Saturday, October 31, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Time for a break!
So, just as I suspected, the blood test was negative today. Heartbreaking! I made an appointment to consult with the RE next Friday about our next step. I am really thinking we will take the holidays off and come back for IUI in late February, early March. I'm just not sure though. Maybe we should just jump into it and see what happens! I am concerned about the cost (I know it's not nearly as much as an IVF, but still it has a cost), and I'm worried it's not going to work!
Silly to worry so much, but it's what I do. Well, I will continue to update on my progress with the weight loss, and after my consult with the RE. Have a wonderful weekend!!!
Silly to worry so much, but it's what I do. Well, I will continue to update on my progress with the weight loss, and after my consult with the RE. Have a wonderful weekend!!!
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Progress!
Ok, so I am at 49 lbs total lost in 9 weeks! I am going to start my transition phase tomorrow. I get to add a yogurt, one piece of fruit and a 1/2 cup of starch to my diet. I am only looking to increase my caloric intake to about 1350 calories a day. Right now I am between 950-1100 with the shakes and bars. Hopefully I can continue to lose even off the program.
I tested this morning when I got up and quickly got a not pregnant on the stick. It is sad, and yet I knew it. I will go in on Thursday for the blood test, and then discuss our next step with the RE's office.
I think we are going to at least take the holidays off. I think we might get started again when we get back from our cruise in February. I'm not really sure yet what we're going to do. I'm thinking we would like to start in on IUI's and just see if that works for us. I am a little nervous about spending the money. Maybe we should wait until we have a house, or at least know we will be staying in one spot for a while. I am just worried about having to move while pregnant or with a baby. I know our families are torn right now on what we should do. DH's family says just have a baby and everything will fall into place. My family would be excited, but would be concerned about our living situation and money.
DH and I would be so super excited, but nervous as well. Oh well, I know we are going to take the holidays off and enjoy them without the mood swings and hot flashes from the meds!
I will update after my blood test on Thursday! Have a wonderful day!!!
I tested this morning when I got up and quickly got a not pregnant on the stick. It is sad, and yet I knew it. I will go in on Thursday for the blood test, and then discuss our next step with the RE's office.
I think we are going to at least take the holidays off. I think we might get started again when we get back from our cruise in February. I'm not really sure yet what we're going to do. I'm thinking we would like to start in on IUI's and just see if that works for us. I am a little nervous about spending the money. Maybe we should wait until we have a house, or at least know we will be staying in one spot for a while. I am just worried about having to move while pregnant or with a baby. I know our families are torn right now on what we should do. DH's family says just have a baby and everything will fall into place. My family would be excited, but would be concerned about our living situation and money.
DH and I would be so super excited, but nervous as well. Oh well, I know we are going to take the holidays off and enjoy them without the mood swings and hot flashes from the meds!
I will update after my blood test on Thursday! Have a wonderful day!!!
Monday, October 26, 2009
Just checking in
Well, this 2 ww has been really hard. In my heart I know it will be a negative blood test on Thursday, so I am trying to think towards the future and not dwell on it. We are going to take some time off from ttc after this month. It is getting too hard to see the bfn's every month. No one really understands that we've been trying for almost 3 years, and seeing specialists for over a year now to no avail. It's frustrating! It is nice to have a network of people out there who are either going through the same thing or who have been through it. It's really nice to get positive comments and hope.
I have had my progesterone levels checked this month, and thanks to the endometrin that I'm on, my levels have stayed up this time! The last 2 cycles of Clomid my progesterone dropped at the second check. Maybe that is a positive sign. I have been testing though.....which as many of you know is not a good thing! It almost feels like a waste of money everytime I get 1 line, or a not pregnant on the stick. But, alas, I CANNOT stop!!! I will continue to check until my blood test on Thursday.
I am going to the nutritionist tomorrow morning at 7:30 am. I only have about 3 weeks left on the program. I am at a total of 41 lbs so far. I am feeling better and my clothes are looser, so I think it is working. Hopefully I can continue to lose even off the program. I want to eat food!!! :)!
DH is feeling better, although not 100% yet. My grandfather is back home after a bout of pneumonia in the nursing home last week. He is looking much better and so far...so good. He has a wonderful caretaker at home with him. She has been cooking him some delicious food and taking good care of him. I hope he will continue to progress this week and make it into church on Sunday. Everyone keeps asking for him! He is definitely a loved man.
I cannot believe Christmas is almost here. I need some ideas! The people in our families have everything, they are so hard to shop for! I always feel like our gifts are going to stink because they have so much!
I hope everyone has a wonderful week, and I will update tomorrow after my appointment! I'm sending lots of good thoughts and prayers out to everyone!
I have had my progesterone levels checked this month, and thanks to the endometrin that I'm on, my levels have stayed up this time! The last 2 cycles of Clomid my progesterone dropped at the second check. Maybe that is a positive sign. I have been testing though.....which as many of you know is not a good thing! It almost feels like a waste of money everytime I get 1 line, or a not pregnant on the stick. But, alas, I CANNOT stop!!! I will continue to check until my blood test on Thursday.
I am going to the nutritionist tomorrow morning at 7:30 am. I only have about 3 weeks left on the program. I am at a total of 41 lbs so far. I am feeling better and my clothes are looser, so I think it is working. Hopefully I can continue to lose even off the program. I want to eat food!!! :)!
DH is feeling better, although not 100% yet. My grandfather is back home after a bout of pneumonia in the nursing home last week. He is looking much better and so far...so good. He has a wonderful caretaker at home with him. She has been cooking him some delicious food and taking good care of him. I hope he will continue to progress this week and make it into church on Sunday. Everyone keeps asking for him! He is definitely a loved man.
I cannot believe Christmas is almost here. I need some ideas! The people in our families have everything, they are so hard to shop for! I always feel like our gifts are going to stink because they have so much!
I hope everyone has a wonderful week, and I will update tomorrow after my appointment! I'm sending lots of good thoughts and prayers out to everyone!
Monday, October 19, 2009
Hoping and wishing!
Hi! I just got back from my RE appointment this morning, and I ovulated 4 eggs this weekend! Hopefully this will increase our chance of getting a BFP this month! I am super excited!
I will start my progesterone support tomorrow morning, twice a day until my blood test on the 29th!
On another note...DH is very sick! He has a terrible head cold, and has had it for over a week now. I took him to the medical center on Saturday because his ears were getting clogged up. They gave him drops for his ears, nose spray and cough medicine. Well, yesterday I put the drops in for the second time and his ears closed all the way up! Now he can't hear very well at all! So I had to call this morning and get him an appointment with our family doc to get him checked out! It's crazy! My poor DH can't hear and is so sick!
On a better note....my grandfather is doing much better. He is up walking (with a walker), and hopefully can come home in the next couple of weeks! Now our next goal is to get the family to book a cruise to celebrate him so he can have a wonderful time on the cruise.
Well, I will keep you updated this week, my nutritionist appointment is Wednesday. I almost ate a hashbrown this morning while getting DH some breakfast. Luckily, McDonalds must have known that it was a bad idea for me to eat a fatty hashbrown, because they didn't give me one! Oh well, I figure if we got pregnant this month I wouldn't want to eat that kind of crap anyway!
Have a wonderful week blogger world!
I will start my progesterone support tomorrow morning, twice a day until my blood test on the 29th!
On another note...DH is very sick! He has a terrible head cold, and has had it for over a week now. I took him to the medical center on Saturday because his ears were getting clogged up. They gave him drops for his ears, nose spray and cough medicine. Well, yesterday I put the drops in for the second time and his ears closed all the way up! Now he can't hear very well at all! So I had to call this morning and get him an appointment with our family doc to get him checked out! It's crazy! My poor DH can't hear and is so sick!
On a better note....my grandfather is doing much better. He is up walking (with a walker), and hopefully can come home in the next couple of weeks! Now our next goal is to get the family to book a cruise to celebrate him so he can have a wonderful time on the cruise.
Well, I will keep you updated this week, my nutritionist appointment is Wednesday. I almost ate a hashbrown this morning while getting DH some breakfast. Luckily, McDonalds must have known that it was a bad idea for me to eat a fatty hashbrown, because they didn't give me one! Oh well, I figure if we got pregnant this month I wouldn't want to eat that kind of crap anyway!
Have a wonderful week blogger world!
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Week update
Hello blog world.....I have lost another 7 lbs this week. I am at 39 lbs total in 7 weeks. Super exciting! I only have another couple of weeks on the program...so I want to step it up an lose as much as I can in the next 5 weeks or so. I am counting down to Thanksgiving, it is the first day I'll be off the program (how's that for good timing?)
DH and I will be going to the RE's office tomorrow to see how I responded to the Clomid 100 this month. I am hoping that now that I've lost over 10% of my body weight, my fertility will get back on track. I will start the progesterone medicine as soon as I ovulate, which could be tomorrow or Friday. I am hoping it's tomorrow!
Thanks for all the prayers for my Grandfather, he is still in the hospital, but doing better. They finally got his heart rate under control with meds and are just waiting for a bed to open up in an extended care facility for him. He will be there for 5-7 days regaining his strength and working out a little before he goes home. Hopefully he will be home by next weekend!
Well, have a wonderful week....hopefully the weekend comes quickly! I will update after my appointment tomorrow!!
DH and I will be going to the RE's office tomorrow to see how I responded to the Clomid 100 this month. I am hoping that now that I've lost over 10% of my body weight, my fertility will get back on track. I will start the progesterone medicine as soon as I ovulate, which could be tomorrow or Friday. I am hoping it's tomorrow!
Thanks for all the prayers for my Grandfather, he is still in the hospital, but doing better. They finally got his heart rate under control with meds and are just waiting for a bed to open up in an extended care facility for him. He will be there for 5-7 days regaining his strength and working out a little before he goes home. Hopefully he will be home by next weekend!
Well, have a wonderful week....hopefully the weekend comes quickly! I will update after my appointment tomorrow!!
Monday, October 5, 2009
Defect
So it turns out I have a luteal phase defect. This basically means my body doesn't give itself enough time to get pregnant. My progesterone level is dropping too quickly making it impossible for any little maybe beans to stick in there. I went to the RE's this morning and they said I am cleared to start Clomid 100 tonight again. After they confirm ovulation next week sometime, I will start on 100 mg of progesterone. I am not looking forward to it, but we will do what we have to do!
I have also been going to the gym and trying to get this extra 4 lbs off. I am hoping that the more weight I lose the easier it will be for us to get pregnant (and the easier it will be to keep up with the little one!).
I am going in for a sleep study tonight at the hospital. I'm kind of nervous, and DH can't stay with me:(! I am going to miss him! Hopefully they say I am OK and I don't have sleep apnea. That is a scary thing to have.
I will update on Wednesday after my appointment with the nutritionist, and let you know how the sleep study went.
If everyone could send up a few prays for my Grandfather, he is in the hospital right now. Thank you!!!
I have also been going to the gym and trying to get this extra 4 lbs off. I am hoping that the more weight I lose the easier it will be for us to get pregnant (and the easier it will be to keep up with the little one!).
I am going in for a sleep study tonight at the hospital. I'm kind of nervous, and DH can't stay with me:(! I am going to miss him! Hopefully they say I am OK and I don't have sleep apnea. That is a scary thing to have.
I will update on Wednesday after my appointment with the nutritionist, and let you know how the sleep study went.
If everyone could send up a few prays for my Grandfather, he is in the hospital right now. Thank you!!!
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Update for the week
So I went to the nutritionist yesterday....and I gained 4 lbs!! I was shocked, but then I realized.....I am off my blood pressure meds! I went off them last Thursday due to possible pregnancy from the Clomid 100 this month. One of the pills I was taking is a schedule C for pregnancy (meaning it has been proven fetotoxic in lab animals, but no human testing thus far), and I'd rather be safe then sorry. The other pill I was taking was a water pill, so the nutritionist is sure that the extra weight is water weight.
I am going in tomorrow morning at 7:30 am to get my pregnancy test (which will be negative), and then 1 hour later I am getting a biopsy done of my uterine lining. It is the last test I need to have done to continue with the Clomid.
My birthday weekend was so wonderful. My DH is the best husband any girl could ask for. He took me to NYC on the train (way less stressful than driving to the ferry), where we enjoyed a blueberry scone and a white chocolate mocha at the bookstore around the corner from the train station. We then took a cab up to FAO Schwartz, only to find the didn't open for another hour or so, so we went into the Apple store instead. We bought something (a Christmas present for someone special), then took a cab to Bobby Flay's restaurant Bar Americain for brunch. The food was PHENOMENAL! I would recommend this restaurant to anyone for any occasion. The service was excellent and the food was delicious! If you ever go there try the warm potato chips with blue cheese sauce. They were the most wonderful part of our meal. DH tried the cracked wheat waffle and I had the onion soup with the blue cheese salad. All of it was so tasty. Then we went around the corner to Broadway where we saw Shrek the Musical! It was hilarious!!!! We laughed through the whole thing. I also got a pair of Princess Fiona ears with a tiara on them, and I wore them through the whole show. After the show we went back to FAO Schwartz to get our nephew a little surprise, and we bought him a little stuffed puppy (he loves puppies!). Then we headed back to the train station to catch the train back home. My dear SIL picked us up from the train station and took us back home where we hopped in the car and flew down to my favorite restaurant, Harry's. I enjoyed crab dip, a crab cake salad and creme brulee!!! It was delicious! So all in all I had a wonderful birthday weekend!!!
I am hoping that I get a surprise positive at the doctors office tomorrow, but deep down inside I know it will be negative and I don't want to get upset this month. I am just looking at it like I need to get the biopsy done, so one more month we'll wait to get pregnant. I will update tomorrow morning after the biopsy. Have a good day!!!
I am going in tomorrow morning at 7:30 am to get my pregnancy test (which will be negative), and then 1 hour later I am getting a biopsy done of my uterine lining. It is the last test I need to have done to continue with the Clomid.
My birthday weekend was so wonderful. My DH is the best husband any girl could ask for. He took me to NYC on the train (way less stressful than driving to the ferry), where we enjoyed a blueberry scone and a white chocolate mocha at the bookstore around the corner from the train station. We then took a cab up to FAO Schwartz, only to find the didn't open for another hour or so, so we went into the Apple store instead. We bought something (a Christmas present for someone special), then took a cab to Bobby Flay's restaurant Bar Americain for brunch. The food was PHENOMENAL! I would recommend this restaurant to anyone for any occasion. The service was excellent and the food was delicious! If you ever go there try the warm potato chips with blue cheese sauce. They were the most wonderful part of our meal. DH tried the cracked wheat waffle and I had the onion soup with the blue cheese salad. All of it was so tasty. Then we went around the corner to Broadway where we saw Shrek the Musical! It was hilarious!!!! We laughed through the whole thing. I also got a pair of Princess Fiona ears with a tiara on them, and I wore them through the whole show. After the show we went back to FAO Schwartz to get our nephew a little surprise, and we bought him a little stuffed puppy (he loves puppies!). Then we headed back to the train station to catch the train back home. My dear SIL picked us up from the train station and took us back home where we hopped in the car and flew down to my favorite restaurant, Harry's. I enjoyed crab dip, a crab cake salad and creme brulee!!! It was delicious! So all in all I had a wonderful birthday weekend!!!
I am hoping that I get a surprise positive at the doctors office tomorrow, but deep down inside I know it will be negative and I don't want to get upset this month. I am just looking at it like I need to get the biopsy done, so one more month we'll wait to get pregnant. I will update tomorrow morning after the biopsy. Have a good day!!!
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