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The road less travelled

For those of you that are tired of hearing about my infertility struggles, please feel free to stop reading now. For the rest of you, here is what is going on.

Yesterday the NP at the doc office told me that I did not ovulate. My progesterone level was 6.6 which she said was not high enough to indicate ovulation. Today the nurse called back to say that Dr. Jewell looked at the levels and said that it does indicate ovulation (anything over 4). Talk about an emotional roller coaster.

I hate all of this and especially this little pill. The side effects really sucked! Heartburn and nausea. Headaches and mood swings. They took effect immediately. It was like (I assume) being pregnant without the joy! While I do not think that I am pregnant (getting pregnant on the first cycle would be a miracle) I am relieved that it worked as far as producing ovulation.

This has been a stressful journey for both me and my husband. He has been amazing and supportive but it is not an easy thing for either one of us to deal with. The added stress of issues within the family have been hard to deal with. Plus the mood swings made me psycho more than a few times.

Thank you to all of you that have been a shoulder to cry on and an ear to talk to! Hopefully this journey will end soon and a new adventure will start.

Just to let you know...

Per a request by Rachel, I am letting everyone know that I started Clomid today. You know, in case it makes me all crazy and stuff! So far, this stuff sucks. I am so nauseous and have horrible heartburn. Kind of like pregnancy without the joy of it! Thank you all for understanding!


FYI now I am just really tired. Like whole bottle of nyquil tired.

Thank you

For those of you that read that lovely facebook fight yesterday, I wanted to apologize. I lowered myself to immature level of two people who expect the world to revolve around them. For those of you that left such supportive comments I wanted to say Thank you! This was just a small glimpse of the kind of people that they are. This whole fight was over the fact that Travis's mom did not cancel concert plans with us to go to the rescheduled birthday party for their daughter. I apparently have the power to schedule concerts in Saint Louis at a time that will most inconvenience people, so let me know what bands you would like to see. Since I have all of this power I will also be changing the name of the venue back to Riverport to avoid all confusion! I will continue to be this selfish so remember that if you schedule a party for your child after I have already made plans, chances are I will not cancel them. Of course I will expect all of you to cancel all plans to revolve around me and any future children I may have!

Words cannot describe..

The emotions that ran through downtown as St. Louis experienced the largest Race for the Cure yet.


How much I love this woman! This marked my Aunt Anne's 5 year survivor anniversary! She is strong and optimistic. She never let this diagnosis beat her. Instead, She was determined to beat it!




how fun our theme was. Hawaii 5.0! We had a blast! One of the prettiest sights I saw was one of Annie's "5" balloons drifting in the sky! I know what it is like to lose someone to this disease (both of my Grandmothers) and I am so thankful of every day with Annie!!!


how fun it is to see a fireman dressed in pink!

The plan

I met with my Doctor today to discuss the next step in treatment to help me get pregnant. He thinks the problem is that I am anovulatory. I only ovulate sporadically and that makes testing and timing for ovulation tricky. We have decided that the best option is Clomid. I will start taking it at my next cycle. Hopefully this will kick start my ovaries and I will ovulate regularly. Of course, I could always get pregnant this month and not need any of it! That would be great. Travis and I have struggled for a few months with the thought of using Clomid, but the side effects are limited and the results could be enormous! It is well worth it, in my opinion. Hopefully, everyone will be a little understanding next month, if I am not exactly myself. I have heard from a few people that Clomid, "makes you crazy!" This is a big, and hopefully, successful step in the path to starting our family