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Laura K's Diary Entries Diary Navigation: Choose A Diary Entry -------------------- Latest Entry: 1/22/02 -------------------- 1/16/02 1/10/02 1/6/02 12/23/01 12/22/01 12/15/01 12/6/01 11/24/01 11/23/01 11/22/01 11/14/01 11/8/01 10/16/01 10/8/01 9/26/01 9/19/01 9/14/01 9/10/01 9/5/01 8/22/01 8/13/01 8/7/01 8/3/01 7/31/01 7/25/01 7/16/01 7/9/01 7/3/01 6/30/01 6/26/01 6/19/01 6/11/01 6/4/01 5/29/01 5/22/01 5/16/01 5/5/01 4/29/01 4/21/01 4/10/01 4/2/01 3/28/01 3/20/01 3/12/01 3/5/01 2/28/01 2/20/01 2/15/01 2/12/01 2/5/01 1/30/01 1/24/01 1/16/01 1/8/01 1/2/01 12/19/00 12/11/00 12/5/00 11/26/00 11/20/00 11/14/00 11/5/00 10/30/00 10/22/00 10/15/00 10/7/00 -------------------- Laura K's Introduction

December 11, 2000

C#3, CD#18

Hello everyone,
Well, only a couple more weeks until Christmas! I am pretty excited as I have gotten just about ALL of my shopping and crafting done, so now I can just relax and enjoy the season! I do have a slightly busy week ahead of me. On Wednesday I have a final in my grad class, our staff holiday party on Friday, and then a holiday party that we are hosting on Saturday. I'm looking forward to all the fun (the parties, not the final).

I do have to clean the house, however. While I love it when our house is clean, the actual cleaning of it is not my favorite activity, mainly because it seems to get dirty again as soon as I clean it! My DH is a wonderful man, and has soooo many fabulous qualities. He is loving, giving, sensitive -- a wonderful husband -- but Chris is a horrible housekeeper! He just leaves things around -- papers (which add up when you teach), clothing, glasses, etc. I do not at all intend to say that it is the typical stereotyped "husband" thing to do, either. In fact, before I got married, I tended to think of myself as a little on the messy side. Chris, however, makes me look like a neat freak! As I said before, I love him dearly, so I tend to overlook this as much as I can. It would be nice, however, if I could get him to change just a little in this one particular area! He has gotten better, out of necessity, since we've gotten the puppy. It's amazing how a little chewing here and there can change habits in the man that I've been trying to change for more than two years!

I had my much-anticipated gynecologist appointment on Friday (first time I ever said that about going to the gyn). It started off badly, because I got stuck at school with an "issue" and was nearly 15 minutes late for my appointment! I called on the way and they told me to go ahead and come in. I did, however, have to wait, and wait, and wait. I understood totally, I was late and that shouldn't be a reason to make everyone else wait who had been on time for their appointments. There were also a PG woman who came in and said she'd called and was told to come in right away. I couldn't help but wonder if everything was OK with her. Being told to come in immediately when you're PG does not sound like the most reassuring thing. At any rate, I was completely fine with waiting because it was my own fault.

When I did get to see the doctor, it was after 5 p.m. I thought to myself, "Yeah, like she's going to want to sit and chat with me this late on a Friday afternoon." Surprisingly, she came in, sat down, and did not at all act like she was put-out by my questions or that I should hurry up. I was pretty impressed with that. She asked how long we'd been TTC, and when I told her three cycles, she gave me the standard, "Well, it isn't unusual to take up to a year to get pregnant. If you're not pregnant after 12 cycles, we'll do a work-up on you." While I was not happy with this, I kept it to myself and continued, telling her I was concerned about my 45-day cycles. This changed everything. She looked very puzzled, looked at my charts, asked how long I'd been off the pill, and said that, no, 45-day cycles weren't really what you'd call normal. She said that it could mean nothing, but that I should keep charting, use OPKs, and come in if I'm not PG after three more cycles. That would be in April, after six cycles (seven to eight months) of TTC. I felt much better about that!

Of course, I am still hoping I'll get to see her much sooner for an OB appointment! I was relieved and a little worried at the same time. On the one hand, it was nice to have a doctor validate my concerns about having such long cycles, and to know that she'll do something to help after less than a year of TTC, if needed. On the other hand, it made me a little more concerned about there being something wrong in the long run, because such long cycles aren't really normal. We'll see what happens. I also talked to her about my painful AFs, and she gave me a prescription for cramps. Some other readers/writers had posted on my board wondering if I had been diagnosed with endometriosis. I talked with my doctor and she didn't think I should be concerned, since the pain is only during the first few days of AF, not even every month, and not at other times during my cycle. I was already thinking that after reading about endometriosis symptoms. That would be something we would explore more if it persists, but right now I'm content with the lack of concern thing. I am not very keen on having a laparoscopy at this point, and that's basically the only way of finding out if you do have endometriosis.

I talked to her about herbs, as well, and she said that a lot of the vitamins haven't really strongly proved one way or the other. She said I could take them if I wanted, but that some of them (dong quai, for one) should not be taken if you think you're pregnant. Seeing as you're not supposed to take it after O, I kind of figured that one out. I don't know, I may just stick with the CM-improving vitamins for the next three cycles, since I am charting for the doctor to possibly look at later (if I'm not PG by then). I'll stick with the Robitussin, B6, green tea, prenatals, and baby aspirin for now (that sounds like a lot!).

I have about two weeks until O, so we'll start BD week next weekend. I've even gone ahead and ordered some gifts (that are more or less for DH) from the Victoria's Secret catalog -- I figure since it'll be Christmas and all I might as well make things interesting! Also, on the 20th, it will be two and a half years since we got married. While we don't celebrate the half-iverseries, any reason for new lingerie is fine by me (ha ha)! I worked at VS for an entire summer a couple of years back. You'd think I would have stocked up, but even with a discount the things they had were out of the price range of a girl who needed a summer side-job!

OK, this really is quite long, and thank you to those who have read through the whole thing! I think I'll make a new year's resolution to not be quite so rambling in my diary entries! Since this will probably be the last post up before the holiday, I wish all of you much happiness, love, and, of course, +HPTs this holiday season!

Take care,
Laura