#100

I wish I had something more exciting to post as my 100th entry, but I don't. LOL Just regular stuff.

Today is day 31 of my cycle. I've been mildly crampy for a couple days. I didn't wake up to my period this morning, but that doesn't mean it won't come this afternoon. There's also the possibility of not having my period until Saturday or Sunday (I counted wrong last time - Saturday is day 34).

I have been feeling "weird" lately, but who knows what that means. For a few days last week, I kept getting dizzy at random times during the day. Once it was after I was in bed and I had my eyes closed (and no, I hadn't been drinking). I upped my water intake thinking it was dehydration and it helped a little, but I still have dizzy episodes (they only last a second or two).

I suppose I could probably take an HPT today, but I'm going to wait until the weekend. I'd rather not waste yet another HPT if I don't have to (those things aren't cheap!!). I'm even hesitant to say that not having my period yet today is a good sign even though my last 2 or 3 cycles were only 30 days long. I guess I'm really just prolonging the inevitable, but I still think I'll wait until Sunday to test. lol.

Anyway...that's where we're at in this cycle.

Home stretch

This is the worst part of my ttc cycles...the last couple days before my cycle ends. Today is day 28...so my period could come as early as Monday and as late as Thursday. This week is going to suck with the waiting game. It's so hard not to want to break out the HPT each and everyday once day 30 comes. LOL. This cycle was VERY relaxed, too. I have not been tracking temperatures for 2 months. Last month I was just doing OPKs starting on day 10 and ending on day 20 (my hormones peaked on day 15, if I remember correctly). This month, I started OPKs on day 10, but due to one thing or another (schedules or tummy issues), I didn't test everyday. I managed to catch a very postive result on day 19, so we did the insem that night and the next. I'm hoping against hope that it worked. This is try #6, so hopefully it'll mean 3 times the charm times 2. lol.

In other news, I am making plans to go to Oregon and spend close to a month with my friend Riki. She's due on my birthday (May 30th) with her first baby. She lives alone and has no friends near by (though her mom and stepdad live about an hour away). I'll go up around the 25th and stay about 3 or 4 weeks with her. I'm so excited. It's going to be so much fun.

Anyway..think good baby thoughts this week for me!

TTC update

so it's been a while since i've updated about baby stuff. obviously nothing has happened since i last posted. we were hoping for a christmas miracle, but that wasn't to be. right now i'm in the middle of insem round #6. we did it last night, tonight, and will do it again sometime tomorrow. i got a true positive on the OPK this time, so hopefully we hit the nail on the head.

miguel did get us a new fertility monitor, too. we had trouble finding the test sticks (replacements), so we didn't use it this month. it's the Clear Blue Easy electronic tester. If this month doesn't go, we'll give it a try. we got it second hand from a friend of miguel's, so that saved us a bunch of money. but the tester sticks are gonna be $50 a month!! the OPK's we've been using now are like $1.50 a piece (there' simple paper test strips) that jenn ordered from a supplier in canada (they come labeled as cosmetics on the customs sticker. lol).

i've been really crampy today, so hopefully that means something in the ovulation world.

jenn and i are also starting to plan a baby shower for our friend riki. she's 18 weeks preggo with a little girl. she just found out the gender last week. did you know picking out non-hideous baby shower decorations is a lot more difficult than one might imagine? LOL

Anyway, think good thoughts for us this month. hopefully the 6th time's the charm.