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Promise I'll read more, quick overview of our ttc journey, and a question... 8.4

August 4, 2007

Hello...

So, we just got internet access at our house which will make precon a much more common thing for me to come on and chat with/about with everyone.  This excites me very much (it's nearing midnight and I'm so geeked up I'm still here!).

I have read everyone's diaries and am caught up with everyone I think.  I don't know if anyone on precon has read my diary, but regardless I've been here forever (which SUX) and rather than getting you to read back through boring entries of useless details and sob stories... I wanted to quickly put a time line into this "new" entry and tell you all about "us".

I'm Amanda.  I'm closing in on 28 (one month from today) and my dh is Eddie who is 32 (and wanted his first child to be born before his 32'nd birthday... obviously the child had other plans).  I'm sort of a goofball, but also super sensitive and sympathetic to others.  Unfortunately because of my length of ttc I'm a wealth of knowledge and love to babble off and help if needed (just ask!).

DH (Eddie) and I met (Feb 04), moved in together and got engaged (Aug 04), began ttc (Aug 05) and got married (Oct 05). 

I have always had irregular cycles (to which I was told that bcp would help and also that it was because I was overweight).  It didn't surprise me that I missed the cycle I should have had in Oct of 05 because of stress of the wedding.  We spent our honeymoon at an amusement park and enjoyed the 'in-room jacuzzi' that came with the honeymoon package.

I was actually pregnant.  I found out when we miscarried the weekend after Thanksgiving. 

I made an appt with an ob/gyn because of the m/c... and was diagnosed in Dec 05 with PCOS due to my high levels of insulin.  We tried different "health food" remedies with no luck... and eventually went onto clomid in june 06.

My insurance changed and therefore we stopped seeing the ob/gyn... deciding we could do it on our own.  Well... not so much.  In may 07 I made another appt with a new ob/gyn (a nurse practitioner) who I now absolutely love.  She put me on metformin, and although in june nothing happened (read previous entry) we tried this past month and are waiting on af to show it's ugly head.

If I get af, aka no baby, then I have to have an hsg (which I anticipate to be horrifically painful and unnecessary).  DH has a good sperm count but a low testosterone count which leaves him with little to no desire for bd'ing... and can not, under any circumstance, bd under stress.

So... this month I ovulated on day 17, (July 23) and we bd'd the following morning.  It was a stranger than normal cycle... and if you have info I'd be greatful for insight...

Normal cycle: temp's are at 96.5'ish, o-day drops to low 95's, and the following day it's in the mid to high 97's.  This month, with metformin 500mg 2xdaily, clomid 50mg day 3-7, and guafennisin (sp? mucinex) 1200 mg 2xdaily my cm was egg whitey on day 17, then "norm" (sticky/wet) for two days before my temp spiked.

Just a weird cycle for me... and now with the 2ww I'm going nutso wondering if it could have happened.

Preggo psyns (psycho-signs)...

dreaming... weird crazy dreams.  One night, I dreamt that I "accidentally" peed on the stick at work, and it was positive.  I just cried and cried and cried.  A coworker asked what was going on and I said "I'm pregnant!".  Then I realized I had to tell Eddie (dh).  So, I called him, and at that point realized I was sleeping/dreaming and said "I know when I wake up it's going to be negative, but let's enjoy it while I'm still dreaming". 

DH asked me the other day if I had any idea yet, which is odd.  Usually he doesn't care one way or another.   He wants to have a baby but doesn't obsess about it the way someone else does :)

Gas... gas... and more gas.  Without going into horribly unnecessary information, I'm naturally a "gastastic" person.  (yes, that's my face-to-face pal nickname).  However... that isn't usually accompanied by sharp, stabbing gas pains, which I've experienced more and more lately.

And... on occassion sudden rash feelings of wanting to vomitt come over me.  Personally, I think it's the heat.  Chicago isn't used to this warm warm weather... it's been in the high 80's and mid 90's for far too long (yes, we're wussy's when it comes to heat... our skin is thick from the cold winters!).

Take care everyone, and thanks for reading...

~Amanda~