Blogging

Ok, so I haven’t written, so I thought that I would. It’s about 6:30…still not sleeping right. Oh well. I made a separate blog for just life in general, so that I can separate the two parts of my life. We are having to wait a while to start ttc because of several turns of events. So, you can keep up with me on my personal blog here.

On the baby front, there really isn’t anything to report. AF is still here, so not really much to record, either. I’ll check back here periodically, but it will probably be awhile before we’ll be able to start ttc now.

Problems

Well, this has quite possibly been the worst month this year. First of all, I had to take Erica to the emergency room last week. She was having severe abdominal pain. It went away, but now we have a huge ER bill. Secondly, one of our cats was sick and had to go to the vet. Also, Erica’s car is in the shop because it was overheating. Plus, I have still been looking for a job. (However, I am waiting on a call back here anytime now. I have a good chance at getting a really good one. I talked to the lady, LD, a little earlier, and she sounded positive!!) Then, our computer somehow contracted 300 viruses (!!) without our virus scan detecting anything. (This is why I disappeared.) Finally, I haven’t been sleeping. Well, I have, but my days and nights are backwards. Which, of course, is very inconvenient. Due to this matter, I also missed my drs. appointment on Tuesday. This means that I have to keep calling to reschedule and hope that I call at the right time. On the chance that I do call at the right time, it will be March before I can get in. Busy Doctor, I know!

So, we pretty much have to wait until this summer to start trying. Which, as much as I hate to say it, is probably a good thing. It will give us an opportunity to finish paying off bills and all. It is so frustrating, though. Apparently, as I recently found out (2:30 this morning, in fact) sleeping during the day can also mess up your cycle, as I was supposed to start yesterday (as in during the day), but I started during the early am today. Oh well, I don’t think that that counts as being late. lol. I do hope that I can get back onto my schedule soon. It is no fun being awake all night. Especially when Erica is perfectly content to bask in her dreams.

As it turned out, AC just e-mailed me yesterday that he really can’t take the time off work at the moment for us to try anyways. He has also had some unexpected problems. Fortunately, all happened at the same time, so we should both (all) be ready again at around the same time (like june/july).

So, in an effort to ward off my ferocious cramps, I have been laying on heating pads. It does seem to be getting better now. Finally. Damn AF!! I’d be just as happy not having one (as long as I could still have my little one).

I am trying to be positive about the whole waiting/missing appointment situation. I have been writing down practically everything I can think of to write down for Fertility Friend. I am addicted to that site. I was actually waiting on AF so that I could start my new cycle and do a new chart. Last month’s chart was missing more information than it had listed. Lol! As you can see, charting (well remembering to chart) is not the easiest thing for me to do. I’m going to try not to miss a day this cycle.

Well, here we go with CD 1!

What a pain…

Ok, so in preparation for insemination, I have been trying to chart. This way, I hope to have a good idea of my ovulation by the time we are ready to start trying. So, I am using Fertility Friend, which I like a lot, and I’m taking my temp plus recording cm. Anyways, I have been having trouble sleeping lately, so I have also been having trouble waking. Which, of course causes me to mess up all my temps. Then for a week or so, I just forgot altogether. This is my first month charting, btw. So, now I’m frustrated, because the chart is pretty much useless with the amount of information that I actually collected. I guess it is helpful to get used to it, but I wish I knew, you know?? Now I’m just waiting for my dr appointment next week, and I should start two days after that. Here’s to hoping I’m exactly right on my cycle length. Besides forgetting to take my temp, I also rarely remember to check my cm. I totally missed the eggwhite stage. Hopefully I won’t miss a day at all next cycle. I am trying to figure out for sure when I am ovulating. Although, I am sure that I am (atleast this month), because my temp has been consistently higher for the past few days.

The Beginning of the Road

Hi everyone! Blogging is a new thing for me, but I like reading the other blogs on this site, so I thought that I’d make my own. We haven’t yet started ttc, but we’re preparing to start in a couple months. A wonderful friend of ours is going to donate, and we are both very excited! I have my first preconception appointment next week (Tuesday) and our donor will be having his own checkup soon. Right now, we are trying to arrange our finances, and our home, for a baby.

We were planning to start ttc in January, but I recently quit my job. So, we are holding off a little longer, so that we save up some money before jumping in. We also decided to get our bodies as healthy as possible before the baby. We have recently decided to become vegetarians, so we are slowly weaning ourselves off of meat. Also, I read that being overweight can affect your ability to become pregnant, so I want to have a few months to lose some weight, so that I can increase the odds.

I am so excited for all of you who are also on this journey, and wish you tons of babydust!