I forgot to ask something.
Does anyone know when our Dh's are giving their sample of swimmers do they have videos, mags etc.
Dh is a little nervous.
Thanks!
Jo, I hope your doctor is right too! Mind didn't say it would make it impossible, just that it would make it harder. I've got so many other factors against me, that I'm doing every little thing I can to help.
Don't know about the sample thing, I'm afraid - my DH has always done his at home.
BW -- what are cortisol levels? I never heard that before. Btw, I laughed out loud when you said that your FS pegged you as a stressed out control freak -- mine did the same thing with me!!!
BW - i really feel for you! isn't it always the way - everything seems to go back to front? you wait months for AF and she doesn't come visiting - you gon on the pill, and she shows her ugly face! On the upside, i guess it shows that your hormones are trying to sort themselves out a little! Hope the heat pack is making you a little more comfy though.
Mako - good luck with the course this weekend! and i hope your DH decides to be nice enough to take you out for dinner at some point - maybe as a reward on sunday night - you're probably going to be tired by the end of the weekend! we didn't end up going out last night - DH came home and found me sittin on the couch with my foot up in my jim jams - decided to cook bbq dinner last night so that i wouldn't have to worry about getting changed or hobbling around too much - which was equally as sweet anyway! he's pretty good like that - we go out for dinner at least once a fortnight (just to the local pub, but anything is better than nothing!) and he helps with everything around home (we share the cooking, he does ALL of the dishes - his choice - helps with the washing and everything - he is very domesticated!!)
Jo - i'm definitely liking your doctors statement that stress doesn't hurt - yay - there's hope for us yet!!
emmydee - i'll see what i can find on cortisols - i know that they're higher in your system when you're stressed - i think (and BW, correct me if i'm wrong - uni was a long time ago!) that they're a kind of naturally produced steroid - but i'll have a squiz and see what else i can find later today.
As for me - DH let me lie in til almost lunch time today (bliss!) - with everything that's happened with the wasp sting and everything i haven't really slept all that well this week, so he snuggled up to me all morning - yay. i think he knows i'm having a bad day today anyway - australia day is my grandad's birthday and his anniversary is only a few days later - i'm usually a bit of a wreck at the end of january. had a bit of a breakdown last night about everything, so i think DH was wanting to make sure i'm OK - he's so sweet!
BG, I think that's (the cortisol thing) about right! I knew there was something I was supposed to be looking up, but I forgot. The heat pack is helping... but I feel kinda stupid sitting in a room with the aircon on wrapped around a heat pack. I think I'd need about 5 to get all the bits that want it - I get the *worst* joint pains with AF! - but I'm managing. DH is out doing the audio for a big Australia Day concert in a park, and while it sucks that I've got nobody to look after me, it's good in a way as I'm free to sloth about in my pjs. I just wish I could indulge in the chocolate and usual AF-induced carb-loading!
i did the sloth thing yesterday - but thankfully it was only my foot that was playing up - not my whole body - i can sypathise with the artriis thing - i have a form of inflammatory arthritis that flares up whenever my immune system goes on the fritz! it was at it's absolute worst when i got glandular fever a few years back, and hung around for months - thankfully, it's been pretty minor since then. the joints in my leg have been playing up this week cos of the wasp sting and the infection in my foot - but one leg is so much easier to deal with than the whole body.
enjoy your day in you jim jams - we're all entitled to those now and then!
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BG How's your foot now? Is the infection better? How's everything going for the IUI? You must be getting close for insemination????
BW how's everything going with you sweet? Not too long to go before your next appointment.
Emmydee How are you going hun? I hope you are doin ok.
As for me I had a very busy weekend with my course and visitors. Was nice to spend some time with my brother and his family.
Not much happening with me. I'm on cd25 so have about 7 to 10 more days before af or testing.
I'm doing ok-ish. I was close to being hospitalised over the weekend because the bleeding I was having got pretty extreme, but I chased around contacting doctors and eventually got hold of a drug to help it subside. I'm now feeling kinda weak and faint, but was able to get to work today (first day, no kids) ok, but I'm very drained and exhausted now, so I'm giving myself a break from the FS-prescribed exercise. There's been some changes made at work that are ultimately better for me, but I'm majorly peeved about the school's reason for the changes, but I will manage. Focusing on the fact that the changes are good for me, and I can have less stress and pressure and focus on getting pregnant and getting out of there ASAP!
Good luck for when testing day rolls around, mako.
Hi Mako - looks like infection has gone - thankfully! i can actually walk properly again!! yay!!! our IUI date isn't for a couple of weeks - am still just on synarel at the moment - visit the FS on Thursday - only a couple of days left til we go on the injections - starting to get a little nervous, but i'll get over it (well, i sure hope i do - poor DH has had to deal with a few mini meltdowns lately. he's taking it all pretty well though - decided yesterday - the anniversary of the day we met - that he was gonna get us two new fur babies to add to the managerie - two cute little kittens that get to come home next week - now all we have to do is come up with names for them!)
awww! two kitties! I'm so jealous! I'd love to have a pet of some sort of pet, but I'm so allergic it wouldn't be worth it. I do collect lots and lots and lots of stuffed toys, though - mainly bears! A friend and I are addicted to build a bear workshop - we go every time we're feeling weighed down by troubles and always come out with a bear or three... each! Anyway, the point of all this babble is that I've started naming them after whatever it is that is bugging me... hence, the cow that came home when I was majorly upset about clomid is called Chloe... Chloe the clomid cow... I think the next critter will get called Ivy. Perhaps you could run with that sort of idea for naming the kittens?
i don't think i'd have enough pets for all the things bothering me at the moment !! - could always do that with my clown collection - DH usually adds to my clown collection when i'm having a bad time! we're both dixie chicks fans, so we're thinking of naming the female Dixie - either that, or, cos DH's dogs are named after alcohol (jack, bundy, whisky) maybe Bailey. i'm definitely leaning toward Dixie - alcohol just isn't my thing! the male kitten is harder to name - he's black and white, with a gorgeous black goatie. the friends who have him now keep calling him goatie boy - so i want to come up with something that will be a lot sweeter than that! i want our little fur babies to have nice names - we're already decided on baby names when that finally happens for us - the decision was easy on those - but i'm really struglling for pet names!
Mako -- Hey there! How are you doing? When is your testing date? Keeping my fingers crossed for you!
BW -- sorry to hear about the bleeding. Is it all okay now?
BG -- congrats on your two new fur babbies! have you decided on the names yet? I like Dixie.
As for me, today, I went to my doctor. He did an ultrasound, and, as I expected, there was no movement. I'm not ovulating on my own. :frown: He said I have some sort of ovulation disorder. It's not PCOS, but something similar. Yay. So he gave me a prescription for clomid 50 mg. I'm starting it next week. I have a feeling I won't respond to the 50 mg, but we'll see. Then we'll be doing our first IUI.
so sorry to hear your body is misbehaving - at least you're starting the clomid soon, so it's a step in the right direction!
i'm just hanging out for thursday and my next FS appointment so i can start the injections - i hate being inactive in this whole thing!
As for my furbabies - no, haven't decided on names for sure yet. i really like Dixie as well, but we're still undecided - she is so cute - she's mostly black, with a white belly and a few caramel colored spots - has a black face with a caramel stripe between her eyes... as for her brother - we have no idea. DH hasn't met them yet, so i think we'll decide for sure once he meets them and we work out their personalities. she is nice and quiet - he was sleepy when i was there the other day, but apparently he has a very playful personality! they come home probably at the end of next weeks (they're only about a month old at the moment)
It's a huge relief to be back at light period bleeding rather than the super tampon plus a pad and pray you don't leak everywhere bleeding I was having! Still get pretty tired, but I am a lot better.
they are cute BW - just hoping they aty that way and don't become little terrors when we bring them home!! going to be fun introducing them to the doggie fur babies...
Sorry don't have anytime for personals but hope everyone is doing better eg, BW & Briggys girl.
I started my b/t yesterday which was quite high (wonder if that's the chlomid) same again today & will be checking again tomorrow.
As soon as we get that next big rise it will be time for the IUI.
Getting a little excited but also a little nervous, I think it's just the unknown factor.
Told my workplace today what was going on & that I may need some days off but they were really good & said they would support me with whatever I had to do which was a huge relief.
So anyway I will let you know when we are going in for IUI as I expect a few of you will want to know how it goes seeing as you are about to do the same.
Jo
Jo I wish you all the best with your IUI. Just know that we are here to support you and I wish you a BFP very soon.
BG How cute those little kitty fur babies sound. I love the name "Dixie" too. What a busy house hold you'll be living in soo. How many puppy fur babies do you have? I have a 6 year old black lab named "Mako" hence my username lol. He is the light of mine and dh's lives
BW I'm sorry that you've had a rough time with the bleeding.I hope you are better now. How is everything going at school?
Emmydee Hi sweety how are you going? I hope all is well with you.
As for me I've been having problems with my computer and every time I do a post I loose it and my computer turns itself off. GRRRRR How annoying. I'm hanging in there with the tww however it does seem to be dragging on this time round.
Life here is plodding along. The bleeding is a lot more settled - it's more that annoying tail end of your period bleeding, where it just won't completely stop, but it's just there. Huge relief to not be panicking about leaks, though! I'm starting to be not so completely and utterly exhausted at the end of the day now, which is good. Still have a way to go until I'm fully recovered, but I can feel myself bouncing back.
Work is going ok - although the first time I see one of my classes will be the very last period of the week! Most of my classes seem pretty ok - have some students from last year that gave me some grief, but once we got in to doing some work, they were a heap better, so it's looking pretty encouraging. I told my HOD about the IVF today, which now brings me to 8 people at the school who know... I had wanted to keep it to a smaller number, but everyone so far has been really supportive.
Tomorrow it will be only one more week until the next FS appointment! It's come around so quickly!
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How annoying. I'm hanging in there with the tww however it does seem to be dragging on this time round.
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