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March 3, 2004
HORMONES SUCK!!!!!
Clomid is kicking my BUTT this month, majorly! I didn't have the hot flashes like I did when I was on it before getting pg in the first place, but this month I took 100 mg days 4-8 and am moody and tired...did I mention MOODY?! I seriously could cry at the drop of a hat, and I won't tell you how many times I've had to put my 'filter' to work to keep the things I'm thinking from coming out of my mouth, especially at work, especially with parent/teacher conferences last week. The kids are driving me insane, I'm too tired to do any work at home...and best of all (she said with a sarcastic guffaw) I'm most likely not pregnant this month since my progesterone was 7.1. According to my dr. it *could* indicate ovulation, and I *could* get pregnant, but she said whenever she's seen pregnancies with a low prog. level like that it's not a good result. I'm cd28 today and had a 32 day cycle last month, so here's hoping for another cycle that's on the short end. This month I'll be moving up to 150 mg., and we've got our appt. with the old RE in April, during the spring break. Why mess with clomid month after month when it took IUIs to get pregnant before? These cycles on clomid were more prelims than anything else - seeing how much it would take to get me to ovulate, etc. Now it's time to take Chris's boys in for the super-charge treatment and do this right! LOL!
I got some disappointing news about one of the drs I had before. Well, both of them, really. My RE opened her own practice and it's really too far away for me to go there, so I have to use a different one in the office. That's not such a big deal, I guess, because really it's the nurses and lab people who I see most often for the inseminations. The really disappointing news is that the geneticist that I saw for my CVS (the genetic testing, not the drug store chain)while pregnant with Katie has closed up shop and moved to South Carolina, without consulting ME! I realize that I have to first get pregnant again before needing a geneticist, but this guy was just so nice, his counselors were wonderful, and that meant all the world to me when I was in the throes of CVS and early pregnancy angst with Katie, a lovely little drama that is sure to repeat itself any time I am pregnant for 10 weeks or more. Thankfully my Ob has no plans to go anywhere, although she is due with twins soon (but she swears she has to keep working to pay off the IVF!).
Yes, petty. I realize this. I also realize that I am a hormonal wack job right now and really should just stay off my computer. No such luck.
KATIE
Ah, on to the good stuff. Katie cracks me up lately! She says, "Yes" and "Shh" all the time, and in just such a cute and perfect little way! Besides that, she still prefers Dada (ack!), Cee, Dee, Hi, and a bunch of gobblygook I'll not understand for a while. She will throw in the occasional Mama and Nana, and also "Toot, Toot!" which is adorable! Last weekend we were eating lunch and Chris and I were talking, Katie pipes in with "Shhh, shhh!" I asked her if we were interrupting her lunch and she said, "Yes, yes, yes!" The girl is a sassy lassy!
She's walking more and more, and becoming more confident at it, although her preferred mode of transportation is crawling. Her favorite new 'toys' are the dog's rope and squeaky bone - much to the dismay of both Ocho and me! Ocho is such a good girl, though - she doesn't try to take the toys away from Katie, but if Katie puts it down she'll go get it and take it to a safe place (usually upstairs)! I can't wait until Katie's big enough for them to play. It'll be cute to watch.
The VERY best thing about Katie, well the two very best things, are the way she cuddles, and her infectious little giggle. We made her giggle for about 15 min. straight tonight, stealing her paci and her trying to grab it back. As for cuddling, well, I just hope she's always like this, because it's heaven.
MISC...
The weather is finally starting to thaw out here and it's time for the rain, which I hate. However, that means that the nice weather is right after that, so I'll patiently wait it out! Also, Chris planted about a million tulip and daffodil bulbs in the Fall and I'm really anxious to see how they look.
Oh, and my job share was officially approved!! I'm very, VERY excited about working ½ days next year, and I really hope that it's worth it.
Which brings me to home improvements...we've got some projects we'd like to finish while we're still on 2 incomes and not on 1.5. We're getting the bathtub/walls lined (still the original 52 year-old tub in there - blech!), and putting up beadboard in the bathroom, then working on the basement. It's 'finished' but definitely not a good use of space, especially the way we have it set up.
All this and finishing my thesis next month (which I was supposed to finish LAST YEAR, but hey, I was busy).
Good times, good times!
Take care,
Laura
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