Latest Tidbits

I have a few bits of news to share!

Meet Up with Kym and Alana

Yesterday was the day Kym, Alana and I met up. We had a great time! It was wonderful to get to chat with them in person and I can hardly wait for our next meeting this summer! Til then, here are some photos for you to enjoy:


Kym smiling beautifully.


Alana with her amazing smile! Not sure what was happening with the lighting here. We couldn't figure it out.


Kym and Alana


Alana and I


The Girls


Kym and I

After our meet up yesterday, I was feeling inspired, so I got some of the photos printed and decided to do a bit of scrapbooking. I haven't scrapbooked in quite a while, so it was a blast to get back into it! Here are my results:


First Page I worked on.


And the other page. Whatcha' think?

Cycle Update

I'm currently on my sixth day of Pro.vera. Still no AF, but if I remember the last time I took it correctly, AF didn't show up until two days after I took the last pill. That time Dr. Bashful had only prescribed 10 days worth of tablets, but this time she's given me twenty days worth. I think I'm going to only take it for 10 days and then see what happens. That way I have a stash for the next time I fail to O. Which hopefully won't be for a very long time.

RE Referral Update

I received a call on Thursday from the RE's office! I now have my appointment date! We will see the PA on May 5th and then on May 12th, we'll go back for an appointment with the RE himself to give us his recommendations and the game plan we'll be working with. I am super excited about the appointment! Maybe we'll actually get somewhere with TTC now. If Pro.vera does its job, I should start AF either Friday or Saturday (hopefully) this week, which would put me at CD 13 on May 5th and CD20 on May 12th. I'm praying that I can talk the RE into doing a trigger shot at one of these appointments. I really hope we make some headway soon!

I think that gets you up-to-date with me! Going to try to make a few blog rounds now, so I'll post again later!

The Countdown Begins....

I finally took another HPT this morning and it was (obviously) negative. I knew it would be after my 0 beta last week (Zero doubled any number of times still just equals zero), but I thought I would just be sure. After confirming the negative, I called Nurse Happy and let her know. I asked for Dr. Bashful to prescribe Pro.vera and then asked to do another Fe.mara cycle with a trigger shot and asked for them to actually go ahead and do the RE referral (as you may recall, they held off this cycle because they wanted to see what the results would be. Turns out the results were a probable anovulatory cycle). They agreed to the Pro.vera and the Fe.mara cycle and will be doing the RE referral. However, apparently Dr. Bashful can't (read won't) do a trigger shot. She said that would have to come from the RE. Therefore, we'll be doing another Fe.mara cycle, but I don't know if I'll actually O (again). Maybe I will or maybe (just maybe) we'll get enormously lucky and get into the RE in time to get the trigger for O, but I'm not hugely optimistic.

Having said that, I start Pro.vera tonight! I'll be glad to let her bully my body into doing what it is supposed to do. I know it will be a painful AF (who of us is actually a novice to the Pro.vera bully?), but I'm hoping it will actually get things started well for us. The countdown to AF is now on!

As is the countdown to my RE appointment. I'm feeling a little excited!

What The Heck Is Wrong With People???

I just read the article about the Tennessee woman who sent her seven-year-old adopted Russian son back to Russia.....alone. I mean, come on! What is wrong with people?!?!

First of all, she chose to adopt this little boy! He had been in care in Russia and he was six years old at the time....of course he's going to have psychological problems! Anyone who has ever considered adoption from foster care or adoption of an older child from overseas should have considered the probability of that child needing counseling and probably counseling with a psychiatrist. It's a lot for a person to deal with. Hell, it's a lot for an adult to deal with....for a child it's a huge, astronomical, mountainous thing to deal with! And yet, this woman felt her child was dispensible. Oh, he's damaged goods....guess I'll take him back to the store! I certainly don't want any part of him! I only want a perfect child.

Things like this make me so angry! Now the Russian government is considering halting adoption of Russian children by US citizens and, frankly, who can really blame them? This woman put a seven-year-old on an international flight alone. Don't hand me that bull that "a flight attendant was watching him". Have you ever been on an international flight? I have. Those flight attendants are extremely busy! This was a baby traveling across the ocean and several countries alone. And yet again I repeat, WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE??????

I am pleased to see that the mother is possibly facing child abandonment charges because, like it or not, she is that child's mother. That makes her responsible for his care and well-being. I don't know about you, but putting your kid on an international flight alone is not my idea of taking care of your child. And once you sign those papers, or push that baby out, or even take custody of a child, YOU ARE THEIR PARENT!!! You can't just say "Oh, I have a child who misbehaves. I don't want them anymore, so I'm no longer their parent." It just doesn't work that way.

I hope they convict her of abandonment. I hope she someday feels remorse for what she's done to an already scarred child. I hope that child can find someone who loves him for him.

I'm interested to know your opinions on this case. Do you think it's abandonment? Or do you think the mother had a right to do what she did?

Are You Still Alive?

Yes I am! I've just been super-duper busy!

First, I'll give you a cycle update (that's what you've all been waiting for anyway, I know!). So last Monday, AF had still not turned up. I was at 14 DPO then with a 12 day LP, so I called Nurse Happy and asked if Doctor Bashful would fax an order over to my work to have a beta done. They agreed and I soon received the fax and was on my way back to the lab to have blood drawn. Three and a half long hours later, the results were back. My beta was a whopping......0. Yup, nothing. Nada. Zip. A great big goose egg, just in time for Easter. I decided to wait a few days and see if AF would show, seeing as I obviously wasn't preggers. I'm now 8 days farther on with no sign of the witch and darn FF took my crosshairs away! Therefore, I'm guessing I didn't ovulate. I'll be phoning Nurse Happy again in the next couple of days to see what they want me to do. I'm hoping (crazy, I know) that they'll prescribe good ole' Provera to get the party started and then add Femara into the mix when the witch comes along. I'll push for an HCG trigger this time and we'll see what happens then.

I was rather upset over the outcome of this cycle, but I haven't even had time to mope about it! That big project at work I've been babbling about for months finally went live yesterday. That meant that last week and so far this one have been devoted to working out the kinks and getting things going. It's going to keep us extremely busy (which probably means my work-blog-surfing time is over sadly), so I'll have to make a concerted effort to stay on top of my blog and keep in touch with my blog buddies. I'm grateful though because it means that work goes by so much quicker and, honestly, I really like what I'm doing. But if any of you ever tell that to anyone, I'll totally deny it ;D

Apart from that, I'm in a killer class at school right now. Because I go to school online, my classes only last 5 weeks at a time. Therefore, I'm in a new class every 5 weeks (well, duh! Lol!). This class is worth more credits than any other I'll take (even the ones dedicated to my major) even though it is only a core class. And it is not one of my favorite subjects. And it is much more in depth than any other class I've taken. It's kicking my butt! Having said that, I'm still maintaining an A in the class, so I can't complain too much!

I do miss all my bloggy buddies though! I'm getting very excited as next Saturday (April 17th) I'll be meeting up with Alana and Kym!! I can't wait! It is going to be such a riot as they are two funny mamas! Can't wait to see you girls!

To ease my loss of getting to stop by as many blogs as I'd like, I hope you'll participate in my little experiment. Please post in my comments and tell me what you've been up to lately in 10 words or less! Can't wait to hear from you all!