Infertility

My progesterone levels were 0.7 this cycle at CD21 so my doctor is referring me to an RE(reproductive endocrinologist). According to my doctor's nurse we should get an appointment rather quickly. I'm expecting a phone call today with the details of the referral. According to my doctor the RE is awesome, will listen to our concerns and questions and she does a lot of testing to figure out what the problem may be. I pray we have answers soon.

mundane

Nothing new or exciting happening in our world. I got stuck today for yet another blood draw for yet another progesterone test. I forked over some $$$ on Ebay for a fertility monitor which came too late to use this month but if AF shows up in a couple of weeks we can try that out.

We moved Amy's annual summer kick-off to our house last weekend so as not to have to deal with Opera Man et al. She usually holds her party around the pool/grill area at her apartment complex. Last year, one of her neighbors who was totally drunk thought one of her guests stole his vodka. He was really indignant about it as he stumbled around the pool pissy drunk. We were all drinking beer that night with the exception of Amy's usual Jack and Diet. The guy would not let it go either. He confronted her twice after that. We call him Opera Man because he likes to blare opera music in his car. He is one of those greasy club types. The ones with the gold chains, the shirt open to reveal chest hair or lack thereof, the way too tight shirt to show off his muscles kind of guy. Icky in my opinion.

Anyway, we moved the party to our place, more privacy, the use of our gas grill versus the charcoal ones now in residence at Amy's place, the Wii and J's new PS3. Yes, J HAD to have GTA IV so we purchased a PS3 last week. The BBQ was a good time. Amy's ribs and beans were delish like always. We ended the evening with a drive to Bobby's in the convertible for milkshakes-a Saturday summer tradition.

We have a few house projects in the works coming up which include J taking a week off of work. The plan is to finally move the huge piles of dirt into position around the end of the driveway to level out the ground there, build the deck, have the house exterior painted and finally refinish the hardwood which J has decided he does not want to tackle on his own. I'm also ready to do a little painting. I need a change in a few rooms.

Amy and a few other ladies are very excited for our GNO(Girl's Night Out) at the end of this month. We will be off to the theater to see the much anticipated Sex and The City movie. We are going to try to sneak in some of those mini bottles of champagne. (Kerri-ring a bell? 90210 farewell party?) I hope I won't be allowed to drink champagne by that time but we'll see. Tickets will be purchased today by the lovely S! I can't wait.

Later!

My therapy

As I was feeling quite sorry for myself yesterday I took the afternoon off. I did a ton of stuff around the house. I cleaned, cleaned, cleaned. My mom would be so proud. Apparently, cleaning is my new therapy as I feel a lot better.

This really F'in sucks

Another negative pregnancy test. I'm done. I am SO DONE! Apparently, the only way we are going to have kids is with MAJOR intervention and I'm not quite sure how I feel about that.

Time to turn out the lights, pull the covers over my head and have several hours of self-pity. Oh wait, no I can't do that because I have to be at work.

Bitter much?

Progesterone levels

At 3DPO my levels were 10.8. Typically this test is done at 7DPO so I still had 4 days to get to 15. I'm hoping this happened. We'll know soon enough.

Spring Cleaning-outdoors

Even though the inside of our home is a never ending project, with the warm weather we absolutely need to work on the exterior. Jason and I have been outside frequently discussing what to do with our front flower bed and we pretty much came up with a plan. As Sunday was a a beautiful day outside we headed to Lowes to pick up a few supplies to get started.



The early thaw we had last year, followed by the late frost, followed by a summer drought killed several shrubs and trees in our yard. We need to replant and possibly chop down the dead trees, one being a dogwood.

We picked up 20 bags of black mulch at Lowes along with a pair of gardening gloves for moi, a new garden hose nozzle and a fancy schmancy hose holder. We had to make a 2nd trip to Lowes for an additional 15 bags of mulch about an hour later.



Our front beds looked like this. By the time I took these photos we had already ripped out a few dead shrubs.






After new mulch was laid.



Over the next few weekends we will add in some color with new flowers, shrubs, and flowering shrubs. We also plan to extend the flower bed to the side of the house so we need to till the earth in that area this coming weekend(if the weather cooperates). I love the transformation thus far.

Improvement to the self check-out

Last night as we were checking out at Wal-Mart, J and I decided we would much prefer the automated voice at the self-checkout if it was Cartman of South Park. For instance, when the machine gets finicky and even though you've placed the item in the bag and it tells you that you have not, we think it would be awesome if the self-check-out said something to the effect of, "I'm being a dildo." LOL.

Then perhaps after you have completed your check-out the machine would say something like, "Screw you guys, I'm going home."

I would find this hysterical but then I'm weird and mostly immature. ;)

In other news I have a nice bruise from my bloodwork this morning. I also had to wait for about 30 minutes...again...because the receptionist forgot to call back to the lab to notify them of my arrival. Grrrr. This is the 2nd, 3rd time this has happened when all I need is bloodwork at the doctor's office.

Wanted results: Progesterone levels at 15 or above.