day 12 of 2WW

A few more days! Yikes! I'm excited to see what the pee stick has to say.  Well, I broke down and bought a pack of CVS brand early pregnancy tests.  Even though I knew what her answer would be, I asked the pharmacist if the CVS brand was the same as the other more expensive ones.  Of course, she said yes.  It was nearly $10 less for the same amount of tests so the way I see it, I did good!  It's about that time for the period, the only symptoms I have are sore breasts.  My boobs don't always get sore before my period but they do sometimes so I don't know what to credit the tenderness to: pregnancy or period!

On account of my never-on-time period, missing the first day of my expected cycle is no big thing.  I'd love to think it was, but it certainly isn't uncommon.  I've been toying with the idea of testing early.  I never thought I'd be the girl to do that considering how this two week wait has been a breeze in all honesty--but, I'm leaning towards testing tomorrow!  I won a home pregnancy test through a message board (CafeMom) about a month ago, and I'm saving that one for Turkey Day because I think it's lucky.

 [In case you are unaware of what 4 HPTs look like, see photo below.]

In total I have 4 home pregnancy tests so I figure I spare one.  The funny part is, I won't be satisfied if it's positive or negative.  As I mentioned in a previous blog post, the hCg shot raises the pregnancy hormone in your body for up to two weeks.  One of the few instances where you can actually get a false positive (typically, false positives aren't nearly as common as false negatives since the test works off of pregnancy hormone levels that you don't have unless you're pregnant.  Unless of course you get a SHOT of those hormones...), so a positive result within that two week period (tomorrow would fall under that 2 weeks) isn't always a real positive.  Siiigh.  And a negative result tomorrow would just make me think of the real possibility that I tested to early and I'd need to try again in a couple days.  So really, what is the point of testing tomorrow?!  Nothing more than it would be exciting to see a positive result, even if it couldn't (yet!) be 100% verified.  I'll post the results either way in the mornin'!

Aside from my exciting trip to CVS, a glorious day at work and some hickory smoked BBQ wings from Wingstop for din din--that's all to report on for today!  Oh, and I also bought my Christmas cards.  I think they are absolutely awesome.  Most of you on here will more than likely be receiving one so I'm not going to go into detail, but I love them.  Not sure why, but I do! And for the sake of not breaking my 5 year streak of holiday tradition, they will go in the mail on Black Friday.  First thing.  I think I have this obsession with (possibly) being the first card on the mantle.  I win.

day 5 of 2WW

Well, alright. I suppose it's technically day six as of now seeing as how it's 1:22a.  For whatever reason, I'm not quite tired enough to sleep yet. Soon though, very soon.  I was making my second batch of cranberry sauce (one regular, one jellied for mom) when I realized I hadn't blogged for today! Gasp.

Let's see! What went on today? Sebastian gets two reviews a year, one with a pay increase/performance review and another regular (no pay) performance review.  They are moving him up and up as far and as fast as humanly possible.  He is fantastic at his job.  He's fantastic at everything he puts his mind to, actually.  I do believe they are moving him up not only because of how great he's doing at work, but also as a business move.  He'd never worked customer service in any respect before 2 years ago when he started this job.  He's very overqualified for the position he started in.  The economy has become quite a bit better as of late, and I think they've noticed.  I think they want to lock him in at a comparable rate to the $30+ he was making an hour with kornrandolph.  I think they know that if he were offered a job at even $20 or $25 an hour plus benefit package--he'd go for it hands down.  So they have to do what they can to keep him there! Which, we're totally fine with.  He enjoys his job, which is more than he could say about KR. Then again, it was the atmosphere at KR that was horrible, not the work.  Ah well. Enough about that!

My day was pretty uneventful.  Ate dinner again at work.  BBQ chicken again.  This time I just got a thigh and made a side salad and called it good.  It was good!

So, remember how I was saying that implantation can be as early as 6 days and as late as 12? Well.. today (even though this post is for last nights blog) is the 6th day.  The norm is 9 days, so I think I have a couple few left to go.  I'm getting excited. And, I think I will test on Thanksgiving.  I mean, I would be slightly disappointed if it were negative, but I can take it in stride.  It isn't the end of the world.  Besides, I'm thinkin' POSITIVE!! And, after all it is just our first cycle of TTC with fertility aid so we're obligated to have a smidge of patience. Right? Right!

Night, kiddos.  I've just got to finish up the sugared pecans and hide them away from the hungry mouths that roam my house at all hours of the day and night.  Human, canine and marsupials alike.

IUI, Wednesday 11-10-2010

Not much to report on other than having the IUI! Very exciting. There really isn't too much to talk about, which I suppose in these instances is a great thing.  Everything went just like she said it would, she made comments throughout how great everything looked (haha) and how it was the perfect procedure.

Basically, now we are just playing the painfully long, 2 week wait game. That puts us at Thanksgiving to test.  I'm wondering if I should even test on Thanksgiving. I don't want to ruin the day if it's negative, so I might just wait until the next day.  Though at the same time, you know I'd be preoccupied the entire day thinking about the test, so I don't know! What do you think?

My period is unpredictable at best, so that makes things less awesome.  A normal woman would just wait for her period, if it doesn't come then the chances are better (obviously).  Mine may or may not come regardless of being pregnant or not. Either way, it's just two weeks! :)

If my period starts before the two weeks, we'll have the same drill as last time. I'll call on the 2nd day of my period, go in for an ultrasound and talk about using Clomid again or injections and go from there.  If it's positive after the two week waiting period, then I go in for a blood test I believe twice in a weeks period to see if some pregnancy hormone has doubled (like it should in a healthy pregnancy).  Then, some time after that we'll check for a heartbeat at which time I believe I would go off of my Metformin. I'll know more details on all this when the time comes.

Thank you for your positive thoughts, well wishes and prayers.  I believe they just might be working!