I totally meant to write a post to commemorate my third blogiversary on Saturday, but then Cat got sick. Like, oh-my-god-she’s-pooping-blood-and-when-did-she-get-so-skinny kind of sick. So we packed her up and loaded her and baby girl into the car on Sunday and made our first trip to the local vet since we moved. She had indeed […]
Today was a good day. It started with my first OB appointment. Dr. P is really nice, and Dr. C was right–I like him. I did have to strip down today, which I was not expecting, for a breast exam and pap. I heard the baby’s heartbeat on the doppler (at 10w5d) and didn’t even […]
*Pregnancy, pregnancy, pregnancy, pregnancy, blah, blah, blah. You’ve been warned.* I am so excited to have four straight days to relax and try to recover some energy this weekend. When I originally proposed this idea to Hubby, he wanted to drive to a neighboring state to visit a national park, but after seeing how exhausted […]
*Kind of whiney pregnancy post ahead. You’ve been warned.* Last week, Dr. C instructed me to continue 1/2 cc PIO injections through Saturday, skip Sunday, and get labs done today. Which I did. This afternoon, I called to get the results, and it turns out that, even though my progesterone levels were good (67!), he […]
I am 7 weeks today. (Apparently I had miscalculated by a day, so when I thought I was getting an ultrasound at 6 weeks 2 days last week, I was actually 6 weeks 1 day. Eh, whatever.) Dr. C offered to have me come every week, and I so took him up on it. I […]
*Pregnancy-related post. Read at your own discretion.* I haven’t been sleeping well the past couple of nights, I think, because I’ve got all the details swimming around in my head, disrupting the peace and quiet and, despite my exhaustion, keeping me awake. So I’m going to spew them all out here, hoping the purge results […]
Awkward Moment #1: When I arrived at the clinic this morning, there were 1 ½ couples already waiting. The second half of couple #1 showed up just after me. This was not the awkward part (although I did wish, for a fleeting moment, that Hubby could have skipped out on teaching and come with me for […]
Just listing, for the sake of documentation, things that have thus far gone un-noted. I’ve been very aware of ovaries (for days and days). There’s been a dull achy/mildly crampy feeling in my lower abdomen pretty much since I started stims. Of course, it could just be the bloating, gas, and/or constipation. My lower back […]
It’s weird how eerily similar and yet, how every different this cycle is compared to last time. The time lines are nearly identical, as far as monitoring, blood draws, and–hopefully–trigger and retrieval. But the numbers–and the look on Dr. C’s face–are worlds apart. He actually said this morning that he thinks we’ll have more eggs […]
Well, not exactly. But I do have plenty of follicles and fairly even growth, if still somewhat slow. Dr. C measured 5 follicles on the right, each 10-11 mm, and noted “several more” that he didn’t measure. Same on the left, except they were slightly bigger at about 13 mm. My lining is 10 mm. […]
Something Out of Nothing 