Cycle 3 Day 1
So, I started my period. Yeah, I’m a little bummed about that, but at least I ovulated. I have a chance if I ovulate. In a few short days I’ll be taking Clomid again to help with ovulation this month. I’m okay with not being pregnant yet. It is a little sad, but I’d rather wait. I’d like to think that if it happened this month maybe it would have been an affected baby (SMA), so it’s better to hold off one month and have a healthy child instead.
At least this next time I’ll be on a short vacation during the two week wait to find out if we are pregnant or not, so at least I’ll be distracted. That will be nice.
I did have pretty bad PMS this month. I wonder if it was that bad because it has been so long since I last ovulated. We’ll see how it goes with this next cycle here. Last night my cramps were not very fun, but I went to bed early and that helped.
Cruella, thanks for the comment. I forget that anyone reads this sometimes…I don’t think anyone else does! Least of all someone who might know me personally.
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Monday, January 22, 2007
CD 29
CD 29
So, today I had a huge decrease in my basal temperature reading! I am a little bummed, but hoping that tomorrow my temps will go back up to the high zone. I have read mixed reviews on the whole “implantation dip” thing and am grasping to the hope that this is the case for me…after all I did have a dip just before ovulation as well, so never know. I have no idea what happened last time with Orion since I wasn’t taking my temps at that point. If my temp does go up again tomorrow morning I’ll be so excited because I think this can be a very good indicator for some people. I can say that I had a pretty bad bout of nausea on Saturday afternoon. Yesterday in church I had some pretty uncomfortable stomach cramps. I was ready to get home for sure. Today hasn’t been so bad, but I am tired (I wish I had the night off tonight so I can sleep) and very, very crabby. I’m annoyed with just about everything today and know that the best place for me today would have been at home in bed instead of trying to interact with people. Oh well, I’ll take that as a good sign. I have been going to the bathroom a lot and I do have increased appetite today. I feel like I could eat every two hours.
I guess all my hope hinges on that basal temperature reading tomorrow morning to see if it gets back up. If it doesn’t go back up and I have my period soon that means that all the symptoms I’ve been feeling have been in my head. I am trying not to exaggerate any of them, but it’s possible that I want them so badly that it is just happening anyway. My husband thinks I’m pregnant. I would feel bad if I wasn’t. Next month I’ll try not to speak of any symptoms I might be having until after the pregnancy is confirmed. I think I’ll just stop now too just in case I’m not.
So, today I had a huge decrease in my basal temperature reading! I am a little bummed, but hoping that tomorrow my temps will go back up to the high zone. I have read mixed reviews on the whole “implantation dip” thing and am grasping to the hope that this is the case for me…after all I did have a dip just before ovulation as well, so never know. I have no idea what happened last time with Orion since I wasn’t taking my temps at that point. If my temp does go up again tomorrow morning I’ll be so excited because I think this can be a very good indicator for some people. I can say that I had a pretty bad bout of nausea on Saturday afternoon. Yesterday in church I had some pretty uncomfortable stomach cramps. I was ready to get home for sure. Today hasn’t been so bad, but I am tired (I wish I had the night off tonight so I can sleep) and very, very crabby. I’m annoyed with just about everything today and know that the best place for me today would have been at home in bed instead of trying to interact with people. Oh well, I’ll take that as a good sign. I have been going to the bathroom a lot and I do have increased appetite today. I feel like I could eat every two hours.
I guess all my hope hinges on that basal temperature reading tomorrow morning to see if it gets back up. If it doesn’t go back up and I have my period soon that means that all the symptoms I’ve been feeling have been in my head. I am trying not to exaggerate any of them, but it’s possible that I want them so badly that it is just happening anyway. My husband thinks I’m pregnant. I would feel bad if I wasn’t. Next month I’ll try not to speak of any symptoms I might be having until after the pregnancy is confirmed. I think I’ll just stop now too just in case I’m not.
Friday, January 19, 2007
CD 26 and counting down
CD 26
I am stoked because I just got a message from the nurse at my doctor’s office. My progesterone level was 18.6!!! I’m so happy. I knew because of my basal temperature that I had ovulated this month, but it’s good to hear these results. Last month my progesterone level was only 0.4, so this is a huge increase in numbers. Now I just have to continue on in my two week wait. If it doesn’t happen this month I hope it will happen next month. It’s a good thing to have just ovulated in the first place.
In the way of symptoms I do have to get up (for the past three nights) to pee in the middle of the night. I also as of today officially have tender nipples. (Or it might be because I keep pinching them to check...haha.) I have been a bit emotional lately. I almost shed a tear last night watching The OC when Taylor read Ryan’s poem. J I normally would not be touched about that kind of thing. Oh and I also got upset about something stupid at work and felt like crying out of frustration. My emotions are just all over the place. I know it could just be PMS too, but I would like to think it’s more than that.
I’m also happy it’s Friday. I’m ready for the weekend. I have some plans, but they do include sleeping in tomorrow morning!!!
I am stoked because I just got a message from the nurse at my doctor’s office. My progesterone level was 18.6!!! I’m so happy. I knew because of my basal temperature that I had ovulated this month, but it’s good to hear these results. Last month my progesterone level was only 0.4, so this is a huge increase in numbers. Now I just have to continue on in my two week wait. If it doesn’t happen this month I hope it will happen next month. It’s a good thing to have just ovulated in the first place.
In the way of symptoms I do have to get up (for the past three nights) to pee in the middle of the night. I also as of today officially have tender nipples. (Or it might be because I keep pinching them to check...haha.) I have been a bit emotional lately. I almost shed a tear last night watching The OC when Taylor read Ryan’s poem. J I normally would not be touched about that kind of thing. Oh and I also got upset about something stupid at work and felt like crying out of frustration. My emotions are just all over the place. I know it could just be PMS too, but I would like to think it’s more than that.
I’m also happy it’s Friday. I’m ready for the weekend. I have some plans, but they do include sleeping in tomorrow morning!!!
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
CD 23
CD 23
I’m really looking forward to my blood test on Thursday to confirm ovulation! I am more excited to start feeling pregnancy symptoms full force. J I really hope that I am pregnant, but on the other hand if I’m not pregnant this month it is for a reason. I’d like to think that it’s Heavenly Father saying that the baby would have been positive for SMA if it had been fertilized. I’ll wait another month if it means we have a healthy baby instead. So, today I have been pressing the sides of my chest to see how sensitive my breasts are. I have a little bit of sensitivity, but I’d like more. Also, I’m tired. Last night I went to bed before 11 (early for me) AND I got up to pee around 2 AM. I haven’t gotten up to pee in the middle of the night since I was pregnant with Orion. I’m so happy. Dare I hope that I am pregnant again? How exciting.
I’m going to try not to think about it.
Who am I kidding? I’ll be thinking about it all the way until I take the pregnancy test and find out if I’m pregnant or if I’ll be taking another round of Clomid. I hope that over the next few days my symptoms become more and more pronounced to confirm a pregnancy though. I miss being pregnant. I also feel bad for Dom. He wants to be a dad so badly. We both want to be parents and I want to give him a healthy child.
I’m really looking forward to my blood test on Thursday to confirm ovulation! I am more excited to start feeling pregnancy symptoms full force. J I really hope that I am pregnant, but on the other hand if I’m not pregnant this month it is for a reason. I’d like to think that it’s Heavenly Father saying that the baby would have been positive for SMA if it had been fertilized. I’ll wait another month if it means we have a healthy baby instead. So, today I have been pressing the sides of my chest to see how sensitive my breasts are. I have a little bit of sensitivity, but I’d like more. Also, I’m tired. Last night I went to bed before 11 (early for me) AND I got up to pee around 2 AM. I haven’t gotten up to pee in the middle of the night since I was pregnant with Orion. I’m so happy. Dare I hope that I am pregnant again? How exciting.
I’m going to try not to think about it.
Who am I kidding? I’ll be thinking about it all the way until I take the pregnancy test and find out if I’m pregnant or if I’ll be taking another round of Clomid. I hope that over the next few days my symptoms become more and more pronounced to confirm a pregnancy though. I miss being pregnant. I also feel bad for Dom. He wants to be a dad so badly. We both want to be parents and I want to give him a healthy child.
Monday, January 15, 2007
Ovulation has occured
CD 22
I’m pretty sure I ovulated. I don’t want to get too excited, but I’ve been charting my basal temps and boom, on Friday they started to go up. Now, this morning the temp was high still (even higher than the previous three), so it gives me hope that I actually did ovulate. I go in for a blood test this week and I am looking forward to hearing the results of that one. I am trying not to think about what symptoms I might be starting to experience soon (pregnancy symptoms). I’m just stoked to have ovulated. Even if I don’t get pregnant this month I am thankful to have an egg pass! I’m thrilled that my body is working the way it should now.
Now I just have to wait another week and a half to see if I am pregnant or not. If not I’ll just try again next month.
I’m pretty sure I ovulated. I don’t want to get too excited, but I’ve been charting my basal temps and boom, on Friday they started to go up. Now, this morning the temp was high still (even higher than the previous three), so it gives me hope that I actually did ovulate. I go in for a blood test this week and I am looking forward to hearing the results of that one. I am trying not to think about what symptoms I might be starting to experience soon (pregnancy symptoms). I’m just stoked to have ovulated. Even if I don’t get pregnant this month I am thankful to have an egg pass! I’m thrilled that my body is working the way it should now.
Now I just have to wait another week and a half to see if I am pregnant or not. If not I’ll just try again next month.
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Cycling...ovulating?
CD 17
I’m just not sure if I ovulated or not at this point. I had a dip in my basal temperature on Monday morning (day 15) and was feeling pretty discouraged about that because I felt like I was going in the wrong direction. I googled the dip in temperature and was thrilled to find out that some women experience a dip the actual day of ovulation. I went from depressed to elated in just a matter of minutes. (I was feeling pretty down on Sunday). I was hoping to then wake up the next morning with an elevated temperature indicating that ovulation had occurred, but unfortunately it only went up a bit. I again checked the internet and discovered that it can be a gradual rise after ovulation as well. I again took my temperature this morning to see that it rose back to my normal temperature again. Maybe tomorrow it will be even higher? That would sure be nice. Maybe gradual for me is three days. If I don’t ovulate this month I know I’ll feel even more disappointed than last month. Then what if I didn’t ovulate yet…just another day will complete the 5-10 day wait after taking Clomid. What’s wrong with me? The first time I ever took Clomid it worked for me and I got pregnant because of ovulation. Why is it so difficult to ovulate now? I’m trying not to give up hope on this since I very well could have ovulated the other day and I’m just experiencing mood swings and the gradual temperature rise. It would be nice if I woke up tomorrow morning and my temperature was much higher and stayed that way. I’d feel better. Even if I don’t get pregnant this month it would sure be nice to have an egg pass through.
I have been experiencing the whole gamut of emotions over the past few days. I have been hopeful and positive that this month was the month and then on the other hand I’ve felt like a child would never come from my womb again. I felt worthless. This can be a good thing though because possibly it means that something is working hormonally. (I have to look on the bright side). I’m looking forward to next week when I’ll have another blood test to find out more conclusively if I’ve ovulated. That will give me more piece of mind.
I’m just not sure if I ovulated or not at this point. I had a dip in my basal temperature on Monday morning (day 15) and was feeling pretty discouraged about that because I felt like I was going in the wrong direction. I googled the dip in temperature and was thrilled to find out that some women experience a dip the actual day of ovulation. I went from depressed to elated in just a matter of minutes. (I was feeling pretty down on Sunday). I was hoping to then wake up the next morning with an elevated temperature indicating that ovulation had occurred, but unfortunately it only went up a bit. I again checked the internet and discovered that it can be a gradual rise after ovulation as well. I again took my temperature this morning to see that it rose back to my normal temperature again. Maybe tomorrow it will be even higher? That would sure be nice. Maybe gradual for me is three days. If I don’t ovulate this month I know I’ll feel even more disappointed than last month. Then what if I didn’t ovulate yet…just another day will complete the 5-10 day wait after taking Clomid. What’s wrong with me? The first time I ever took Clomid it worked for me and I got pregnant because of ovulation. Why is it so difficult to ovulate now? I’m trying not to give up hope on this since I very well could have ovulated the other day and I’m just experiencing mood swings and the gradual temperature rise. It would be nice if I woke up tomorrow morning and my temperature was much higher and stayed that way. I’d feel better. Even if I don’t get pregnant this month it would sure be nice to have an egg pass through.
I have been experiencing the whole gamut of emotions over the past few days. I have been hopeful and positive that this month was the month and then on the other hand I’ve felt like a child would never come from my womb again. I felt worthless. This can be a good thing though because possibly it means that something is working hormonally. (I have to look on the bright side). I’m looking forward to next week when I’ll have another blood test to find out more conclusively if I’ve ovulated. That will give me more piece of mind.
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
CD 9 Cycle 2
CD 9
Today I will be taking the last dose of Clomid for this cycle. I can’t believe it. I just have to wait now to see if ovulation will occur this time around. I was very discouraged last month when I didn’t ovulate. In three days my husband and I are supposed to start trying for a little over a week and then I just have to wait until day 25 to take my blood test. In the meantime I am being very cliché this year and starting a diet and exercise program today. I hope to stick to it. My goal this month is to loose 4 pounds. I don’t want to loose too much just before getting pregnant, but if I don’t get pregnant this month I’d hate to waste the time. Next month I’ll go for another four pounds if I’m not pregnant yet. I’m doing pretty good about not drinking soda. I did have a few over the weekend for the New Year’s holiday time, but I don’t feel like I need one today. I just wanted to get out of the daily habit of drinking sodas. That alone should help me lose a bit of weight. I’m going to try eating an apple or two a day as well because I heard about a diet where you eat an apple before every meal.
I picked a tropical vacation destination to visit finally. We wanted to go to the Caribbean waters, but just didn’t know what. We thought about doing a Sandals vacation, but that is just so expensive. At that point I completely changed locations to Maui, Hawaii. Then a construction worker recently mentioned that he was going to Mexico soon with his girlfriend and we discussed the area. It sounded perfect and I started looking into that area and I’m excited now. It would be fun to go before morning sickness or after it passes. I just have to start planning the trip now. I’ll get more excited when we have actually paid for the trip.
Wish me luck!!!
Today I will be taking the last dose of Clomid for this cycle. I can’t believe it. I just have to wait now to see if ovulation will occur this time around. I was very discouraged last month when I didn’t ovulate. In three days my husband and I are supposed to start trying for a little over a week and then I just have to wait until day 25 to take my blood test. In the meantime I am being very cliché this year and starting a diet and exercise program today. I hope to stick to it. My goal this month is to loose 4 pounds. I don’t want to loose too much just before getting pregnant, but if I don’t get pregnant this month I’d hate to waste the time. Next month I’ll go for another four pounds if I’m not pregnant yet. I’m doing pretty good about not drinking soda. I did have a few over the weekend for the New Year’s holiday time, but I don’t feel like I need one today. I just wanted to get out of the daily habit of drinking sodas. That alone should help me lose a bit of weight. I’m going to try eating an apple or two a day as well because I heard about a diet where you eat an apple before every meal.
I picked a tropical vacation destination to visit finally. We wanted to go to the Caribbean waters, but just didn’t know what. We thought about doing a Sandals vacation, but that is just so expensive. At that point I completely changed locations to Maui, Hawaii. Then a construction worker recently mentioned that he was going to Mexico soon with his girlfriend and we discussed the area. It sounded perfect and I started looking into that area and I’m excited now. It would be fun to go before morning sickness or after it passes. I just have to start planning the trip now. I’ll get more excited when we have actually paid for the trip.
Wish me luck!!!
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