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Home › Diaries › Laura K's › November 26, 2000

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November 26, 2000

C#3, CD#3

Hi all,
I hope everyone is doing well. I'd like to start off by saying, "Congratulations!" on all those new pregnancies out there! It gives me such hope that there are new women every week who find out they are PG. I want to especially congratulate Amy W., who has tried long and hard. I am so happy for you!

Well, as you can see, AF came and found me. I wasn't terribly surprised, as my temperature had dropped and I was cramping. It was still disappointing. She showed up Friday morning, and then beat me up pretty bad on Saturday. When I was in high school, I would have such bad cramps that I pretty much had morning sickness. The reason I originally went on the BCP was to alleviate this. Well, she was back to her old tricks this month. So, in addition to being disappointed that things didn't work out, I had killer cramps, and to top it all off, spent the morning "driving the porcelain bus," which only made my cramps feel worse! I was thankful that it at least happened on a weekend and didn't interfere with work. When you teach, it's very hard to just call in sick at the last minute. I am also pretty annoyed with my body's response to painkillers. My doctors have prescribed Anaprox for cramps for years now, and it doesn't even phase me when they are that bad. I stopped taking it for a long time, thinking that maybe I'd built up a tolerance to it, but it didn't help. Saturday morning was pretty frustrating, needless to say. DH was so sweet, he made me breakfast when it was all over and we spent the day together. I've been very emotional this weekend, also. I know that my hormones get a little wacky before AF, but I honestly can't remember the last time my moods were so crazy. I would go from being fine to being angry to crying, all within hours! Poor Chris, he handled it quite well.

I'm having a hard time dealing with my TTC disappointment. I logically know that we have only tried for two cycles and that it can take much longer, but there is a part of me that gets upset anyway. Also, I am REALLY annoyed by my long cycles. By CD#33, when I actually ovulate, most women have finished an entire cycle! It only makes me more frustrated each month when it doesn't work, knowing that I have an entire month before we have the chance to conceive again.

I do have a doctor appointment scheduled on the 8th, so I will talk to her and find out what she thinks. I have a feeling she'll tell me not to be concerned, since I appear to be O'ing. I am trying to stay positive, though. By my calculations, I will O again right around Christmas day -- it would be a wonderful Christmas present to be able to conceive! Another bonus is that both DH and I will be off work for break around the 20th (the joys of teacher vacation schedules), which will be during our BD fest, so I'm hoping we will be able to just take it easy and have fun with it.

Despite my unwelcome and wretched visit from AF, I did have a nice holiday weekend. On Thanksgiving, we ate dinner with DH's family, then had dessert with mine. We found that this was much easier than eating two dinners, so we alternate who we eat dinner with each year. I also did some shopping and started my Christmas crafts. We draw names for extended family members in both DH's and my families, which really cuts down on the spending. I still like to give little gifts to all the other relatives, though, so I usually do some sort of craft. This year I'm keeping it simple with holiday door wreaths and decorated glass ornaments for different people. My sister and I worked on crafts on Saturday and I've finished more than half of mine. The best part about my holiday weekend, however, is that I also have Monday off! We get a day as compensation for parent/teacher conferences (which is the equivalent to an extra day of work), and my school has opted to take it the Monday after Thanksgiving. It's so nice to be able to relax, knowing I don't have to go to school tomorrow. I am going to meet a friend for lunch and go shopping. I'm looking forward to it.

Tomorrow evening we are taking Ocho for her first vet appointment. We will talk to them about getting her spayed during the next month. I feel bad doing it, but part of our agreement when adopting her was that we'd get her spayed. They don't want a dog overpopulation problem, which I can understand. We don't, either! She (Ocho) is doing very well at our house and we just love her! We're sending out our "family" picture in our Christmas cards this year. I will post one when we do.

Well, I think I've done enough rambling for this week! Good luck to all those TTC and newly pregnant! As always, ++++++ thoughts!

Take care,
Laura



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