A year ago today...
Very few days each year have an impact on me. New Years day, my birthday in July, Halloween and Christmas are really the only days of much significance to me. Ethan's birthday in September is a new one...
View ArticleOily House Friday: digestZen doTerra
Linking up with Bridget for this post.I've long been a fan of the more natural ways of doing things and essential oils have just fallen into my lap slowly over the last year or so.It all started with...
View Article3 month update: Cloth Diapering
I don't know what I'm waiting for, I wrote this post almost 3 months ago and never posted it. Sorry, it got a little long, but I hope that someone finds it someday and reads it and says..."Hey, I can...
View ArticleWhere have you been?
I guess the better question is where have I been? I keep meaning to get on here to post an update, but can't find two spare minutes to put together to do so. I know that some of you already know this...
View Article6 month update: Breastfeeding
I started this post a while ago, but it was right when we were moving and I never did publish it.Ethan is now 10 months old and still breastfeeding like a champ. I plan to post a 9 month...
View Article9 month update: Breastfeeding
I have to say, I wasn't sure that we'd make it this far.Ethan was 9 months old on June 20th. He continues to breastfeed like a champ. We did start solids at 7 months 2 weeks. As expected, he was much...
View ArticleAlmost 1...almost
Ethan turns 1 next Saturday. I can't believe it. "They" are all right, "they" say that time flies when they are young. The sleepless nights, the early mornings, the few hours I have with him before and...
View ArticleE is One!
On September 20th E turned One! Honestly, I've looked forward to this for years! Celebrating a baby, my baby turning one, having birthday's, growing up, growing as a family. It all is very...
View ArticleI'm back again
I can't believe I'm here...again...the time is gone so quickly. I thought that it might magically happen on its own, but my husband and I had agreed that if I wasn't pregnant miraculously by 18 months...
View ArticleWe are really doing this again
May seemed so far off when I said that would be a good time to do the FET. Then when I went out to Las Vegas a week and a half ago and we officially booked a May slot, it still seemed like we had some...
View ArticleLast birth control pill
I took my last birth control pill yesterday. Now I'm waiting for my cycle to start. Hopefully this cycle day 1 is the day I will have to constantly reference for the next 10 months. The last time...
View ArticleAnd it all starts over again...
Today was cycle day one of our FET cycle to transfer our remaining embryo. I had my TSH checked as well as my estrodiol which was quickly followed up by a transvaginal ultrasound. I have no idea the...
View ArticleTaste test
My sister has been visiting from El Paso for the last week or so. It has been fun and interesting to have her around for so long because she has her son, my nephew with her. We've mostly just hung out...
View ArticleGah!
It wouldn't be normal for me to have a cycle that went smoothly, so of course this isn't out of the ordinary for me. I have spent the day trying to get the lab to send my TSH and estrodiol results to...
View ArticleThey still couldn't get it right.
I just assumed that the woman I spoke with yesterday at the lab was competent...I was wrong. The clinic still did not have my estrodiol results today by noon. I called the lab again and they guy who...
View ArticleClothes, a bag, and a 10 mm uterine lining!
I flew out to Las Vegas for the day today, in fact, I'm still here sitting on a bench looking for something to do. I got here at 9:00 for my 10:00 appointment. I think I ovulated on the drive to the...
View ArticleSo close...
...but still an 8 hour drive away.We plan to drive to Las Vegas for out FET tomorrow and leave in the middle of the night. Hopefully Ethan and I can sleep a bit in the car. Last time he was awake darn...
View ArticleIt all went swimmingly!
...or as close to swimmingly as I was going to get.We made it to Las Vegas, after driving though the night, at about 9:00 am on Thursday. We were lucky enough to be able to check into out hotel early...
View ArticleOn testing...
With Ethan, I did not test prior to my first beta, but then proceeded to test regularly for the next several days, even after my second beta. However, I was just rereading the notes at the bottom of my...
View ArticleI get it....
...but come on!I contacted the clinic by email yesterday and got a response. I had asked why I was told the results of my first beta with Ethan but wouldn't be this time.This is the response I got:"The...
View ArticleNo news yet
I had my blood draw this morning and the clinic "has the results". They have not given me the number or a yay or nay. I'm trying not to read too much into the email as it is just a single sentence but...
View ArticlePositive!
I know that some of you have anxiously been awaiting this news along with me, I didn't want to keep you in suspense any longer. I took a pee test at home last night, I held my urine for 6 hours before...
View ArticleBetas
I finally got the results of my betas and things are looking good. My beta on Friday at 7dp5dt was 10, my beta today at 12dp5dt was 128. This makes it official, I am pregnant! They said that they would...
View ArticleBeta #3
I had my beta drawn today and it was 347. So on Tuesday it was 128 and today it was 347, that is a 33 hour doubling time. Yet they still want me to have it drawn again on Monday. Are they purposefully...
View Article4th and final beta
I had my blood drawn again, and in addition to a thrombophelia panel, I had my 4th and final beta drawn. It was at 1759 at 23 days past ovulation with a doubling time from last Thursday's draw of 41...
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