I have been preparing for my best friend's wedding!! Yay!! I am so excited for her and her Fiance!! Seriously, we all never thought it would come, and it finally has, the big day is on Saturday!!
So among all the place cards, and centerpieces and dress fittings and enjoying each other's company we have actually gotten somewhere in the TTC journey...
BIG NEWS For me and Kris anyways-
January 13th I got my CYCLE on my OWN!!! I had just called in my Provera script when I went to the bathroom-and ta-da there it was!!! :) :) So it was a 40 day cycle, which is 12 days longer than my typical one used to be...so I cried, and laughed and called Kris and my Nana...and then hoped and prayed that maybe this would be our month. NOPE. BUT....
39 1/2 days after AF came...she CAME AGAIN!!! For the 2nd month on her own!!! :) This time I had the Provera in my kitchen! haha. Luckily it's a cheap precription...So let's back track a little...I'm a little scatter brained.
I called the doctor because I had wanted to get an appt for March...I called and the receptionist says, "Well, we have either February 15, or sometime in APRIL!" I guess the choice was pretty obvious...I went February 15th. And I brought Kris this time for moral support. I told her how much I have changed since my last visit. No I haven't been walking in the past 2 or 3 weeks, because I have been so busy (which I know should not be an excuse, but I promise after this weekend I am getting back to it!)...so I told her about the 10 pounds lost, the Weight Watchers, the portion control, the walking, and I had gone to the doctor the week before to get some help with my cholesterol. She put me on 2,000 MG of Fish oil...The only thing pregnancy safe if I do conceive. I told her that I have done my research and a lot of overweight women conceive and have healthy pregnancies...and I don't want to wait any longer. Yes I know I am young, but I want to be young. We want some space in between our children so if we have one now and then in 4 or 5 years, I will be 28 or 29 by then...It's time. There's no chance of me loosing the 50-100 pounds that would really put me into the "healthy" category, so why am I waiting. So she gave me the answer I wanted...it was like a magical word...CLOMID...Might I add, I had also been temping for the past month, and nothing was showing like I had ovulated...So this is why Clomid is such a Godsend. This might make me ovulate. This might make me ovulate. THIS might make me ovulate. It's like suddenly these past 7 months disappear, and it's like starting anew, because this cycle we actually have a chance. It's only 50 mg. But I have heard of a couple success stories...and everybody is different...so...in a couple days, I will be taking this medicine and pray that it works.
What is Clomid?
Clomid is the brand name for the fertility drug clomiphene citrate. Clomiphene citrate may also be sold under the brand name Serophene. Whether you’re taking the brand name Clomid, Serophene, or a generic version of clomiphene citrate, it’s all the same drug. (Think of Clomid in the same way that we use Kleenex® to refer to facial tissues.)
Clomid is the most well-known fertility drug, probably because it is the most commonly used. And with good reason. About 25% of female factor infertility involves a problem with ovulation, and clomiphene citrate, as a fertility drug, is easy to use (taken as a pill, not an injection), with not too many side effects, is pretty inexpensive compared to other fertility drugs, and is effective in stimulating ovulation 80% of the time.
So that's what it is...^
So prayers and thoughts that this might work...She wants me to go in on CD 22 to get a blood test to see if I ovulated or not...
Here's to Jen and Russell's Wedding Weekend!!!
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Have a great week everyone!!
