So this month

... I decided to grab the bull by the horns (figuratively speaking) and get myself one of those 20 strip ovulation prediction kits. The box stated that you could start testing the day after your period if your cycle was less than 35 days long. If your cycle was typically longer than that, than you needed to wait 2-3 days before starting testing. As we all know from previous entries, mine is completely unpredictible. So I waited 2 days and started setting the alarm to get up at the same time every morning so it had the early morning urine to test on.

For the first 10-15 days, there wasn't anything. Not even the slightest hint that an egg was going to be dropping soon. *sigh* But I kept testing. The day I tested with the last strip, I had the barest of lines in the test area, but not nearly enough to denote an egg. That day, I ended up going out and buying another kit...this one was only for 7 days as I was getting close to another monthly period. By day 5 in this test, we got the result we were waiting on.

So I did what any woman, who's been wanting this for as long as I have, does when she gets this result....didn't give the husband a choice. NOW was the time. For 3 days I got the same results and then I ran out of testing supplies, but it doesn't matter. Why? Because after the first day, hubby came down ill....*AGAIN*....due to his friggin sinuses. Fever, nausea, the whole kit and kaboodle...again. So either the one encounter will be enough, or we've missed the window yet another month. I'm not getting my hopes up this time either. Just letting y'all know where we stand.

Hubby's going in for blood work this week and has his yearly physical with the PCP next week. I've told him he needs to get all of his appts squared away before he goes back to nights the middle of next month.

updates

Ok, so a couple weeks ago (or has it been more like 3? I've lost track!!) hubby had that ummm appointment I'd mentioned. Well...he's low and they're not exactly sure why. So that dr sent him to an urologist to see if there's a medical reason for the levels he tested at.

This last week he went to the urologist and they found an infection (UT) he didn't realize he had. Lord knows how long he's had it, and no it's not of the contagious sort. The urologist has put him on Ciprofloxacin at a dosage of 2 times daily for 30 days. HUH? *clicks link* Since when does it take a month to get rid of a UT? *sigh*

Anyhow, once he's gone through all the meds.... he needs to go back in for another "donation" and see where it all stands. The urologist did say that he was NOT infertile. That's a good thing! However, if he's still low...we'll need some help. The urologist seemed to think our problem was more than likely a timing issue or possibly me. This means hubby and I need to discuss what needs to happen next. If he says that I need to test, just to be sure, then that will be the next step. If he says he doesn't want to worry yet and wants to just keep tryin... well, I done told him he better plan on getting busy every other day for a month to make sure it aint a timing issue (no chance of missing then). If THAT don't work, then I can only suspect that I'm the defective party.... and I'm not sure how I feel about that. Kinda like the guys not wanting to know their swimmers are defective, last thing I wanna hear is that the oven's broken (or we're outta eggs)and there aint a damn thing that can be done about it. And before any suggestions come in how "there are other options", no there aren't. If insurance won't cover it, it won't be happening and we certainly don't have the extra to be going through an adoption process.

Results

Took the test yesterday. It came up negative. I cant tell you how depressed I was for this one. Today, I got confirmation that the test didnt throw a false negative. *sigh* Why do I keep doing this to myself? I know if I'd just bought the test and didnt bother taking it, I wouldnt have started. At least that's the way it seems to go.