Boring

Nothing to report. My life consists of getting up, going to work, working out, eating healthy foods, watching TV at night, petting my cats and cuddling with Mr. Jem. Taking a bath and then going to bed.

Rinse and repeat.

Jem

At last!

Had a good weekend, relaxed a lot, got some reading done, shopped for food for the week.

I'm doing a food detox, avoiding processed food, eating organic when I can. I'm following the Dinner Diva Detox found on Savingdinner.com. Last week I ate mostly catered food and felt like a complete heifer by the end of the week.

Oh, and my period ended by Sunday. Yippee! Totally feeling like I'm having a fresh start!

Jem

Lucky 13

Got the call from the clinic and the results of my 13th beta is that my HCG is down to 1. Finally. At last!

The nurse said the sludge from last week was probably just a result of the MTX and the bleeding that started yesterday is my actual period. I should call if it goes on too long.

She said we need to wait a month before TTC. I'm actually okay with that. I'll be glad to really have a break from all this pressure. Except the part of me that is impatient to get to this baby-making, already!

Ambivalence strikes again!

Jem

Beta #100

Or at least it feels like it's Beta #100.

Can you believe I totally forgot to go yesterday to get my blood drawn to see if my HCG has gone back down to zero (please!!!!)? I know it sounds crazy to forget to go get blood drawn, but when you've gone as often as I have since January 16 (!!!), you might forget, too!

I should have results later today. I will post an update then.

And yes, I'm still bleeding (have been on and off since Feb 22).

Jem

Bleeding again, wha?

I started spotting last night, and now I have a full red flow. This is two days after stopping my eight-days of brown sludge.

Huh? What's up, body?

Jem

Stopping the Yangtze_River

Well, my nine-day flow of sludge, what I affectionately called the Yangtze_River, has finally stopped.

It's officially cycle day 10. Let's see if we can make a baby the old fashioned way (ha!) while on our break from ART until after May 20.

That's the only news.

Jem

I survived...

Family visit: Friday after work I visited with my step-sister and her 4-y-o son. It was lovely to read him a story (or three) as he went to bed. Didn't leave me sad, just more determined to be a mom.

Baby Shower: Saturday got up early to finish cleaning the house before the 8 ladies arrived for the baby shower. I didn't serve bourbon and none of my guests wanted to drink (it started at noon). We did have great food and a blast decorating onesies of various sizes with fabric paints as gifts for the mom-to-be. Then we did a Mad_Lib and then opened presents. It was a really good time. Again, it didn't leave me sad at all, but just happy for her (a "whoops PG" at age 41, not married and with a guy who travels a lot for his job, not the best combo).

Adult fun: (not that kind, get your mind out of the gutter!) Sunday I slept in (take THAT, all you moms out there! Ha!) and then went to a Purim party - drank red wine and had a blast (take that, all you moms-to-be out there who can't drink! I'm not bitter, really! LOL!)

Overall, a wonderful weekend...

Period from hell: Only dark side is that I'm on my 8th day of bleeding, if you call this rusty brown leakage bleeding. My period normally lasts 3-4 days and is mostly bright red. TMI? Sorry.

Fitness: My next step is to get back to exercising! I'm 30 lbs over my ideal weight. Since we're taking a break with ART until May I have time to get back to my pre-IVF and pre-TTC weight. I joined Weight_Watchers, but have had a hard time getting back to tracking.

Are any of you out there working on losing weight between treatments? Any tips or words of wisdom for us?

Okay, that catches you all up. Work's going to be super busy this week, so if you don't hear from me, know that I'm doing well, and keeping out of trouble.

Jem