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01-7-2008 - June 2008

My mood while writing this blog: Ok

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6/30/08

Well, I got a total of 14 high readings on the monitor and then a sneak attack by AF last night. We just finished bd'ing and my hubby informed me of the situation. THAT'S how sneaky it was. No sore bb's, no cramps, nothing. I've decided, after some input from a friend (wink), that the wedding must have thrown me off. I'm rather alright about the whole thing because I really have no choice but to accept this. Plus, I've been doing the nightly, "Honey, can we talk?" thing with my husband. He's one of my sounding boards. He's amazing.

6/26/08

The monitor is still reading "high," for 12 days. I hope to get my "peak" this weekend!

6/24/08

I'm still on the newlywed high! But...I'm also bummed because I've gotten 8 consecutive "high" readings on my monitor, which means I might not have ovulated this month. Okay, I'm just going to say this: ttc sucks. It's easy for people to say "relax." It's near impossible to relax or not become preoccupied with incessant baby thoughts when for months on end the dreaded AF comes. It's hard to not think to yourself "What if this never happens for us?" It's hard when your body doesn't do the things you want it to do. Sure, I might have 10 more years to possibly conceive. 10 years from now I'll be 47. I am hopeful, but I'm also scared. I told my husband last night that I might want to give this whole ttc a real break. That would mean using protection--otherwise, I'll be in the same position I am now. We tried the "we're not trying to conceive and not not trying to conceive" approach, but that doesn't quite do it either. Thanks for reading, if you were so bold...

6/22/08

I'm completely ecstatic as a new bride. I could have never anticipated feeling so good. :) I have been using the digital fertility monitor and got a 6th "high" reading today. Either my hormone levels aren't registering this month, enough to get a "peak," or I'm not ovulating this time around. ?

6/11/08

AF is here, as I suspected it would be. I'll track my cycle beginning tomorrow. Now I can focus on wedding details and my son's birthday!

6/9/08

BFN on a test with my first urine this morning. Although I am supposed to begin fertility testing, as this was our 6th round of trying, I am having insurance issues that won't be resolved for several months. In the meantime, I'll continue to track my cycles and keep my fingers crossed. The next time I ovulate will be right around our wedding day, so maybe that will be our time!

I'm disappointed. Sad. Frustrated. Sometimes I feel like giving up ttc. But more than anything, I want to have a child with the man I love, so I forge ahead, despite feeling crushed every month.

6/4/08

AF is due next Wednesday. I feel like my normal self (i.e. no symptoms either way).

Good news... My amazing, wonderful, sweet boyfriend (I hate using that term at my age) and I are getting married on June 20th in Boston. We are very excited. :) So we have that to look forward to. And hopefully a little one soon enough.

6/1/08

On the 30th I got another "peak" reading. Yesterday I got a "high" and today, back to "low." We also used Pre-Seed on the day of my first "peak" reading. I'm just glad to know that I do actually ovulate. I am, however, concerned about my cervical mucous, so I'm going to check it regularly from now on and use either Pre-Seed or Robitussin from here on when I get my "peak" readings. (I need to stop putting "everything in quotation marks.") ;)

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1 Comments on June 2008


skatrose - Tuesday, 1 Jul
Hey I was going to tell you something that I read in the monitor manual. It says that you can get a high reading for up to 19 days (until AF) if it doesn't detect a peak, but it is unlikely you will be highly fertile on all those days. You could've O'd 1-5 days after your first high reading, and it just didn't catch it. Or it says maybe you didn't O at all. I don't know if this helps, but hopefully it does. I got 6 days of high reading and no peak, so I get how it's confusing. I still haven't had AF but I know she's around the corner. Good luck with everything!