if I have morning sickness or don't feel well, then my co-workers will know right from the beginning. I want to think of a fun way to tell Gary but I think he will know as soon as I do, he's pretty in tune with my body.