Welcome to this part of my blog. Let me apologize right up front for any TMI that's discussed in here, but that's life. In particular it's the life that my hubby and I are really hoping will start. The early entries will be pre-natal type stuff in the effort to get my eggs fertilized. It looks like they have many many tests planned for me because I've never been regular in my life (with the exception of those 9 months I spent on the birth control pill Junel). Since I havent been regular, getting pregnant's been a hit or miss thing (mostly misses right now). After all the testing, I'll be getting to entries with therapies or regiments they have me on. Hopefully, things will be successful and I'll transform this part of my blogs into the ups and downs I have during incubation and then finally into the baby's page.
The decor will be going up in a day or so. I think my first decorations will reflect the hope I have in my heart for this next step in my life. As things progress the decor may turn to more baby oriented stuff.
7 comments:
One question...if you've never been regular, why didn't your doctor ever put you on the pill to regulate you? Not that you would have wanted that, if you've been wanting to get pregnant.
I will be praying that you and Ranger will somehow find a way to become the great parents I know you can be!
Actually, my family doctor and mom had discussed it when I was quite a bit younger. At the time, they only recommended that a gal stay on BC pills for 5 yrs and no longer. They were afraid that if I was put on them as early as they were thinking, then I wouldnt be able to take them when I needed them the most (late teens and early 20s). I got married the first time in my early 20s and at the time I did want to get pregnant but we see how that one went.
When I was put on them last year for 9 months, it was to do 2 things:
01) to correct a cycle problem I was having at the time (think a month long period....cramps, blood, the works)
02) to kick start the body to ovulate at regular intervals (something it really had never done)
After I was taken off the pills, my cycle showed up a week late. We thought I was pregnant at that point, but sadly I wasnt. Last last one showed up 2 weeks late. Again we were hoping it was due to pregnancy. Unfortunately, it wasnt. I was given instructions by the obgyn that if I dont start this week I have to kick start it with my prescription of Provera (a 10 dosing).
Like my PCP said..."It's time to stop futzing around". It just looks like it's going to be more work to get that way. If not, there's always adoption....
The only time I had regular cycles was while I was on the pill. Other than those few years, forget it. (I went against my Catholic upbringing and took the pill for a few years and then had a tubal after Marty was born) Terri's sister told him we should try something to help us conceive when things hadn't worked for awhile. Not sure if what she suggested worked or not, but I was pregnant with Karen a month or so later. (i could tell you sometime in private but you have probably already tried certain things)
Good luck to you and Ranger.
If you would feel comfortable discussing that in email, that's fine. Ive gotten to the point where I'll discuss anything openly. Yes, it may seem like alot of TMI to many, but look where being hush hush got me in that other marriage. Imagine the shock when it looked like all of a sudden after years of a "perfect" marriage I left. Why was it a shock? Because I didnt open my mouth when I should have and discussions that SHOULD have happened never did. Health issues are the same. Everyone clams up because it's "embarrassing" but damn sometimes we need to have conversations to learn that something is "natural" or "just aint right" ya know? If certain things HAD been discussed when I was younger, Im sure I wouldnt be in half the messes Im in now.
And as for certain things...well there's only so much you can do when both participants are heavier than they should be or built a bit differently. Kinda like a puzzle, sometimes things only go together one way ;).
Okie Doke. :)
Oops, forgot to say...I love the banner you have at the top of this page.
(This blog is bringing up more and more questions, lol)
Thanks for sharing that info, Styx. I agree that people shouldn't be embarassed to talk about stuff. It's part of being human, it's part of being a woman, it's life. We can all learn from each other somehow.
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