[Belita]

Your garden sounds great! I'd love to have oodles of fresh tomatoes, so I wouldn't have a problem with them overrunning everything, but I can see how people who don't like to eat them like tomatoes wouldn't be so happy.

That's weird that you have that one huge follie. I hope it goes away so you can go on with this cycle!

[blueeyes25s]

Sounds like you will have a nice variety and I think your garden will be plenty big for starting a garden .

[kbpeanut]

CD 7, Cycle 42, IVF Cycle
Happy Monday Ladies! Hope everyone had a nice holiday weekend. We had a great weekend, the weather was gorgeous, so we were outside all weekend! We got our garden planted, except for 3 things which I still need to get the starter plants (lettuce, green onion, and carrot). It's too late to start these from seeds, so I need to get starter seedlings, and the garden supply didn't have these. But the garden looks great, got everything else planted, plus put my rosemary cutting in a pot. Also planted some forget-me-nots and wildflowers in pots, and a row of wildflowers in another part of the yard underneath my star jasmine bushes. These flowers are supposed to attract butterflies and hummingbirds (which we have anyway), and our gardener was here on Saturday for a bit, and said they would be great. So we will see!

We got everything done between all day Sat and Sun morning, so we spent the afternoon at the Safari Park. It was pretty crowded, so we only stayed for a couple hours. We came home and DH started making his Dad's famous french fries. I can't spill the secret, but DH's dad worked at a place for his entire career (think, big golden arches), in Corporate Training, but he started as a "fry guy". So, we know the secret to their fries. They were so yummy! We grilled up burgers and sweet corn on the cob too. I made baked kale chips for a snack, too...yummy!

Today, I have a paper to write, and I took Max to the vet this morning. It's pretty comical how much time I spend there! His foot looks great, and the vet actually removed the sutures! It's still wrapped, and will be until at least Thursday, when he goes in for his (hopefully final) recheck. Yay!

It's warming up nicely, and I'm thinking a trip to the park is in order. I have to do my paper, but I can do it this afternoon. I need to get outside, it's so nice out, and we're expecting a few days of rain later this week.

Cycle-wise, CD 7, but I know I don't really need to count right now. I go back Friday morning for a recheck u/s to see what my ovary is doing. I'm hoping we can start med on Saturday, but not setting my expectations. We will just wait and see. I'm UBER crabby that this Estrogen is making me gain weight. It's not bloat, it's like weight gain - like thighs and tummy. I had this last time too, so I know that's what it is, but I've been on it longer this time, so it's worse. Most of my pants and shorts don't fit right now, which is super not fun. Blech. Hoping I can start the stims soon so I can stop the estrace!


Happy Monday All!

[JennyLee]

You are farther along on your garden than we are, but we can't plant as early as you anyway. We may get a hard freeze tonight, in fact

I frickin LOVE McD's fries (not that that's what you were talking about) I am jealous

[Coley]

Glad to hear Mr. Max is healing nicely...

Sounds like you're gonna have quite the garden there missy!! I wish we had a house for that exact reason. I would love to be able to grow some of my own food since I have so little trust in our purchasable food supply. Sketchy stuff.

Hope that big old follie clears the way for your IVF this time! I'll be keeping you in my prayers with my fingers crossed.

[blueeyes25s]

I would just love for it to warm back up for me... I got spolied with a couple week of 70's - 80's weather.

I'm am so glad Max is doing so good. Animals always seem to bounce back so quickly.

You'll have to post pics of you garden

[kbpeanut]

CD 8, Cycle 42, IVF cycle
Wow, I slept until 930 this morning! I have been queasy for the past 2 days, and I just realized it is from the estrogen. I am not happy at all. It's nothing earth-shattering, and nothing I can't handle, but it's annoying. I am sincerely hoping that this Friday's u/s shows that my ovary is back to normal and I can start the stims. Who would think I'd be praying for shots right now!

In other worldly news, last night I made a chili-rubbed steak cobb salad. We've had it before, it's deeelish. Finished my paper in the nick of time last night, and enjoyed a nice long bath before dinner. Tonights dinner is the chicken caesar sliders that I made last week (yep again!) They were so good!

Today, I am so off schedule. I'm usually up and about by 630-7, but today, getting up at 930 threw my schedule totally off. I was going to go to the park, since it's supposed to be mid 70s and sunny today, but honestly, I'm not feeling up to it. I am still a little queasy, and I feel lazy. I sort of need to run out and get a few things from the store, but I can probably do it later this week. I may just grab a book and go sit outside in my back yard and read this afternoon.

That's my boring update for the day. Hope everyone is having a great tuesday!

[kbpeanut]

CD 8, Cycle 42, IVF cycle
Queasy. That is all.

[kbpeanut]

CD 8, Cycle 42, IVF cycle - continued
Ok, I feel a little better now. I woke up at 5am queasy again. It was worse than yesterday. I took some Pepto, and went back to bed until DH alarm went off at 6. I didn't even bother temping, I just wanted to curl back up in bed and sleep until my quease went away. I felt bad, because when DH travels I usually pack for him, but he felt so bad for me feeling so yucky, he tucked me right back in bed, kissed my forehead, and I fell back asleep. He left around 745 or so, and I pretty much woke up then, but really didn't feel like getting up. He had dropped off Peanut in the bed with me, who promptly curled up next to me. He never does that, unless I'm feeling bad. He knew. Max came whining into the room about 10 min later, so I scooped him up and he curled up next to me, resting his head on my chest and he fell asleep. I still felt like crud, so I just laid there until about 915, wishing it away.

I finally felt better...so I got up, fed the pups, made coffee and toast, and now I'm sort of just making it through the day. I have a little school work to finish up today, then I may just high-tail it to the couch and spend it there with the dogs for the day. It's rainy and chilly out, so I don't really feel too bad about it. It's a rare treat for me, and I've got a busy couple of days ahead of me, so I might just enjoy the down time.

I'm hoping that Friday's ultrasound will show my ovary has returned to normal and I can get off this estrogen and start stims. Blech!

Happy-ish Wednesday all!

[~*Jackie*~]

I hope you get less queasy soon!! I was on estrogen for my FET (estradiol), and I do remember the weight gain but not so much the queasiness. It affects us all so differently! I can't wait to hear good news from you on Friday!!! Feel better!

[kbpeanut]

Thanks Jackie! Ya, the estradiol (pills) are not only causing weight gain, but now queasy. Last time I took them I had a teeny bit of weight gain that started right before I went off the pills, and no queasy. This time, I've been on them a while longer, so I'm sure that's why.

Blech! I'm still doing stuff for school, and it's already 2pm! I never even ate lunch. Crikey!

[JennyLee]

Sorry you feel yucky Just have to make it until Friday!

[BabyBirdies]

Hope you got lunch!! And that you feel better. I'm sort of doing better, but not really...

[blueeyes25s]

I hope you feel better soon. Just remember why you are doing this .

[Tammyms]

C'mon happy ovaries for Friday

[kbpeanut]

I need sleep! I'm sitting up, watching American Idol (addict), and DH is somewhere. I honestly don't even know where. He travels so much for work that I can't keep track of where he goes. His admin sends me itineraries for his trips, but mostly I just have them in case of emergency. I know he had a layover in Vegas, but after that, I'm not sure where he is. How lame is that? I know he's all good, though, b/c he just texted me that he's at the hotel.

I almost don't want to go to bed because the last 3 mornings I've woken up queasy. It goes away by the end of the day, but I know it's going to be back in the morning.

Tomorrow I have to take Maxie to the vet for what I'm hoping will be his final check on his foot, and it's my big school day (first day of the week), so I have lots on my plate. DH comes home tomorrow night, and then we have a 730am RE appt for my repeat u/s. Crap. I was supposed to make it later. I just remembered!

DH made the appointment last friday before we left the RE. I was talking to the IVF nurse about something or other, and since he knows my schedule, I let him make the repeat appt based on what he could do with his schedule. He made it for 730am, b/c he was thinking he wouldn't miss much work, but then later that day he realized he'd be getting home from his trip at like 1 in the morning or something nuts, then have to get up at 530 to make it to the RE at 730. His bad. Now I have to change it. And forgot.

That's about it for my update. I don't even know why I'm updating at night, probably b/c my laptop is up, and I'm bored. I will try and pop on in the morning before I head to the vet, but if not, Happy Thursday!

[kbpeanut]

CD 10, Cycle 42, IVF
Just getting ready to head to the vet, and I remembered to call and change our appt for tomorrow morning so DH can sleep in a tiny bit more. I slept like crap, which I usually do when DH travels, and was up every couple hours, so my temp is crap as well. I'm pretty sure we had 2 small earthquakes this morning, and if they weren't "real" earthquakes, they were aftershocks from one that happened much farther south in the middle of the night.

But more importantly, I'm not super queasy this morning! THAT makes me happy. I have a twinge here and there, but nothing like I've had the past few days. That will make my day that much more pleasant. I just realized that we are also down to our last roll of TP...I don't know how that happens since I seem to buy in massive bulk, but somehow that slipped by me. So need to run out and get that today, which chops into my school work day (I usually don't leave the house on Thursdays, just do school all day!).

Will be on later today. Hope everyone has a great Thursday!

[Tammyms]

Yay for not feeling queasy! Boo for running out of TP! That is one of the worst feelings in the world Dh laughs at how much I buy but I'm always like do you want to be the one stuck with no TP???

I've never been through an earthquake, I can't even imagine what they're like

[BabyBirdies]

We totally ran out of TP today too! FAIL. Oh well, we'll get more.

Hope your day goes well! Can't wait to hear about your appointment tomorrow, and I hope DH gets home safely tonight!

[blueeyes25s]

I'm glad you are feeling better! No hate when we are down to our last roll of TP. There has been a couple times when we have been down to the last roll and would forget to pick up more and ended up running out! That's when we run to the gas station for a roll

Tomorrow is your next ultrasound, right? GL. I hope you leave with good news.