Over Again

Well AF is here today! So I start over at day 1. Dont know how I feel about it right now. I'll let you know.

Progesterone

I had a day 21 progesterone test and my number was 17.88. Meaning I did ovulate. Not really high enough to indicate pregnancy, but progesterone is inconclusive in determining pregnancy. I am very excited about the posibilities. I am on day 28 of my cycle today. Meaning af should be here in a few days. So we'll know what is happening then!!

A wise person once said, "It will all work out in the end, if it's not worked out it's not the end."

Flippin Out

So I totally flipped out last night over a laundry basket. Femara has not been as bad as Clomid but I definatly notice it. The whole time I was thinking "what the hell is wrong with me???" I'm sure my friends and family notice and wonder the same damn thing. I'm going to do a blood test today and see about my ovulation! Wish me luck.

Dreams do come true, sometimes nightmares do too.

Update

Well I am on day 22 of my cycle and no sign of ovulation yet?? I took the Femara this month. I'm really confused so I think I will call my doctor tomorrow and see what could be up. I feel really moody from the Femara, but nothing like I was with clomid. The only thing I can think is that maybe I missed my ovulation?? Like it happened before day 10, which is the day I start to check. It's the first day my monitor will let me test. I still did an Answer ovulation stick on day 9 to be sure. I have seen no surge. Nada. I hope I didnt miss my window. I have had a kidney stone this past weekend and I had a bladder infection from it, but it seems to have gone away. I dont understand why charting and everything is so hard to do?? I just wish I could get knocked up the old fashion way. Oh well!!!

Frustration, although quite painful at times, is a very positive and essential part of success. Bo Bennett

A year later

Af showed up today on June 30th, 2008. So it is on to my first medicated cycle in a year. I am anticipating it with a mix of emotions; fear and excitement being two of them. I am taking the drug Femara on cycle days 3-7, which will be July 2-6. So I will finish it right before we leave for Jamaica. I will keep this updated as to any and all side effects that I have from this medication. Although it is nothing like clomid, and presents with very few side effects usually. I also have to add this is my 4th month in a row to have AF. Which is unheard of for me. I also am not having very bad cramps at all anymore. I cramp the day before af and then nothing or very little after that. Which is a turn around from the terrible cramps I used to have when AF came.

If they're singing about heartbreak, they've lived it. Paula Abdul

So Slow

I am 5 dpo or days past ovulation and on day 23 of my cycle. It is going so so slowly. I still have 10 days until I can take a test or start my af. Great. So I am just waiting and waiting and waiting. It is really unnerving and frustrating.

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. John Quincy Adams

Month 5,382,402

So this is our 5 millionth month of trying to concieve or at least that is what it feels like. This is my last month of unmedicated trying. I ovulated finally on day 18, which is weird because my cycles were shortening and then this one is perfect. Maybe that means its meant to be, but I really dont know and dont want to get my hopes up, or anyone elses. So I am now offically in the 2 week wait. I also got a peak on my monitor today and dark lines again so I guess I really really ovulated!!! This is totally new territory for me, even when I was doing clomid and injectibles this did not happen for me!!! Sometimes my AF would not even come at the end of a cycle and I would have to take Provera to start it, so even having an AF for three months in a row is a step in the right direction for us. It is so exciting to us. So please with us luck this cycle, this could be IT for us.


Dreams are the touchstones of our character. Henry David Thoreau