Shot in the .....

I started my new medicine today for round 3. Big needle = no bueno!!!

But--it is all worth it in the end right? So we hope.

Enjoying the beautiful weather we are having here today. Thankful for the sun shining.

Love, S

Start the wait again

So back to see the good ole doc today. Entering into round 3 we are adding a medication so I had to go in for a ultrasound. All looked "ok" so we are ready to proceed. Ordered the meds, another appt set for next Monday to check the status.

Back to waiting.......

I don't think I'm crazy

The Big I can make you think and do some pretty crazy and desperate things. Here are few things I found on the web that people have done:
*Hanging upside down after sex (Gloria Estephan swore it worked for her,lol)
*Avoid eating red meat
*Have sex for 30 days straight
*Avoid sex except during ovulation days
*Avoid any cleaning products (good one, huh?)
*Accupuncture

Except for the red meat I have done my fair share of crazy things to get pregnant. My latest adventure in crazyland is my visit to the local "Herb Shop".

M owns a Herb Shop in town and has been in business for many years. I have never been to her shop before but knew where it was and had often thought of stopping. Well--about two weeks ago I went. I told M what I was there for, that I wanted a baby and had been trying for years. M tells me she is gonna "read my body", which basically consists of me standing there with one arm out while M places her hand on the outstretched arm and with her other hand she starts touching places on by body---apparently if she can press down on my outstetched arm when she touches certain parts of my body that indicates a problem area for that particular body part/organ. She claims I have a thyroid issue and that I have "yeast" in my fallopian tubes. I am also low in calcium and potassium. Apparently the "yeast" needs cleared away so that the fertilized egg can pass into the uterus.

Outcome: I am taking 4 different supplements, 6 of each a day!

Oh yea--and the hubby is taking his fair share of them too!!! What a trooper!

And still no

Still BFN

So AF if you are coming just come already so we can start round 3

Wondering......

One of the biggest frustrations of the "Big I" is always wondering. Because it is always on your mind--even if in the very back corners--pretty much any symptom you have you wonder if it means something.

Take today----after round 2 IUI that yielded a BFN test result this weekend---I have still yet to see AF show her lovely face. So now I wonder.....could I be?

Future posts will tell.......

Love, S

New Day

Today is a new day
...One with new life and new expectations
.......One I plan to live to the fullest
............One I plan to enjoy

To the new life a friend is growing~~Congrats

I hope you all have a great day today. Even when we are busy, stressed, pulled in all directions--finding the fun in the day is what makes it all worth it.

Love, S

When did I get so OLD!!!!!!!!!!!

Decided I would start adding cardio back into my exercise routine. I have been taking pilates twice a week for about a year but cardio is something I will find anyway to get out of. But--as the weight I lost over the summer creeps back on I have no choice but to get my lazy behind moving!

Enter Jillian Michaels and "30 Day Shred". Twenty minutes of torture! Woke up this morning able to now tell where my sciatic nerve is for sure---yowza! Add a serious session of pilates using the chair machine---and you have me tonight--crippled! I hope I can walk or even lift my arms tomorrow!

Love, S

Little background

I can't believe I am creating a blog---or maybe I can! I have always been the type of person who needs to "air" out my feelings about what I am going through. For the last 9 years that has been Infertility. The "Big I" as I should probably call it.

I have been married to my high school sweetheart, love of my life, best friend, person I sometimes dislike the most but always love the most for 10 years. We started to try for a family about a year or so after we were married---meaning I just stopped taking the pill. We were still really young then so we weren't in a huge rush. But when months went by we thought it strange that I was still not prego.

Fast forward to today--months of charting temps; taking clomid, glucosamine and progesterone; meeting with multiple doctors; 2 (well almost 2--may tell that story another time) rounds of IVF; 2 IUIs---still nothing!!

So here will be our journey--not all just about the Big I but also about our life, our love, our family, our friends, and of course our dogs---mostly Molly who is the lucky one to live inside with us. Will I update everyday--I don't know but will try.

Love, S

First time

Well here I go--I have never done this before so there is a first time for everything. Welcome to my life.

Will it entertain you? I hope so.

Will it inspire you? I don't know but it will inspire me to try

Will it make you happy? If you follow me and see who I really am then yes I think it will

Will it help you? It will help me

Love, S