I had a crazy dream last night but it started out great. J and I were at the doctor’s office for an ultrasound. I was pregnant. I hope this one comes true. I’ve had lots of dreams about being PG the past 9 months or so. It may be because I am a week away from what would have been my due date. It is so strange to realize that and think about what could have been. I do my best not to dwell on the what ifs. We probably would not have started our kitchen renovation if I had not lost the baby.
Moving on, I did have a doctor’s appointment on Friday. I discussed my prog. level with my doctor. There was marked improvement. I went from 1.9 last cycle to 6.2 or 6.7 this cycle. I cannot remember the second number. The Clomid is definitely doing what it needs to be doing. However, the bloodwork for the prog. was taken 2DPO(days past ovulation) so it may not be as low as we think. At any rate, Dr. M wrote me two scripts. One is for 100mg of Clomid and the other was for Prometrium. Prometium is taken to increase the progesterone. I am to begin taking it as soon as I get a BFP. So if we were not lucky enough to get PG this cycle we’ll start round #2 of Clomid.
In other non-TTC news we are still waiting for our kitchen counters to arrive. The installer came out on the 15th to measure and cut the template. We asked him to curve the counter at the end over the shelves. I’m not sure if this is extending the process or not. They told us no more than 21 days from the time the template is cut until installation. To maintain that timeframe they need to install by Feb. 4th. I was really hoping the counters would be in by Superbowl weekend so we could make some yummy snacks in our new kitchen and watch the game in the comfort of our own home with a few friends/family in attendance. I’ve been nagging Jason to call them. I think I will send him one more email to remind him this morning. I have a feeling they are trying to call the house phone instead of the cell. This caused the hold-up in regards to the template. It was over two weeks from the time we called to give the go ahead until they actually came to us because they had been trying to call the house phone. We disconnected the house phone when we started the renovation and have yet to reconnect the line. Everyone pray or do a little dance that we have our new counters installed by this Saturday please!
I think it is time I spent those Crate & Barrel giftcards we received as wedding gifts. Thanks K and D!!!!
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Jeff DUN HAM!
For any of you who watch Comedy Central you may have seen Jeff Dunham's stand-up with cohorts Peanut, Walter, Achmed the Dead Terrorist et al. Jason and I crack up everytime we see his stand-up. The other night we were watching some of his clips on You Tube and I decided to check out his tour schedule. Last time we had just missed the Memphis show. Well to our delight Jeff will be in Knoxville in April. We decided to buy tickets and make a weekend in Knoxville. We also invited Jason's parents to join us. We've played the You Tube clips for them before and they crack up. A sample:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uwOL4rB-go
I'm really excited. Jason and I made a pact to do more stuff this year. Typically our weekends are spent at home and we don't really go out more than the occassional trip to the movie or to dinner. Once spring arrives we'll start BBQing and inviting people over but in the dead of winter we like to hibernate. We both want to go more places. Some ideas we've been throwing around are a weekend trip to St. Louis. I have a desire to see the arch. Kentucky, a state I've never set foot in even though the state line is only an hour or so away. We also want to go back to Mexico this spring for our anniversary. We earned a free week during our last visit so of course we want to use it ASAP! I also may surprise Jason with a weekend in Tupelo this May. There is a big classic car show held there and it is supposed to be a lot of fun. I think he would really enjoy a weekend spent checking out classic cars. The man seriously wants Jay Leno's garage! These trips will also give me a chance to play with my new camera!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uwOL4rB-go
I'm really excited. Jason and I made a pact to do more stuff this year. Typically our weekends are spent at home and we don't really go out more than the occassional trip to the movie or to dinner. Once spring arrives we'll start BBQing and inviting people over but in the dead of winter we like to hibernate. We both want to go more places. Some ideas we've been throwing around are a weekend trip to St. Louis. I have a desire to see the arch. Kentucky, a state I've never set foot in even though the state line is only an hour or so away. We also want to go back to Mexico this spring for our anniversary. We earned a free week during our last visit so of course we want to use it ASAP! I also may surprise Jason with a weekend in Tupelo this May. There is a big classic car show held there and it is supposed to be a lot of fun. I think he would really enjoy a weekend spent checking out classic cars. The man seriously wants Jay Leno's garage! These trips will also give me a chance to play with my new camera!
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
I'm impatient, yes I am.
Terminology:
AF= Aunt Flo or my period
TTC=Trying to Conceive
CD=Cycle Day; the first day of your period is CD1 and so on and so forth until AF arrives again
BFP=Big Fat Positive. This is what we are working towards. A positive pregnancy test
BFN=Big Fat Negative. What we don't want and what I and most women in my situation dread seeing each month.
BD=Baby dancing or in layman's terms-SEX!
DTD=Do the deed, see above
POAS=Pee on a Stick. What you do to get that BFP or BFN(NONONONONO)
O=Ovulation or Oing, O'd etc
PG=pregnant or pregnancy
Prog=progesterone
SA=sperm analysis
That should get us started.
We began our first round of Clomid(fertility drug) earlier this month which means I was highly irritable from January 7-11. We are on a 5 day cycle of 50mg. Jason did survive with his head intact. I also experienced brief hot flashes which for the chick that is perpetually cold-MOI-I was in heaven. There was actually a day when Jason built a fire in our family room and I walked in and had to leave immediately because it was too damn hot. This is unusual for me. About the only time I get hot in the winter is around 2-3am in the morning when I have to turn our heating blanket off. I grumble, half-asleep to Jason that I'm hot and in the process throw the comforter, blanket and sheet on his side. In response, he reaches over or stumbles out of bed to turn on the ceiling fan. He never remembers doing this when he wakes up later.
Anyway, today is CD21 for me. My doctor likes to do CD21 bloodwork when a patient is taking Clomid to test her progesterone levels. My test last cycle was a whopping 1.9. This is bad people. Unfortunately, I just O'd yesterday or possibly Monday as I'm waiting for my 3 high temps in a row. Yes, some of this may go over your head. Don't worry about it. If you have never obsessed about trying to conceive consider yourself lucky. Just wish us lots of baby dust and pray that we get a BFP next month! Once the results are in I'll talk to my doctor and determine if I need to take prog. supplements. Low progesterone may have been the culprit of my miscarriage this past June.
So back to the title about my inability to be patient. My appointment this morning was at 8:45am. I arrived 15 minutes early. I'm told to sit and they will call the lab. My doctor actually has a mini-lab in her office. 15 minutes go by. 20 minutes. Within 20 minutes I've seen 6 women called back for their appointments who arrived after me. I'm getting antsy and pissed off. At 30 minutes I'm imagining myself as a cartoon character with the redness moving up from the neck to the top of the head before said head blows up or steam rolls out the ears. I watch the pregnant woman across from me sip her lovely orange blended whatever for the glucose test. Anyhoo, at 35 minutes I check my phone again and decide to take action. I ask the receptionist how much longer because I have a meeting at work(no lie, I really did) to attend. I truly think either the receptionist or the lab forgot about me sitting out there in the pregnant woman's waiting room.
No sooner does my butt hit the chair they are calling my name and telling me to walk on back into the holyland. The lab! About freakin' time! As I sit in the chair and watch the phlebotomist prep I think, "Why was I so anxious to get here and get stuck with a needle?" Then I remember, "Oh yeah, because we want a baby." The whole process takes 2 minutes. She was a little rough and the prick of the needle stung a bit but I'm a big girl. My husband on the other hand, major wimp when it comes to needles. Can you imagine him in the delivery room when they bring out the needle for the epidural? HA!
So now I anxiously await the results and hope for good news.
AF= Aunt Flo or my period
TTC=Trying to Conceive
CD=Cycle Day; the first day of your period is CD1 and so on and so forth until AF arrives again
BFP=Big Fat Positive. This is what we are working towards. A positive pregnancy test
BFN=Big Fat Negative. What we don't want and what I and most women in my situation dread seeing each month.
BD=Baby dancing or in layman's terms-SEX!
DTD=Do the deed, see above
POAS=Pee on a Stick. What you do to get that BFP or BFN(NONONONONO)
O=Ovulation or Oing, O'd etc
PG=pregnant or pregnancy
Prog=progesterone
SA=sperm analysis
That should get us started.
We began our first round of Clomid(fertility drug) earlier this month which means I was highly irritable from January 7-11. We are on a 5 day cycle of 50mg. Jason did survive with his head intact. I also experienced brief hot flashes which for the chick that is perpetually cold-MOI-I was in heaven. There was actually a day when Jason built a fire in our family room and I walked in and had to leave immediately because it was too damn hot. This is unusual for me. About the only time I get hot in the winter is around 2-3am in the morning when I have to turn our heating blanket off. I grumble, half-asleep to Jason that I'm hot and in the process throw the comforter, blanket and sheet on his side. In response, he reaches over or stumbles out of bed to turn on the ceiling fan. He never remembers doing this when he wakes up later.
Anyway, today is CD21 for me. My doctor likes to do CD21 bloodwork when a patient is taking Clomid to test her progesterone levels. My test last cycle was a whopping 1.9. This is bad people. Unfortunately, I just O'd yesterday or possibly Monday as I'm waiting for my 3 high temps in a row. Yes, some of this may go over your head. Don't worry about it. If you have never obsessed about trying to conceive consider yourself lucky. Just wish us lots of baby dust and pray that we get a BFP next month! Once the results are in I'll talk to my doctor and determine if I need to take prog. supplements. Low progesterone may have been the culprit of my miscarriage this past June.
So back to the title about my inability to be patient. My appointment this morning was at 8:45am. I arrived 15 minutes early. I'm told to sit and they will call the lab. My doctor actually has a mini-lab in her office. 15 minutes go by. 20 minutes. Within 20 minutes I've seen 6 women called back for their appointments who arrived after me. I'm getting antsy and pissed off. At 30 minutes I'm imagining myself as a cartoon character with the redness moving up from the neck to the top of the head before said head blows up or steam rolls out the ears. I watch the pregnant woman across from me sip her lovely orange blended whatever for the glucose test. Anyhoo, at 35 minutes I check my phone again and decide to take action. I ask the receptionist how much longer because I have a meeting at work(no lie, I really did) to attend. I truly think either the receptionist or the lab forgot about me sitting out there in the pregnant woman's waiting room.
No sooner does my butt hit the chair they are calling my name and telling me to walk on back into the holyland. The lab! About freakin' time! As I sit in the chair and watch the phlebotomist prep I think, "Why was I so anxious to get here and get stuck with a needle?" Then I remember, "Oh yeah, because we want a baby." The whole process takes 2 minutes. She was a little rough and the prick of the needle stung a bit but I'm a big girl. My husband on the other hand, major wimp when it comes to needles. Can you imagine him in the delivery room when they bring out the needle for the epidural? HA!
So now I anxiously await the results and hope for good news.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Welcome
Who Am I?
I'm Stacey. I'm 35 which is OLD! Anyone reading this should already know this. I'm jumping in feet first to blogworld. It's an amazing place really. If you are a naturally curious person this is for you. You can read the deep dark secrets, day to day humdrum living of strangers or in this case a person you know.
Why am I doing this?
Why not. It allows me to avoid things I ought to be doing. It also allows y'all to keep up with me as I'm terrible with a phone. How does one use those buttons? I'm also bad about email but not as bad as the phone. If you know me you probably know this as well. My mother can attest. I get the guilt trip every time I call her and it's been a month or perhaps 5 since we last spoke.
What will this be about?
Anything and everything. Stupid, inconsequential thoughts, home improvement crap, my husband, trying to have a baby. For this last one I'll use lots of abbreviations. I'll supply a crib sheet for those not in the know. It's a totally different language as I have discovered from the wonderful internet. It can be a bit mind-boggling but like any new language once you actually start using it, you forget other people are clueless. If French was an abbreviated language I'd be fluent. Would my high school french teacher be proud? Doubtful.
I'll try to be witty on occassion and not bore you.
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends, I'm so glad you could attend, move along, move along.
I'm Stacey. I'm 35 which is OLD! Anyone reading this should already know this. I'm jumping in feet first to blogworld. It's an amazing place really. If you are a naturally curious person this is for you. You can read the deep dark secrets, day to day humdrum living of strangers or in this case a person you know.
Why am I doing this?
Why not. It allows me to avoid things I ought to be doing. It also allows y'all to keep up with me as I'm terrible with a phone. How does one use those buttons? I'm also bad about email but not as bad as the phone. If you know me you probably know this as well. My mother can attest. I get the guilt trip every time I call her and it's been a month or perhaps 5 since we last spoke.
What will this be about?
Anything and everything. Stupid, inconsequential thoughts, home improvement crap, my husband, trying to have a baby. For this last one I'll use lots of abbreviations. I'll supply a crib sheet for those not in the know. It's a totally different language as I have discovered from the wonderful internet. It can be a bit mind-boggling but like any new language once you actually start using it, you forget other people are clueless. If French was an abbreviated language I'd be fluent. Would my high school french teacher be proud? Doubtful.
I'll try to be witty on occassion and not bore you.
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends, I'm so glad you could attend, move along, move along.
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