Thursday, May 8, 2008
GRRRRRR!!!!
J has been working so much, and this is driving me insane!! He's not "here" even when he's sitting on the couch next to me. I'm just so tired of his new job. I keep thinking about what I'm going to do when I have a baby here all day with me and he doesn't get home in time to help with ANYTHING. My friend MW is going through the baby blues right now, and I know a lot of that is hormones, but a big part of it is her feeling like she can't get away for a moment alone and the fact that she hasn't gotten a good night's sleep in weeks. I won't experience all the post-pregnancy hormones, but I will experience the extreme fatigue and the longing to get away (even if it's to go to work), and it makes me very anxious about motherhood because J is already working so much now. And it won't change when a baby is here. He just has too many responsibilities at work.
So last night J was complaining about his job again, but this time I chimed in. I have been very good about being supportive when he's too tired to do anything or when he's griping about work. But yesterday it all got to me, so I chimed in, and he got mad at me!!!! GRRRRR!!! I tried really hard to get him to understand that this isn't just about him. That it affects me too. And I tried to talk to him without crying, but the tears started flowing as soon as I said, "This isn't just about you, you know."
I know I'm thinking WAY ahead here, but I can't help it. I dread being at home alone, but add all the responsibilities of a newborn to all the ones I already have, and life without much help just doesn't sound appealing. I feel for J, I really do. It's not anything he can help. I guess who I'm mad at is his company. How they can expect one person to handle all he has to do is beyond me. J doesn't burn out easily, and he puts his heart and soul into ANYTHING he does, but I can already see him burning out. And how a company can sit back and let that happen just angers me to no end.
Rant over...back to the regularly scheduled excitement about adopting!!!
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Happy New Year!!
So I think my last cycle is a bust. I don't know if I o'd or not. It's rediculous!! Ever since I started taking the Met my cycles have been so unpredictable even with taking Clom.id or Fem.ara. FRUSTRATING!!!! So...I GIVE UP!!! It's CD21 and I'm more confused than I've ever been!!! So, I've decided that we've had our last round of ttc sex. If I haven't o'd yet then too bad. I just can't keep waiting on my body to function properly. I have done lots of research on adoption agencies over the holdidays so I'm officially beginning our adoption process today by requesting information from the ones that I think we fit with.
Hoping and praying 2008 brings you love, happiness, answered prayers and fulfilled dreams!!!
Monday, December 3, 2007
More Than I Can Handle
Gosh, I sound so bitter, but how can I not be when I'm coming up on 2 years of ttc???
Saturday, December 1, 2007
WTHeck?
UGH I HATE THIS!!!!!!
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Fairy Tales
We started ttc in December of 2005, and back then I knew it might be hard to conceive, but I still dreamt of the day when I would hold our baby in my arms. It's now 21 months later, and that dream still hasn't come true. And honestly, up until this month I still dreamt of that day. But something has happened over the past month. That dream of holding our baby has disappeared, and it's been replaced with this deep emptiness. And you know, that feeling is like none other that I've ever felt before. I just have this feeling that my fairy tale ended when I married prince charming.
Maybe I'm looking at this all wrong, but at the moment there's nothing that I want more than to hold our baby. And when I look around I see all these people who have accomplished the dream of becoming a parent, I feel like I'm the lone woman on the IF island. Now, I know there are lots of people out there in the same situation as me (and I'm so thankful to have met some of them), but right now, at this very moment, I feel all alone in this. And I don't like that feeling.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Just Need to Vent!!
Being the GREAT friend that MW is, she immediately went home after her workout to email me to see if I was okay, despite the fact that she needed to go run errands..."Just wanted to check in on ya. I am sorry that she wouldnt stop talking about babies. I tried to change the subject to food, but it didnt work. Call me if you need to chat, I am off to run errands."
I'm so thankful for MW because she truly does understand where I'm at, and I truly am excited for her, but as I said in my reply...
"I just needed to get out. I know y'all are both excited about your pregnancies, and you have every right to talk about them. I am just not at the point where I can be around all that yet. I hope I didn't seem rude. I didn't mean to be, but I was about to start crying and I didn't want to make a scene. I've had my crying session so I'm okay now. It’s just that there are so many pregnant people around, and it's hard. I'm tired of feeling like this, but at this point I don't know what to do to make it stop. I guess it's just going to take time."
Thanks for listening ladies! I just needed to get that out. Anyone have a similar story...misery loves company, right?
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Calgon, Take Me Away
Last Sunday the SS lesson was on hope during the hard times. I couldn't stop thinking about the fact that I've lost all hope of ever having a child of our own.
This morning my friend L had her new baby in SS because there wasn't anyone in the nursery. It took all I had in me to keep from staring at little B. He's just so adorable. I kept wishing I had a baby to bring to class.
Today's SS lesson was on suffering, and the teacher gave several reasons for why we suffer. And one of the reasons was that God was allowing us to suffer because of the sin in our lives. I've struggled with this for a long time. Is God allowing me to suffer with infertility because of some sin that I've committed? So of course that's all I thought about during the lesson. I kept racking my brain to come up with the worst sin that I've committed that could have been the cause of my infertility suffering. I came up with a few things that I've done wrong, but I couldn't come up with a reason for the infertility as a punishment. It just doesn't seem fair.
Then today during the sermon the preacher was preaching on reaching out to our neighbors and he played a video of a skit. The jist of it was that a new neighbor moved in (pregnant, of course) who was bed ridden because of preterm labor. The woman talked about how lonely she was because she knew no one, but she couldn't get out to meet anyone because she was on bed rest. The neighbor across the street wanted to go over and meet the new neighbor, but something always came up that prevented her from going over there. And she only saw the man around so she thought it was a bachelor living in the house until one day she saw a blue stork in the yard. So she finally went over and brought the woman a meal. But the kicker was when our pastor at the end of his sermon was talking about giving things to God. And so he started giving examples for people who were in different stages of life. His example for the newly married...those who were contemplating whether or not to have children. (Of course.) He was trying to get across that everyone, no matter what stage of life we're in, has struggles. That's our common thread, and when times are difficult we're supposed to give it to God. As if I hadn't already done that. But he acted like once we give it to God that everything would just be grand because we didn't have to worry anymore. It would be so easy to not worry about my infertility if I wasn't always bombarded with pregnancy/baby talk!! That's my problem. I just want to get away from all this. I don't want to worry about whether or not I'll ever be a mother or J will ever be a father. I've given my hopes and dreams and my hurts over to God so many times, but when it's constantly in my face it's hard to forget. I just want a break!!! What does a girl have to do to get away from this?
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Ayayay...
I found this info, so it gives me hope that I just tested too early...
Q: Does Clomid cause problems with OPKs?
A: Clomid (Serophene/clomiphene citrate) can cause a false positive in OPKs if taken too soon after finishing the prescription. According to most of the manufacturers you should wait at least 3 days before using an OPK. If you take Clomid days 3-7 you can begin testing on day 10. If you take it 5-9, you should wait until day 12.
And I found this on another site...
So I'm going to take these sites at their word and just believe that I've tested too soon, and I'm getting false positives. Lord, please let them be false positives!!!!Q: Can Clomid Interfere with OPK Test Results?
A: Clomiphene Citrate (Clomid/Serophene) can interfere with ovulation test results - generally in the form of a "false positive". However, clomid generally causes a false positive only if you perform an ovulation test too soon after taking the clomid - or too early in your cycle. Most drug manufacturers suggest you should not start testing with the ovulation predictor kit until several days after you finish the last dose of clomid/clomiphene.
Monday, August 20, 2007
Trying So Hard

How do I keep from becoming a bitter infertile? Is there a way to prevent it? I've prayed that God would use my journey for good, but I just don't see it happening. Maybe it's not meant for me to see. I don't know. But I do know that my heart is heavy, and I can feel myself getting more and more bitter the longer it takes us. I don't want to become "that woman" who couldn't have kids and can't find any good in anything because of all the bitterness in her heart. I want to be happy and hopeful again. I just don't know how! Any suggestions???
UPDATE...please take the time to go congratulate Beth...she got her BFP tonight!! I'm so happy for her!!!
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Insomnia
- I have a temp dive this morning which means that AF should have been here at some point today, but all I've gotten a visit from is spot. And even that was only for about an hour, and now it's just brown tinged cm. (sorry TMI) I don't know what to think. I know I'm not pregnant...the FRER doesn't lie. And with the nose dive my temps took this morning there's no way I'm preggers. I'm worried that the lack of AF's visit is a problem. Could this 4th round of Clomid cause my lining to be so thin that there's nothing more to shed than an hour's worth of spotting???
- I just can't believe the IUI didn't work. I had such high hopes to be preggers with MW, and now that I'm not it makes her pregnancy that much harder. She's trying so hard to be helpful and all, but I just can't face her. It's too hard. She's the eternal optimist so she truly believes that I'll be pregnant one day. Me? I'm the eternal pessimist. I don't think I'll ever get pregnant, and even if I do get a BFP I really don't think it's gonna stick. I really need to try and be more like her and have a positive attitude about it, but when both of my pregnancies have ended in m/c my track record isn't exactly one for the books.
- I keep thinking about how it only took MW 1 month to conceive, and then I start crying. I just don't get how it could be so easy for her and why it has to be so hard for me. I just don't get it.
- I colored my hair today, and it looks like shit! J says it's fine. But what is he *really* gonna say when he comes home to me in tears. He's brave, but I don't think he's *that* brave. I have no idea what I'm going to do about it. I just don't look good with black hair. I look like back-woods Louisiana trailer trash. Seriously...it's bad!!!
- I don't know whether to call and talk to my doctor about my AF/spotting issue. I don't know whether to give it more time to see if AF really does show or whether to call and say that yesterday was CD1. I just don't know.
- I want to take time off from ttc, but I'm no spring chicken, and time isn't really on my side. Especially with the whole PCOS issue. I think my lining needs a break from the Clomid so I'm taking a 1 month break for sure, but do I extend the break until after our Jamaica trip?
- And along that line...I've mentioned to my doctor that I want to start taking Metformin. He said he only gives it to his patients when the Clomid doesn't work. Well, the Clomid works in that it makes me O, but I'm not getting pregnant and staying pregnant. So I'm torn about whether to call and tell them I'm CD2, I want to take some time off, but in the meantime I want to start the Met.
- I have 3 bottles of FertilityBlend. Do I take them in the meantime? I know they probably won't work, but I've bought them. They need to be taken, and I can't take them with the Clomid. So if I put myself on a break, should I take them?
- Is it time to give up and move onto adoption? We've been going at this (no pun intended) since December 2005. When do you say enough's enough?
- I researched adoption a lot yesterday. There's a bap.tist chil.dren's ho.me in Mon.roe, LA, and most of their infant adoptions come out of Sel.lers Mat.erni.ty Ho.me here in the BR area. Do I call and ask for a packet?
- I feel like such a loser for not being able to give J a child of his own. J doesn't see me that way, but that's exactly how I see myself. I've told him he could leave me and find someone else while he was still young enough to have children. He says he's never leaving me, but a part of me wants him to. I don't want him to have to go through this anymore. I want him to be a dad, and since I can't make him one I want him to find someone who can. (Hmmm, reminds me of a Bible story. Bet my story won't turn out like Sarah and Abraham's.)
- I took all 3 FertilityBlend pills right before bed. Was that a bad thing to take them all at once? Is that why I can't sleep? I am literally wide awake. This sucks!!!
Well, I think that just about covers everything that's on my mind. I don't know if this is going to help me sleep, but it sure did give me something to do for a while. Oooh, I yawned. Maybe I'll get sleepy soon!! Nighty night!!!
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
I'm Out!
Update...Just saw my friend MW...burst into tears the minute I saw her. So I went out and bought me a bottle of wine, some chocolate, and a new box of hair color...I'm good...for now.
Update #2...who the hell am I kidding?? I'm not fine. I'm not pregnant, my would-be due date is in 4 days, I have a friend who's pregnant and I have to see every day for the next 8 months, and my hair turned out black despite it saying the color was medium brown. It can't get any worse, can it??? God, please don't let it get any worse!!! I don't know how much more of this I can take!!!!
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Why Do I Do This To Myself?
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Tick Tock, Tick Tock...
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
That Old Saying...
I'm going in on Thursday to have my monthly "I'm not prengnat, give me my Clomid" appointment, and I'm pulling out all the stops. I'm asking for Metformin, and I'm asking for Progesterone to take if/when I ever get another BFP. I've got to give this my all because it stops with Clomid. We won't be going on to injections, IUI's or IVF. Clomid is my only shot at having a biological child. I kind of hate to put all my eggs (no pun intended) in one basket, but we just can't afford to sink all that money into something that might not work. So we've decided that if Clomid doesn't work we're using our savings for adoption. Wow...I can't believe I may be moving on to adoption in a couple months. This is my 4th round of Clomid since my miscarriage, and my doctor will only allow me to take 6 rounds back-to-back. I can always take a break for a few months and then get back on the Clomid train, but I'm not getting any younger. At some point we have to face reality, and reality (for us)is that Clomid might not work, and we might not ever have a child of our own. That makes me sad.
Monday, July 9, 2007
Weird Temps
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One of the contributers to the "Miscarriage, Stillbirth, and Infant Loss Blog Directory" posted the following questions to the bloggers who have their blogs listed in the directory. I found the questions very intriguing...
1. What do you want people to know about the child (or children) you have lost?
They were wanted more than anything else in this world. And just because time has passed I still want them more than life itself and miss them with every ounce of my being. I loved every minute I carried our precious babies.
2. What names did you give (or plan to give) your children and why?
We didn't name either of our angels as they were lost so early, but we do have names picked out for the children we hope to have. The two girl names we have picked out are: Melody Grace and Olivia Kate. We've only been able to come up with one boy name that we both agree on, and it's Jalen Scott.
3. What rituals or ways of memorializing your children seem to best help you cope with their loss?
I have a charm bracelet, and I bought two charms for it. One is a heart that says, "The Heart Remembers" and the other is a baby angel. I think about our babies all the time, and when I look at the charms it's just a gentle reminder that they are waiting for me in Heaven. I can't wait to hold them.
4. What are the kindest and/or most helpful things people have said to you? What are the worst?
The kindest and probably most helpful thing people have said to me is, "We're praying for you and J. We don't understnad your pain, but God does, and He's able to comfort you like no one here on Earth can." And the other thing that I found most helpful was, "We're here when you need us. Call anytime." They weren't even pretending to understand our pain, but I knew that I could come to them if I needed to talk or I needed a shoulder to cry on.
The worst thing someone has said to me is, "You'll get pregnant again in no time." I didn't want to hear that. I didn't want to pregnant again soon, I wanted to be pregnant right then! The fact that they said that meant that they didn't see my loss as important and worthy of grieving. Now, don't get me wrong, I know most people don't mean to say stupid stuff like that, but even if it's not meant that way, it still stings.
5. Who is your hero? Who helps you make it through the dark days better than anyone else on the planet?
I'm really not a person who has heros. I guess I do look up to some people, and the person that I look up to most my husband is J. He was an absolute gem during those dark days when I lost our babies. I saw him cry (which I had seen before, but this time it was different). He held me. He took great care of me after my D&C. He made sure that I didn't do anything I wasn't ready to do whether that was sending an email or calling someone to tell them I wasn't ready to have people over, or taking care of the house and chores and cooking. He was just wonderful. And you know, he did all that while he was grieving, too.
6. Is there anything you need to say or want to say but haven't been able to? Can you say it now?
I think I've been pretty open here on my blog, but there are still things that I haven't said to real life friends and family. I think if there's anything that I have left to say it's, "I am not weird or needy because of all this. I don't want people's pity. I just want their prayers. And I need to be reminded constantly that I am no less of a woman because I can't or haven't had children." That's the part that hurts the most because I do feel like a broken woman because of my infertility. I need that reassurance.
7. How are you doing? How are you really doing?
Most days I'm okay, but when I see a newborn, or I hear of someone who is newly pregnant I wish I had their life. And I have to grieve our losses and my pain all over again. When I see women who drag their children around and yell at them I wish I could walk up and just give their child a hug and tell them that I would want them if they were my child. I want a baby so badly, but more than anything I want J to be a father. It breaks my heart that the one thing I should be able to give him I can't.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Today's a Down Day
I saw this video on Shellie's blog. Thank you so much for posting this! It's truly how I feel...I Would Die For That!
Monday, June 25, 2007
No Side Effects This Cycle
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Retail Therapy
So what do you think? Does retail therapy help when you're down, even if just for a short time?



