I haven’t updated in a long while because the last week or
so has been completely overwhelming… I was very sick over Valentine’s Day, had
to finish an embroidery project, and things got chaotic at work. But here’s
where we’re at now:
On Valentine’s Day I talked to the RE and let her know that
my spotting had pretty much stopped. She also confirmed that the blood pregnancy test had come back negative. This is one of the oddest periods I’ve
ever had… a much lighter flow than usual (it barely even became more than
spotting) and such a dark color. Anyway, the RE said we would use Tuesday the
11th, when the spotting started, as CD1. She put me back on the
100mg/day dose of Clomid for five days, starting on CD4 (Valentine’s.) Though I
was sick and miserable, I still went faithfully to the drugstore, picked up my
prescription, and took it daily. Yesterday was my last dose. I got a few spots
in my vision this morning, but otherwise I feel like I’ve had a lot fewer
symptoms from the Clomid this cycle than last time. I’m hoping that doesn’t
mean my body’s being less responsive to it…
I have an appointment for an ultrasound on Saturday at 8 AM.
I’m going to be using OPKs between now and then just to be sure I don’t get a
smiley first – the RE didn’t tell me to do this, but I really don’t want to
miss this cycle by not paying attention.
Also, I really, really think that the reason my last period was so odd
was because I didn’t have a very good uterine lining last cycle… from what I understand,
Clomid does that sometimes. The blood was old and there wasn’t much of it,
which makes me think my lining wasn’t thick enough for implantation and it died
long before my body was ready to shed it. So I did a little online research and
until I go in for the ultrasound I’m going to take a Vitamin E supplement and a
baby aspirin every day in addition to my prenatal, to see if this will help thicken
my lining up.
I am also going to ask the doctor pretty earnestly for
progesterone this time around. I really think my lining died off early and my
poor little egg(s) – if fertilized – didn’t have a chance as a result.
I’ve actually had so much other stuff on my plate the last
week or so that I haven’t had much time to think about TTC. I’ve been temping
in the mornings but my chart is wayyyy messed up because of the fever I had
while I was sick. Also, Kaitlin’s dad went into the hospital on Monday after a
heart attack, and he’s currently not in great shape, plus things are very
stressful for her at work right now, so she’s under a lot of pressure too and
hasn’t been having a very good week so far…
On the sunshiny side, though, we did go in to do our
vintage-style engagement photos on Monday night. And that was actually a LOT of
fun. It took me about an hour and a half to curl Kaitlin’s hair into a ton of
doll-like ringlets, and we did our makeup and put on false lashes and I wore a
pair of my PinkyParadise contacts for good measure. Then we got to the photo
studio, signed in and got to change into shabby-chic lace dresses and 1930’s-style
hats and pearls, and go pose for the photographer.
We’re going back on March 3rd to pick up our
large photo (the one that comes with the package we bought) and probably buy
the CD of images too so that we can print others out as we wish. I’m really
excited to see how they turned out. Kaitlin looked really pretty and I felt
super cute (I had this little hat that looked AWESOME with my short hair) so it’s
something to look forward to in the midst of all this craziness.
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