CD15 - 5DPO

Just wanted to post a quick update. I've been fighting off a UTI since Friday night. I'm getting better, but slowly. The doctor put me on an antibiotic that would be OK if I was pregnant, but not very effective on UTIs. We're waiting on the culture results. So far, the nurse has said that I was tested positive for a UTI, but the culture results aren't in yet. I really don't think the antibiotic is working at all. What i think is working is the nasty drops of oregano oil that I put under my tongue twice a day, but I don't want to do this for too much longer. From what I rememember Googling once is that oregano oil is not good for progesterone levels in pregnancy. I know that I'm taking the extra progesterone, but I don't want to chance it for too long. I'll keep doing it for the next few days along with the copious amounts of water I've been drinking.

We took my grandfather out for dinner on Saturday evening. This is the grandfather that lost his wife, my step-grandmother a little over a week ago. He seems to be doing well. I wanted him to see Phoebe, as I thought it would cheer him up. Phoebe had a great time. She went on a quad (aka ATV) with her cousin Kyle. He was very safe with her and she held on tight, so I was OK. She loved every minute of it - the little daredevil. Have I mentioned, my daughter wants to go skydiving? At least that's what she told us the other day.

IUI #2

I had IUI #1 yesterday and IUI#2 is today. Ovulation check is tomorrow morning. I've been listening to some stuff on my iPod about "The Law of Attraction," the key item in "The Secret." I am working hard on my attitude toward pregnancy and that it will happen for me. There is no reason why it should not. I am demanding the universe to get me pregnant (although I don't want the universe to be the father, just my DH, LOL!). I've been doing some of Julia Indichova's imagery work more often lately. The past week I've been doing "Possibility". It works to rid yourself of feelings that pregnancy is not possible and take your feelings that it is possible and make them pervade throughout you. Starting yesterday, I've started the ones on the "Life Force Connection," getting in touch with the life force that created my conception and will create the conception of my unborn child. I also like the part where you feel the gratitude for the life force giving you life. I'm working hard on the gratitude for what I have. I've also been staying away from coffee again and have given up any alcoholic beverages. That one has never been done before. I love wine and find it hard to give up.

I've Been Tagged

Trace tagged me. Here are the rules.

Here are the rules of the game (post these first).

(1) Each player answers questions about themselves.
(2) At the end of the post, tag 5 people by posting their names.
(3) Go to their site/blog and leave a comment telling them that they have been Tagged. Invite them to your site/blog so they can read the Tagged post.
(4) Let the person who tagged you know when you have completed your Tagged post.Questions:
1. What were you doing 10 years ago? I was working at a different Credit Card company that was just sold to another bank. I stayed there for another 3 years. We were just starting to think about having children. I found out the following year I had really bad endometriosis.

2. What are 5 things on your "To Do" list? 1) Go to my IUI this afternoon 2) Touch-up paint the trim in DDs room. We just finished painting it and putting in crown molding and chair rails 3) Take my grandfather out for dinner tomorrow night with DH and DD. His wife, my grandmother (step-grandmother, but they've been married longer than I've been alive), passed away last week and the funeral was Tuesday. I haven't had a chance to blog about that. 4) Call DD's ice skating instructor to schedule her next lesson 5) Call the lawn guy to get the quote to mulch the front flower beds.

3. What are 5 snacks you enjoy? 1) Popcorn 2) strawberries 3) pineapple 4) hummus and chips 5) homemade salsa/pico de gallo and chips

4. Name some things you would do if you were a millionaire. Open a yoga studio/spa, travel, cook a lot.

5. Name some places where you have lived. A variety of places in PA, including Center City Philly and the suburbs. Also outside of Wilmington, DE.

6. Name some bad habits you have. 1)Browsing on the Internet 2) Procrastination, which #1 doesn't help with

7. Name some jobs you have had. Cashier at a grocery store, college library checkout person, lab research assistant in a fiber optics lab, loading mainframe tapes, computer network engineer, IT Helpdesk Manager, IT Project Manager.

8. Name those whom you are tagging. Loren at Baby Wait and Dr. Grumbles

CD9

Thank you everyone for your comments and well wishes on my last post. I'm trying to be really upbeat this cycle. It looks like I may trigger tonight. The nurses haven't left me my message yet on my voice mail box at the doctor's yet, so I'm not sure. The doctor has been popping in to every one of my visits. I think he's concerned that I haven't gotten pregnant yet and wants to watch how things are going at every step. It definately makes me feel upbeat getting so much personal attention.

The doctor is so funny, though. Today he asked me how we felt about twins. I said twins would be great! He said he wanted to ask because I have several large follicles and that it would be a strong possibility. Too funny though, I've had two failed months and he's talking about twins!

Negative

Well, I'm sorry to say the test was negative, both at home and the doctor's office. They didn't even leave me in suspense today and called me by 10 AM. We'll try again once AF shows up. I'm really feeling frustrated today. Feeling like I can't get a break.

Two Week Wait Already!

Wow! This cycle is going by quickly! My IUI was on Monday afternoon and I just had my ovulation check today. Definately had two eggs from both sides. The RE is so funny. He's very optimistic too. We've been working together for years. He looked at me today after he did the scan and said, "You should be pregnant this month." Love the optimistic doc that he is.

We've been swamped and have had other wierd stuff going on. DD got strep throat last Saturday and apparently progressed to scarlet fever. Got her on oral antibiotics straight away and the doctor said she just needed to be quarentined for 24 hours. So we went to a Phillies baseball game on Saturday as we were all going stir crazy. Saturday we got to watch a lot of movies and played games like Uno.

BTW, for those keeping an eye on dates, my next pregnancy test is 4/28/08. That'll be 13 DPO at that point, so I may take a home test that morning before I go in.

CD5 - Forward On We Go

It's been awhile. I've been OK, just really busy. Work is kicking my butt and I'm trying to get stuff done around the house too.

AF showed up on Saturday afternoon, which meant Sunday was really CD1, according to my doctor's rules. I went in for a baseline ultrasound and bloodwork on Tuesday morning and the needles commenced that evening. I go back for u/s and bw tomorrow (Friday).

Tom's going to be out of town Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, so we're hoping we can hold off on IUI until Thursday. Please everyone keep your fingers crossed for me on that one. I usually go early, so it's looking like it's doable and I let the doctor's office know. We'll see how that goes. We also discussed that we'll do another back-to-back IUI cycle, so there's two days in a row we'll be doing IUI. I kind of like the idea, making sure the odds are really good. That's really all I'm fighting here are the odds. Let's make them work in our favor.

My back is doing a lot better this month. There's no monstrous pain all the time when I'm sitting. I've had no need to try to pop pain killers to keep me less stressed about the pain. That was all I could do last month.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed here.

Bloggers Meet Up

BTW, I've been so busy with my training class this week and my test results saga, that I didn't get a chance to tell you about my meet up with Trace. We met last Sunday at the winery around the corner from my house. I was really happy that the owner's dad was really nice to us and gave us a special tasting they keep reserved for the regulars. This was her third time there, so Trace is a regular now too!

She made a comment that my blog doesn't do me justice and I'm blushing for that. And I do have to say likewise. She is so cute and very very very nice. Especially to a crazy chatterbox blonde like me. We covered every possible topic: wine trails, yoga, infertility, family, the things we don't post on our blog (especially me - sorry my Mom reads this often - must censor self).

Thank you so much Trace for meeting up with me! I didn't really want the afternoon to end. Hope we get to do it again soon, especially with better test results for both of us!

This Cycle's Over

It was the trigger shot. I'm really OK. I know my back was bothering me since before my period. I'm back on an upswing with that now. It's not 100%, but it's definitely healing. I've always thought that even with treatments, I'd have a hard time getting pregnant if my back was acting up, and it did the whole time we tried when we last tried four years ago. I've learned a lot since then and I know how to keep my back in shape with diet, yoga, acupuncture and chiropractic.

I'm knuckling down and getting ready for next month. I'm gonna win this time!!!