I 'PEAKED'

So my fab friend, Sherry, gave me a CBEFM and I have been using it for the first time this C. I haven't temped for about 4 mos and I have actually had normal length cycles for the last 3 months (around 27-29 days). Today, I PEAKED.... I was wondering why it said high yesterday and not peak considering my abundant EWCM yesterday. I had O Pains today so thinking I O'd today. My question is, why would it say PEAK the day I feel I O'd... I thought its purpose and the purpose of OPKs was to detect a surge a day or two before you O'd..am I wrong in thinking this? Just wondering.

In any event, I'm only on CD14 and so happy to have O'd because that means another normal length Cycle and that is cause for celebration itself. Maybe I better just stop temping forever, maybe that had been making me stress too much about O'ing that it was delaying me?! I don't know. Honestly the next few months I would be more than elated to see a BFP but given a recent decision to move back home to UT in March, I won't be disappointed with a BFN because there will be a lot of stress. However, if I don't see AF by Feb 5th, I'm testing cause DH's bday is the 7th and that would be an awesome birthday gift!

A blog that might be worth checking out...

I have been to A BLOG THAT IS TRYING TO HELP those that are TTC. It is written by a woman who went through IF herself and she is working on her PhD and needs people that are going through IF to participate in a survey to help her with her study. The survey, according to her, only takes about 20 mins. She seems genuine and you can read more about her efforts on her blog page. Go to one blog that is titled, 'A little about me'.

You can follow that link or go to drhousewife.blogspot.com to see more info or to see if you may be interested. She does have a few 'qualifications' for the study... I can't do the study because I don't meet requirements, but I would if I could because I believe in IF awareness and I think that she has whole-hearted intentions.

• Member of a married, heterosexual couple
• Both you and your spouse are between the ages of 20 – 45
• You do not have any biological or adopted children living in your home
• You are not currently pregnant
• Either you, your spouse, or both has received an infertility diagnosis
• You have received treatment for infertility in the past six months, or plan to do so in the next six months
• Both you and your partner are willing to participate & have access to the internet

You can contact her by email also: UTInfertilityResearch@gmail.com

I'm Recruiting

DESCRIPTION: I'm now recruiting people to send encouraging letters to my step-son who is in the National Guard. He is in Basic Training and this is his first week, one of the toughest there is. He is expected to have a real hard time the first 3 weeks. I'm trying to get people to write a letter or send a card of encouragement so that he won't want to quit!


REQUIREMENTS: None

If you are interested in sending him a card/letter, please contact me on facebook or if you don't have facebook, email me at (tanya s 11 88 at ao l dot com) no spaces.

I would really appreciate anyone doing this!!! In the letter or card, just let him know you are my friend so that he'll know it legit...

SPOT no more

AF is here in all her glory, officially the last C of my 2 years. I don't know what is supposed to be next. Officially I am supposed to be at the end of my TTC effort, but I can't give up, not 'til my body gives up. My dr told me 2 years ago that the endo would only stay gone for about a year, maybe 2 tops. He said the lap was just gonna be a "bandaid" and that if we planned on having more children, we needed to "Git R Done". Well, it still hasn't happened, not that we haven't tried....

I can feel the endo all the time and I know that it is getting worse again. I know now that the fibroids are back to and that is the cause of my mid-C bleeding. So now, do we keep going through the Lap and D&C every other year...not to mention the awful Lupron... or do we think about "the end".

I am in a place right now that I'm not going to think about it. I refuse to give up hope, I refuse to go through this pain month after month for this long just to have my girly parts removed and have no chance for another.. After all, we are TTC against the odds...what do I expect? I surely didn't think that this was going to be easy. Well, actually, when we started, I did think it was going to be easy, but that was based on previous experience. I HAVE to say that not willingly I am one of those that has to say: If it happens it happens, if not, we will be ok.... I only say that because of being blessed with 2 beautiful children already... But deep done, I don't know if I will be ok if it doesn't.

Well, for now, I will continue to TTC and I don't know how long I will have this positive hope/faith, but it is there, and it tells me: Maybe it will happen this year...

Only need 3 words today......

ROOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLL
TIDE
ROLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am so proud of my Bama team, well at least the Defense and running backs, not sure WTH was wrong with McElroy, he couldn't pass for sh!t. Anyway.... 1st time ever that Bama beat Texas and now BCS Champions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOT WOOT!!!!

What a Week.....

**poss trigs, yes, another kids/family story....

So I posted the other day about my little girl and DH being ill. Well, then it spread to my little man. He actually got hit hard with it in the tummy and had a pretty high fever coming in at 102.6. I got his fever to break and stay under control and then last night I ended up taking him to the ER because of tummy pains. He woke up in the middle of the night and couldn't lay flat, curl up or walk around to get any relief. So I asked him if he needed to go to the dr. Mind you, my boy hates drs and immediately tries to toughen up, he started to squawl and wanted to go to the hospital.

At the ER, they gave him something that dissolves under your tongue, I don't think I was fully functional and I don't remember what exactly it was. They said that they have seen a bunch of this stomach virus in the last week. They actually said they wouldn't be surprised if it didn't last a few more days and gave him a school excuse until Monday. That about killed him, he loves school. Well, I kept him and my girl home again today and neither have vomitted or had one bout of diarrhea and both have said they are feeling good...So back to school tomorrow....

Please, oh please, don't let it come back!

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AS I TYPE:
I am watching the TIDE kick some TEXAS A$$!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just hope that they can hold on! I love the Bama Defense and the running backs, but I really think they need to pull McElroy out...he is stinkin the place up! If we left it to him, Texas would be whoopin our butt.

Come on BAMA! ROOOOOOOOLLLL TIDE ROLL

Wrong on so many levels

TRIGS INVOLVED

I am so pissed by this article, it isnt even funny. I don't know who to be pissed at though, the mother in the story for how she lives, or more so at the people she is suing for violating rights...I just can't believe it!

**It does say that she also sued CVS and a spermacide company because she was sold an out of date product and received an out-of court settlement for that. That along with other things, I do wonder if she didn't have a verbal agreement with the dr even without the signed waiver. Or if for some reason he was told she had signed the waiver, I can't imagine drs doing that, especially if she had sued previously, she probably would have been on news and such.... WHO KNOWS... ITS DEFINITELY WRONG!