Early Arrival

Yes, Aunt Flo arrive late yesterday morning earlier than expected, thus putting me at a 27 Day Cycle w/ an 11 Day Luteal Phase. Not too much to report about it. After seeing this month's pattern, I have speculation that I might have ovulated later last month (Day 19), which would also have put me at a 10 Day Luteal Phase. It's a possibility anyway.

My cramps were horrible yesterday. The continued until about 9:00 last night. Gotta say I love those Therma-Care heating things. I used the back one and put in on my back for a while, then twisted it around to the front for a while. They really tamed down my cramps.

On another note (same subject) After some talk with Eric and my girls, I decided that my endometriosis might be back so I scheduled an appointment for next Thursday, March 4 at 3:15. I just have this feeling deep down that "something" is off or not right. It's not only b/c of not getting pregnant yet either. I am having a lot of the symptoms that I had the first time and a few additional ones.

Day 27

Well, as you can see from my chart my temp dropped below the coverline, which only means that Aunt Flo will be arriving probably today or tomorrow. I even took it twice to make sure and yep. Right on the dot! Good thing I didn't get my hopes up this month. I talked to Eric this morning and we are going to try one more month before we call the doctor. That will give us 8 FULL months of trying and 3 GOOD months of charting (assuming next month's is good, too).

I'll update when her flight gets in...

FF - Laughs

Just was looking through some stuff on FF and I had to laugh. During the DPO timeframe there is an option to do a "Pregnancy Poll". For those of you who aren't familiar, your temps are almost always up or past the coverline during this post ovulation time. Anyway, I was checking my chart today and I had someone put "Very Promising", which is 100% sure (opinion) that I'm pregnant. I just had to laugh b/c this person whom I've never met think I'm 100% sure I'm pregnant. There isn't even a sign that I am except that my temps are up and they should be.

Heck I don't know maybe my one of my friends did it and knows something I don't know. ha ha

I just had to get a giggle in this morning. I'm not having the best morning, so anything giggles help today. :)

Day 26, 10 DPO

My temp rose a bit to 98.2 today. Nothing more to report really. Did make one observation. Last month I had a drop to .1 above my coverline for 2 days around what was thought to be implantation time. This month I haven't dropped below 98.1. I wonder if that means anything. Probably not, but good observation. Wonder why it dropped for 2 days last month.

Day 25, 9 DPO

Nothing much to report today. Still at 98.1 today. Unfortunately that doesn't tell us anything. Aunt Flow could be visiting either Friday, Saturday or Sunday, so I might know something by the end of the week although last month my luteal phase was 14 days, so that would actually put me starting Sunday.

I feel better this today. The other day I was sorta down and I still am not sure what I'm going to do if this month doesn't work. I guess I'll figure that out if/when the time comes. I may chart one more month or I may not. Still undecided in that aspect.

Feelings

I'm feeling sorta down today. I've convinced myself that we are not going to be pregnant this month and it isn't even close enough to find out. Although it might happen this month, I have a feeling it won't. I'm not getting myself as psyched as I have in the past. And I'm definitely not testing early than 3/1 unless I have so many symptoms that it couldn't possibly be anything else.

I guess I've just got it in my head that its going to be a year or longer and I'll have to see the doc again before anything happens. I don't know why, but I just have this feeling. I've been reading circles on FF and some of those ladies have been trying for years. I know we haven't been trying that long, but I just never thought it would be this difficult.

Day 23, 7 DPO

My temp dropped a little this morning to 98.1. I woke up at 6 (normal temp taking time) by cramps. Again I imagine it's nothing to worry about. I eventually went back to sleep and they are gone now

Thanks Jennifer!

Special thanks to Jennifer who showed us a world of blinkies and other web stuff! Needless to say I've added some "special effects" to my blog today! Hope you like them as much as me.

Of course special thanks to Danialle for even introducing us to blogger!

Thanks ladies!

Day 22, 6 DPO

Yet another 98.3. Nothing more to report besides that. I felt a little crampy this morning when I got up, but it's probably nothing.

Day 21, 5 DPO

Had another 98.3 today. Nothing to exciting happening. If implantation occurs this month I expect it to happen sometime between Saturday and Tuesday and depending on circumstances testing on Monday, March 1.

Child Molester on my Street

I just found out today that a child molester lives on my street. YUCK. I am upset about this. I made Eric figure out what house is his today and we know there is a little boy that lives there, possibly middle school age. He was sentenced in 1995 and served 3 years. Kinda freaks me out though.

Here's my issue
There are 2 home daycares on my street. I think (and so do 2 of my co-workers) that I should send this info to them in the mail anonymously. Eric doesn't think I should b/c he doesn't want to open up a can of worms. Myself, I would want to know. There are too many kids around there to take this lightly... I would want to know if I had my own daycare.

Day 20, 4 DPO

I have another increase today to 98.3. Probably doesn't mean anything, but it is a little weird. In the 2 months prior of charting I've never gone over 98.1 even when I was sick. This is going to be interesting. Seems like every month shows us something new.

Day 19, 3 DPO

It's confirmed now. I officially ovulated on Valentine's Day. I sure hope that in itself is a good sign. Still not sure on test date yet. FF says to wait until Day 35, 19 DPO which is 3/4. I don't know if I'll wait that long or not. I figure I can look for AF around 2/26-2/29. I definitely will wait until after the 29th to test. I guess it will depend on the circumstance, too. (If I'm having signs.) Although this month I'm not testing unless they are clear signs, not possible signs!

Good luck to Jennifer on spiking this week. We are keeping our fingers crossed for tomorrow morning since the bunny is wearing down. :) ha ha (Been there, done that) I'll be checking your chart first thing in the morning!

Day 18, 2 DPO

Nothing to report except that I'm 2 DPO. FF hasn't given me a coverline or ovulation line yet, but if it was anything like last month, I'm right! I definitely think 98.1 is my post-o temp. Looking at last month I wonder if the dip around days 8 & 9 tell us anything. Normally we would think it's implantation, but since I got a PFN obviously that wasn't the case... Hmmm... I guess I could research it today. Of course it wasn't below my coverline, but I'll be curious to see if I get that this month, too...

Finally a Spike!

My temp jumped to 98.1 today. Thank goodness. We were getting a little worn out. If it doesn't happen this month I'm definitely calling the doc. Honestly I was getting a little worried about this month for a few reasons. 1) Traveling 2) Lindsay news. Apparently they didn't affect me though. Whew! Now it's just the sit and wait game. The funnest part I might add. ha ha I just love analyzing "possible symptoms". I'm going to try not to this month though unless I start puking, which would be my indicator I think or definitely breast tenderness, b/c I don't get that with my period. We might do it one more time today just to be completely safe.

Valentine's was good. We tried to sleep in, but Eric got up a little after 7 and I got up shortly thereafter. We both exchanged cards and Eric got me a pair of new diamond earrings small for my upper holes in my ear. They were really nice and I had been wanting them for some time now. We were just lazy throughout the morning and finally started getting ready for our 3:15 dinner reservation at Mountain Jacks. Dinner was really nice. Can you believe that Eric had Lobster?? I thought I was going to fall out of my chair and my chin almost did hit the floor! Anyway, we then planned on going to the movie to see Fifty First Dates but it didn't start until 5:10, so we walked around Target for a while to waste some time. Finally we left Target and once we got to the theatre decided to go buy a couple of movies instead and the parking lot was completely packed! We bought and watched "In the Cut" w/ Meg Ryan and also Wonderland (Danialle you would like this one). Actually I have to finish In the Cut today. Wonderland was basically a story on John Holmes' life after he was a porn star through his death. Eric said it was an "artsy" movie and can you believe I'm the one who picked it out? That about sums it up for our weekend. Today we might go to the theatre, but not sure as we sorta just want to be lazy, too. And if we go I know I'll be tempted to eat popcorn and have pop, which even though I can't it will be hard not to get...

Day 15

My temp increased to 97.7 today so I'm expecting my spike to be tomorrow morning, which means I either ovulated yesterday or will be today (assuming I spike tomorrow). We will have definitely hit the window again. Especially getting "Operation Rabbit" in twice last night. I sure hope I get the spike in the morning!!

Comparison
In looking at last month's chart I ovulated on Day 14 and had a 14 day luteal phase. So far it could be very similar this month. If that were the case this month I'd say I ovulated on Day 15 and assuming I have a 14 day luteal phase, I should start my period around Day 31 or Feb 29. This really throws me off b/c the most days of cycle I've ever had is 29 and that would 30 day cycle, which I suppose isn't too far off, but well, who knows?! Well see if I spike tomorrow or not!

No point in trying to figure that out yet...

New Year's Resolutions - Update

- So far I've completed 5 1/2 weeks of BFL and lost a total of 7 pounds. I feel pretty good about it, but know I've slacked off some. The last week has been especially slacking b/c of our vacation to Florida and also just trying to get back into a routine. We also need to get groceries and needed to wait until today b/c Eric gets paid today, so after today I should be back on track.

- I copied Danialle's goal and would like to read 10 books this year. I've read one so far. "In Her Shoes" by Jennifer Weiner. It was a good book, but read "Good in Bed" first if you plan on reading it. I need to go through my books at home and find out what I still need to read yet. I guess I've also finished reading TCOYF, so that should count, too. Danialle let me borrow a book so I should really get to reading that so I can give it back to her (probably in April) when I see her again. Probably need to go to Half Price books again!

- Cooking dinner 6 nights/week. Well, again I was doing pretty good at this until we went on vacation and haven't got groceries in a while.

- Still working on my relationship with my mom. Going to her house on Friday to set up the computer she is buying off us and also taking her out for her birthday for the dinner of her choice!

- Birthday cards - So far I've sent everyone on my calendar whose had a birthday a card. I am even prepared. At the end of January I made a list of the people I needed to get cards for for February.

- Another goal I had, but didn't put it at the side was to write in a journal. So far I've written about some things. Still need to update about vacation and Lindsay

Day 14

My temp was still 97.6 this morning. I look for a spike either tomorrow or Saturday. Feel pretty good about hitting the window if that's the case. Haven't noticed any "signs" really. Been a little grouchy, but I think that is mostly b/c of getting back into work routine (sleep included). My stomach was a little crampy last night, but I took that for over-eating at Don Pablo's. Hopefully my CM will give me a sign today or tomorrow.

Update on Lindsay

Talked to Lindsay last night and despite the major drama that went on at the hospital between mom & Rob, she is doing good. Apparently as soon as she got in recovery they gave her morphine and she got sick so they waited a little while then gave her something else in pill form and she nibbled on some crackers and ice chips. That stayed down. It amazes me that they don't start you out small on the pain med, but rather start you out with a major drug then bring you down. Anyway, she tried to get up a few times and passed out and even bumped her head once, so she was staying on the couch and trying not to move much. She seemed in good spirits though. She was sad, but she was handling it well b/c she said deep down they knew they wouldn't be able to provide for it like they should. They decided to get their lives together (school, sports, possibly college), so that later down the road when they do have kids they will be able to provide for them and take care of them like they should. I was kinda floored that she said that, but she said Donnie broke down on Monday night and they talked about that and so even though it was hard they are handling it. She is having some pains/cramps, but hasn't had much bleeding. I'm going to call her tonight to find out how she's doing today.

On another note... Remember how I said all of us girls were born on the 9th of a month. Well, I just realized that Lindsay found out about her loss on the 9th. Isn't that weird???

Bad News about Lindsay

Lindsay called this evening with some bad news.

Let me fill you in about her doc appointment on Friday though. She had an appointment on Friday and everthing seemed good. The baby was really moving around and they couldn't get it sit still long enough to get it's heartbeat, but didn't think much of it b/c it was moving around.

Well, apparently Lindsay got really sick over the weekend. She didn't give me any specifics, but just said really sick. I don't think she was spotting even. She called the doc today and went in. (Not sure why she went to OBGYN for sickness, but anyway). When she went in they did an ultrasound and the baby was curled in a little ball and not moving. The measured it at 11 weeks and couldn't find a heartbeat so they concluded that she had lost it. I'm so confused though b/c it seems like it happened so fast. Friday is was moving around and everything. Anyway, they don't think she'll lose it naturally since she hadn't yet, so they scheduled her D&C for tomorrow morning. She seemed pretty sad about it and I am truly sorry it happened, but at the same time I have such mixed feelings.

I'm not happy it happened by all means, but she was just so young and I just felt so bad for her b/c she was only 15 and still a baby herself. I sorta feel like this was god's way of waking our family up and bringing us back together. I know Lindsay will grieve for a while and I really hope she doesn't try to get pregnant again, not for a few years AT LEAST.

I know I'm being selfish when I say I'm supposed to be the one to have the baby first and all like there is some order to it and again I'm not happy she lost it, but I do feel a little relief and, well, I don't know how to explain it.

It's almost like I feel like Lindsay was blessed. Like God was giving her a wake-up call or warning or something. That she can get pregnant, but she really needs to be a child before she has one to raise. Like he was giving her another chance to prove herself or something.

It's so weird b/c that makes 2 miscarriages in the last few months of 2 people very close to me. I never realized it was that common when Jennifer had hers and now my own sister has had the same thing happen. Really makes you think that prenancy in itself is truly amazing that it even happens, let alone the ups and downs you have to go through to get to that point. Wow!

Florida/Weekend Re-cap

Thursday - We got up early to head to Indy to catch our flight. We went to Washington Dulles to connect to go to Orlando. (I thought it would be neat to see the skyline. I didn't realize we'd have to go to Washington Reagan to do that, so I was a little disappointed. Oh, and I thought Eric was bad about flying. There was this guy behind us during our first leg who was freaking out! It was actually comical. First he couldn't understand why we were even flying b/c there was ice and snow on the runway and the wheels could slip and he just knew we'd never make it up off the ground. Then when we landed in Dulles, which by the way was pretty turbulenty we sorta hit a gust of wind and you could feel it but it wasn't THAT bad and he freaked and said loudy, "What was that? Oh my gosh! etc." Everthing was fine though. By the time we got to Dulles and found our gate we only waited about 15 minutes before we boarded to depart for Orlando. Everything went smoothly and we laned in Orlando around 3 or so. We met Nanny and Pappaw at baggage claim and headed to their house. It was high 70s there. Since we had flown all day we hadn't eaten since breakfast so we stopped by Taco Bell to get a snack and it ended up being our dinner b/c we ate so much we didn't have room for dinner. I think Nanny was a little disappointed b/c she was going to fix us dinner. Anyway, we got to there place and it was nice. Saw tons of orange groves and that was neat. We kinda relaxed for a bit then decided to head to town to get dessert (Dairy Queen) and check out a few areas they wanted to show us. Headed to bed around 9:30 as we had a big day ahead of us at Disney World Friday.

Friday - Got up around 6:00 am and was out of the house by 7:00 am heading towards Disney World. We got there about 8 and it didn't open until 9. We got on the monorail though and checked a few things out and really only waited at the gate about 15 minutes before they let us in. They only let us in right past the gates so we waited there for about 15 minutes before Mickey and friends came in from Toon Town to open the park. That was neat. The kids really got excited. Once the park opened we made our lunch reservations at the Crystal Palace and headed to the Haunted Mansion. We were 2nd in line. We rode several rides in the morning and looked through some shops to see what we wanted to buy for later. Then headed to lunch where we got to meet Tiger, Pooh, Piglet and Eeore. Lunch wasn't all that exciting it was a buffet so we got a lot to eat by all means. Then we set out for more rides. At 3:00 the parade started. We had actually planned on watching part of it while standing in line for Splash Mountain, but Eric got confused on where it started so we ended up stuck on the wrong side of the parade with the ride on the other. I was glad though b/c I really enjoyed seeing the parade. According to Eric we got ALL the important rides in and almost all of the other rides in. We didn't ride in the Tea Cups or the Cars. The cars didn't appeal to me though b/c you had to follow the metal bar and couldn't even drive all over the actual course. I think we had accomplished all the rides by 4:00 so we were excited about that. We did some shopping and walked over to Toon Town (kiddie town). Thought we might get to see Mickey, but you have to stand in line to see him so we decided against it. Definitely makes you want to have kids of your own though. There were so many kids there and they got so excited about everything. We do think however it is for kids at the age of 4-5 or so b/c those were the cutest kids. They really got into it and understood things. We saw some younger kids, but some couldn't even walk, which seems dumb to me b/c even though I'm sure they were excited they probably didn't understand or would even remember it. Just my opinion though. We ended up leaving the part a little after 6. The part closed at 7:00, so we didn't get to see the fireworks, but we were both exhausted. Probably a good thing we left when we did b/c there was major traffic on the road we had to take. We stopped in the little town near where my grandparents house was and got Subway and headed home. We were ever so glad to get our shoes off and kick our feet up. It had been a high of mid 80s that say so I wasn't feeling the freshest either.

Sataurday - We slept in some but still was up around 7-ish. We all got ready and was out of the house by 8:30 and heading North to my great aunt and uncles house. It was a drive. Probably about an hour and a half. We stopped at Bob Evans and had a horrible breakfast. My french toast was just luke warm and cold bacon and well, you get the point. Not impressed at all and she didn't get a very good tip. It was cold, too. High of about 60 that day. Anyway, we went to see Nora and Clint and they took us to Homosassa Park to see Mantees and other animals. That was pretty awesome. We rode a boat back to this area where they were doing a show about manatees. I didn't realize those animals were so good. They won't hurt a thing. Very affectionate, too. Then we walked around the park and saw a hippo that was 44 years old. We missed 2 panthers attack a pelican that flew into their cage. We did get pics of them eating it though. That was cool. There were other animals, too. Bobcat, flamingos, owls, bear, otters, alligators, bald eagle, etc. etc. After we left there we headed to a late lunch and chowed down at Applebee's. After lunch we had to make our journey back south taking naps along the way. When we got home we were still stuffed from our late lunch so again Nanny didn't get to make us dinner. We did however eat some corn on the cob and fresh tomatos. Yummy.

Sunday - Our day to head home. We got up and Nanny fixed us a nice breakfast of eggs, bacon, toast, waffles, fresh grapefruit and OJ. After breakfast we got ready, packed up everything in the car and headed to Winterhaven. We went to a place called Spookhill where you put your car in neutral and roll backward but it's supposed to feel like you are going forward. I was a little confused. We drove around and saw a few things. We saw the Bok Tower, which is a garden and sanctuary and plays music. We didn't get too close b/c it was $8.00 a person to get in and we didn't have a whole lot of time. After that we headed to this little place on the water to have lunch. It was good but it was cold in there, so we didn't even take off our jackets. After that we headed to the airport. It was sad leaving, but we're always ready to be home, too. When we got to the airport we were pretty early so we had plenty of time to spare. Our flight didn' t leave until 4:40. There was a flight leaving at 3:10 that we eventually found out was overbook and they were going to try to squeeze some on our plane. Come to find out our flight was already over booked so we voluntarily bumped our seats. It worked out really good for us and we'd do it again in a heartbeat. We got 1 night in the Hyatt at the airport free; Dinner, Breakfast, Lunch vouchers totally $26 for each of us; 1 free roundtrip flight anywhere in the US for each of us; and best of all our new trip back to Indy got bumped to first class, seats 1A, 1B. Looks like we have our airfare for next year already! ha ha... The only catch was that our luggage was going on the 4:40 flight and we'd have to pick it up in Indy in lost and found when we arrived. Neither one of us had ever had this happen so we weren't prepared and had nothing in our carry-on. We got a few things we needed at the hotel and did some shopping for toiletries at the airport. Ended up buying some boxers and t-shirts to sleep in, too. Had a nice dinner at the hotel restaurant after we found out that we could combine all of our meal vouchers and use them as one. Unfortunately our flight left the next morning at 6:20 so we went to bed early

Monday (Today) - We got up at 4:30 this morning to catch our flight. We both didn't sleep well even though we went to bed early and probably had been up since 2-ish. The flights were fine. Had about a 2 and a 1/2 hour layover in Chicago, but I finished my book I brought along for the trip, so it worked out well. tee hee. Picked up the dogs on the way home at the kennel and collapsed when we got home. Eric had some stuff to do work-wise, but I took a nice nap on the couch.

Aaaahhhh... Glad to be home. Can't wait to sleep in our bed tonight!

CD 6

Today is the first day of no period this month. Noticed a couple of changes I thought I'd share.

1) Period was a little longer than normal. Normally It's regular for 2-3 days then spotting 1 day. This month it was normal for 3 days, light 1 and spotting 1. I guess not overly odd, just noticeable.

2) My temps are a little higher so far this month. Last month they were in the low 97s. This month more mid 97s.

3) Decided to wait until AF was really late this time as the last 2 times I've tested in the morning and she arrived by afternoon. Such a waste of money. Which brings me to...

4) I will probably be testing (as long as no sign of AF) around 2/29 or 3/1. Ironically 3/1 is Jennifer's birthday, but I don't think she will hold out long enough for her to test on my birthday.

Next week we will be starting to try again with a We want to see more X's on our charts this month! If we do it like rabbits, maybe we'll reproduce like them? It's worth a shot. AND I AGREE! Good idea! We can definitely do November babies.

I will be leaving for Floriday tomorrow (Thursday) morning and am really excited about it. I'm hoping this relaxes me a lot, too for next week's BD. Not that I'm stressed out that bad, just a little discouraged about the negatives. Anyway, we are going to Disney World on Friday and Eric called me a little while ago and said he turned his ankle on the ice this morning. His ankle is sore, but he said he can walk on it. I could beat him! I told him to put "Heat" on the drive b/c it was slick. Guess he didn't listen. Men! They are always right! ha ha ha

I will updating about our trip on Monday. Have a good rest of the week and weekend! I will be!

No Pregnancies this Month

Just read Jennifer's blog and found out she got visited this month, too. She was sorta of expecting it more than I was, but that's the way it goes. After reading hers I decided to jot down some of the things I learned this month, too.

Thoughts

Obviously I ovulated , which is a marvalous thing as I didn't ovulate in December. Now we know I don't have an annovulatory problem. Although it seems that I'm affected by stress more easily than some. According to this last month I ovulated around the 14th day give or take a few days, have a 28 day cycle and have a 14 day luteal phase. These are subject to change by a day or so on either side. We plan on increasing our BD time earlier and continuing for a few days after I know I ovulated this month. Planning on starting around the 9th.

Finally as Jennifer also noted, she and I still have a chance to get pregnant at the same time or within a few days of each other.