Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Cleared for Takeoff

I had my stupid gallbladder test yesterday and my Dr called and said the test was normal so I canceled my appt with the surgeon and called my RE! I'm keeping my gallbladder and I'm all cleared to start my meds for my next cycle which my trusty phone app says should start around 1/8. We're going to do the letrozole, boost, and trigger and hopefully reap the benefits of this new concoction. Its been nice not having to worry about baby stuff over the holidays but I'll be glad to jump back on the train. April is getting here quick and with it will bring the dreaded age of 35. I feel like I have to get pregnant before then or all hope is lost.

We're off next week which will be nice! Our school "gifts" us a week each year and it is so nice to have. We're headed to a gay campground here in Florida for a little r&r. We're bringing the dogs for the first time ever so hopefully they will enjoy it. The lows will be in the 40's so we opted for a little cabin, which has heat. I know, we're wimps. We really did it for our dog, he just turned 13 and he has a hard time with the cold. I told my wife that going camping is on Cyrus' bucket list so how could she argue that. We're still roughing it though because the cabin is basically 4 walls, a roof, and a bed. We still have to walk to the bathrooms and shower and we still have to go outside to cook our food. I cannot wait! We love camping so this will be a good compromise for our little fur babies. It will be nice for the 4 of us to get away.

Merry Christmas to all those who celebrate and for those of you that don't enjoy your weekend! Congrats to all those babes being born last week as well. My resolution for 2011 is to get pregnant dammit!!

Friday, December 17, 2010

This is just a quick update, there isn't much to report. I go for a scan to check my gallbladder on Tuesday then to the surgeon the following Tuesday for the results. Hopefully all is well so we can jump back on this baby making train! I started my period which means if everything is good with the ole gallbladder we can start the meds next cycle. We're heading to Miami tomorrow for Christmas with my Dad's side of the family. My Dad, step-mom, and sister are coming in from GA so it will be nice to see everyone. Plus, I always like to see my Granma! She's like my favorite person. :) I was really hoping to be pregnant by now and have something to share with the fam but what can you do? We're doing all we can and it's actually nice to have a little break for the holidays. Our company holiday party is Sunday night and I will have a drink or two. I'm tired of stressing out. Anyhoo, I hope all is well with my fellow bloggers out there. I'll let you know how the test goes Tuesday.

Thursday, December 9, 2010

speed bump

I almost titled this post road block, but thought speed bump sounded more positive. I'm a big football fan and my team, Auburn, played for the SEC title last Saturday. My brother and cousin came over and we all had a great time watching them win. I told myself that I was going to have a few beers and let loose. We ate hot wings and I had 4 delicious, cold beers. My team won and is headed to the National Championship. Everything was great until my stomach decided to stage a revolt. Several hours after the game was over, I started to feel a burning pain in my stomach. It quickly progressed to throwing up, violently. I must have puked 6 times in less than an hour and my stomach hurt like it has never hurt before. The wife took me to the ER where it was determined that my stomach lining was inflamed and I had "sludge", actual term the Doc used, in my gall bladder. I followed up with my Dr who told me that she wanted to check my gall bladder function to see if it needs to be removed. She told me that if/when I get pregnant that it will only make my gall bladder worse. So now I have to go next week to test the function of my stupid gall bladder to see if needs to be removed. Cross your fingers it doesn't, cause I don't have time for this shit. If you remember, I had a cyst that I was taking bc for, for the last 2 weeks. Well, I went and had it checked and it went down and we're all clear to start meds for this next cycle. We're gonna do the femara and trigger shot again and this time add in 3 shots of an fsh boost to help with egg quality and quantity. The nice RE even gave me a $250 voucher to cover the cost of it. Everything was working out perfectly except for my damn gall bladder. I guess best case we sit out a cycle and worse case we sit out a few so I can recover from surgery. I am just so pissed about the whole thing. Like we really need more medical bills. Plus, if it's not my gall bladder, what the hell is it?? My appt is on the 28th so cross your fingers for no surgery please.

Friday, December 3, 2010

My friend had a baby girl last night. While I'm happy for her I can't stop thinking about our quest for a little one. My friend is straight and married but because of several factors, she had to go the IUI route. She got pregnant in 4 tries. She was 6 weeks along when we did our first try. It was good to have someone to talk to about this experience and she has always been very supportive. She would always talk about when it would be our turn. We both kind of figured that I would be pregnant by now but that's not how it worked out. She even gave me some baby stuff for our baby, but I gave it to my sister who is pregnant. I don't even want that stuff in the house. It doesn't seem right to have stuff for a maybe baby. My sister...I've mentioned her a couple of times on here..I'll post another day on that subject. So all over face.book are pictures of my friend's new baby and I don't have the heart to look at them. She wants us to go visit but I don't think we will. The wife has to work and I really don't want to make that journey solo. Does this make me a bad friend? Oh well if it does. I've just started to get really shitty lately about this ttc crap. Speaking of, cross your fingers the birth control got rid of my cyst so we can move forward with this cycle.