CD 67

The longer my cycle drags on, the less I feel like blogging. It feels like things don't change, it is just a record of my temperatures each morning, which fluctuate too much to have meaning. Unfortunately, now I wish I had blogged more this month, because now I can't say how I felt each day.

A couple weeks ago, my online cycle tracker suspected ovulation. Say wha??? I was rather confused and less than mildly impressed. I had skipped a day or two of temping, so it took what I had entered and called it ovulation. Not cool. After a few more days, it basically said "Oops, my bad," and took back the ovulation. So now I'm back to just regular Cycle Day 67, rather than Days Past Ovulation. I breathed a sigh of relief knowing I still had a chance this cycle.

Now, the reason I came to blog: Today was my big ultrasound! It took almost a month, but I had my appointment at the hospital this morning. There isn't much to tell yet, it'll take a few days to get any results. It was harder than I expected, though. I hadn't realized just how tightly I had been clinging to ridiculous hope. You know, I'd be laying there, and the technician would say "I know you are here to figure out why you have such long cycles, but that'll have to wait because you're pregnant! Look at the heartbeat!" Yeah, that hope.

She didn't tell me there was a baby, that was just a dream. She asked me when my last period was, and I told her, and said that was why I was having an ultrasound done, because my cycles are not regular. She measured what I assume were the uterine walls, and after a few minutes I was all done.

So now it is just a waiting game. I will phone in a couple days to make an appointment for next week, and then I will know what the next step is. Luckily I am estimating it'll take another month to ovulate, which gives me plenty of time to get results, make a plan, meet SD2, and start trying! Very exciting.

I need to list my temps now (only temps--I haven't been checking my cervix regularly), and it will probably get long, it just just for my records.

CD 67:

35.85 C

CD 66:

36.07 C

CD 65:

36.22 C

CD 62:

36.09 C

CD 60:

35.86 C

CD 59:

35.35 C

CD 57:

35.86 C

CD 56:

36.15 C

CD 55:

36.02 C

CD 54:

36.20 C

CD 53:

35.96 C

CD 52:

36.02 C

CD 51:

35.99 C

CD 50:

36.21 C

CD 48

Haven't had much reason to blog the past few days, except for my temperatures. They are still fluctuating, which apparently is typical before ovulation, and my cervix hasn't changed much over the last week or so.

I haven't heard from the doctor's office yet, and it has been one week today, so I'm going to phone tomorrow and find out about getting an appointment for my ultrasound. I'm hoping in the next few days they'll know more about my blood-work.

I'm about halfway through my cycle, I think, so another three weeks or so I should be ovulating. At least, that's my guess.

I haven't gotten my package of tests yet, which is starting to worry me. I'm going to have to email them and ask for it to be tracked. This is why I've never been a fan of online shopping.

CD 48:

BBT: 36.17 C
CM: Creamy
CP: Medium

CD 47:

BBT: 35.96 C
CM: Creamy

CD 46:

BBT: 35.75 C

CD 45:

BBT: 36.09 C

CD 44

Yesterday morning I was more concerned with Montana's temperature than my own, so I forgot to grab the thermometer as soon as I woke up. I did take it this morning, though, and it's still hovering around the same degree. Nothing too interesting happening with my body.

I am rather annoyed with television, though. I am watching King of Queens, and the main character tells her husband "I don't feel well." Predictably, she gets a positive on her home pregnancy test less than three minutes later. In TV land, women don't get stomach aches. It isn't from food, as the KoQ wife confirmed, it is always a "different" kind of malady. It is always just that easy for fake pregnancies: One sexual encounter where protection is forgotten, a brief stomach ache or fainting episode, and bam! Pregnancy.

These kinds of Hollywood idiosyncrasies have always bothered me, and sparked an entry on my Lighter Side of Life blog months ago, but the pregnancy one really irked me for obvious reasons. Vent over, though! Hopefully in the next few weeks I will have a distinct stomach ache followed by a quick result on a stick, and a lovely joyful pregnancy!

BBT: 36.02 C
CM: Creamy
CP: Medium

CD 42

Not much to report today, dealing with a sick child still so I have been home all week. My temperatures are still up and down, not sure when ovulation is going to come around, but hopefully not until I'm able to try conceiving! God help me, I looked at strollers and crib sets last night. Darn hope is sneaking in again!

BBT: 35.83 C
CM: Scant, creamy
CP: Medium-low, slightly open

CD 41

I have a little more to report today! Seems this blog has been a bit of a bore lately with just stats, but the ttc world isn't always full of excitement!

I went to the doctor today to get some tests done to show SD2 my clean bill of health, as it were, so we can start trying together. Dr J. is on vacation, so I saw a Dr. K., who was a lot more thorough than I was even praying for! She checked my cervix and says it looks good, (yay!) sent me for blood-work, and is setting up an appointment for an ultrasound!

I explained my situation to her, to which she congratulated me (wow!), and told her why I suspect PCOS. She agrees that it sounds reasonable, and is checking my blood for hormonal issues, thyroid again, sugar levels, and who knows what else, along with HIV and the like.

Dr. K. told me I can phone in and ask about the results in a week or two, and they will let me know about my ultrasound.

I actually feel like I'm getting somewhere, I hope it helps me!!

BBT: 36.02 C

Didn't check my CM or CP because the doctor was messing around in there and I don't think it would be accurate. I will check tomorrow.

CD 40

Not much to report today. Montana is sick, so this is a quick post.

BBT: 35.92 C
CM: Watery, creamy
CP: Medium, slightly open

CD 39

I haven't felt like blogging the past few days, and I still don't, but I did want to come here and chart my temperatures so I don't get too far behind. I have taken two tests in the past four days, both negative. I have to accept that I did not ovulate, nor did I successfully conceive. I have a doctor's appointment in a couple days, where I will be tested for different things, so that I can then meet SD2. I am going to also talk to the doctor (who is not my own--she is on vacation) about Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. I do have a few symptoms, mainly irregularly long cycles and spotting, which has started today. It seems a bit early for me to have any kind of flow, so we will see what the doctor says.

CD 39:

BBT: 35.83 C
CM: Creamy, spotting
CP: Medium, wet, closed

CD 38:

BBT: 36.14 C
CM: Creamy
CP: Medium, wet, closed

CD 37:

BBT: 35.99 C
CM: Creamy
CP: High, wet, closed

CD 36:

BBT: 36.02 C

CD 35:

BBT: 36.15 C

CD 34:

BBT: 35.83 C