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Becky's Diary Entries Diary Navigation: Choose A Diary Entry -------------------- Latest Entry: 6/25/00 -------------------- 6/20/00 6/7/00 5/30/00 5/24/00 5/17/00 5/11/00 2/14/00 2/7/00 1/30/00 1/18/00 1/11/00 1/2/00 12/19/99 12/7/99 12/1/99 11/24/99 11/17/99 11/10/99 11/3/99 10/27/99 10/13/99 10/3/99 9/28/99 9/16/99 9/11/99 9/9/99 9/8/99 9/6/99 9/1/99 8/30/99 8/23/99 8/17/99 8/15/99 -------------------- Becky's Introduction

September 8, 1999

Hi everyone!!!!! I think I finally O'd. I was due to O on Saturday but possibly due to my being sick it was delayed. My OPK finally came up ++++ yesterday (Tuesday) so we DTD last night and this afternoon. I've had lots of lovely clear slippery EWCM so hopefully this is 'the month.'

When I fell pg with the baby we lost, I stacked on 6 kilos in 3 months (I was skinny). When we lost the baby I expected the weight to fall off immediately - 5 months later, I'm still waiting. Now this doesn't bother me - much. Most of my clothes no longer fit me but I keep thinking soon I'll be pg so it won't matter. I have a pair of jeans that were always my 'fat jeans' they're now my regular jeans and I've worn them to death. We have a wedding to go to on Sunday, I pulled out the dress I wanted to wear, I was a bit concerned as it used to be a snug fit. WELL it wouldn't even do up. LOT (lots of tears). So today, I decided to go shopping -- and go shopping I did! And I feel much better -- as well as some every day clothes, I bought a beautiful flowing dress that hides my new bulge's, and if we ever manage to fall pg again (sometimes it feels like we won't) it will be wonderful to hide a bigger bulge for some time.

I read in Jen's diary that she hates it when people say to her, "Just relax and it will happen." UGH!!!! I HATE THAT. I also hate it when people say "Enjoy it." Anyone that has ever said that has never had to have sex for days in a row hoping to hit that 'right day.'

Well, this is the start of the long wait; I'm going to try hard and fill my life so I don't think about all the symptoms that start appearing about 2 days post O. Good luck to all those playing the waiting game.

Keep Smiling
Becky

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