drugs…

never in my life have i been so excited to see drugs! i was a strange teenager and young adult. i didn’t use drugs, have any interest in them or even wonder if i maybe should. not for lack of access… all my friends (well many of them anyway) were connoisseurs.
but here i am, [...]

no more waiting…

4 days early i got my period and a bfn… has never happened before and it totally unexpected, except perhaps for the migraine preamble…
so so so disappointed, soooooo disappointed. my doc says it happens sometimes that a luteal phase will be untypical. i will go in for blood work and the circus will begin again… [...]

one week down…

one week to go… well, slightly less. we test on friday – yay!
it has been so hard to wait through the week, but my parents were in town from CA and that has been so great. they have been sending us good vibes and happy fertile thoughts, well my mom anyway – my dad doesn’t [...]

the deed is done – yay!

- this am at 10:30am we did our iui – yay!
- i have/had 6 follicles (and hopefully a few good eggs) and we sent a ton of sperm up after them – yay!
- because it started so early, dakota was able to come with me before work – yay!
- because we finished so quickly (never [...]

triggered…

can you believe it? we did my trigger shot this afternoon and we have an insemination tomorrow (saturday) at 9:30am!
i have been on follist*im for 6 days. first two days at 300 and it was really working so they dialed me back to 225 for the next 4 days… turns out my body is [...]

i did it…

…for the first time IN MY LIFE i voted for a candidate for president who i REALLY like, respect and trust to provide leadership to our country. wow! i have been an independent for 20 years, i have worked on many a campaign, organized many a voter, and cast many a vote. i was happy [...]