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Wordless Wednesday! AHHHHHHH!!!!!!

Update 5/26/2010

Well AF finally decided to show up, took her long enough. I am on CD 3, I went to the RE today to have blood work, baseline, oh yeah and to pay lots of money. lol. The Hubs came with like always, but this time he had to give some blood. Two months ago he did his infectious diseases test, but they LOST his blood, good news. So today they had him re-do it at no charge to us... dang right, no charge to us. lol. I'm not really mad, I really like the place I go, the nurses are super nice and I love my RE. Unfortunately my RE sent me a letter saying she was moving to Austin, I am so bummed. She isnt leaving until after June 14th, so she is hoping to give me good news before then.

Today my RE gave me my prescription for 150mg of Clomid, and I just took my dose for this evening. I don't have very many side effects with Clomid, except Hot flashes, nausea, mild headaches, and some crazy mood swings. lol. The Hubs is going to love it.

I go back to the Dr on June 2nd to check on the follies, and from there decide if its time to do the IUI. That's pretty much it. I am probably forgetting something but I cant remember right now.



P.S.
I am overwhelmed by all the sweet comments I received from all the ICLW readers... Glad to meet all of you and thanks for the comments. :)

Wordless Wednesday!- AF where are you?

Quick Update

Ok, so I though I would do a quick update on whats going on with me. I am currently on CD 57 and on day 3 of provera/progesterone. The last time I was on provera it took about 15 days for it to induce my cycle. I am really hoping that it starts anytime after Tuesday so that I can make sure we have the money. This cycle we are planning on doing our first IUI, I am nervous, excited, and NERVOUS. lol

I'm not sure what to expect, I understand what the process is, but not real sure what to expect after. Like how do I treat my body after the procedure. Are there things I need to do, or not do. Some people say to eat pineapple, some people say not to do anything stressful. I assume that my RE will give me some guidelines to follow, but I would like to hear what some other RE's have said. So if any of y'all have had an IUI can you give me some guidelines to follow that your RE told you to follow? I want to make sure I do everything possible to ensure that this works... :)

Well that's all the stuff that's going on in my life, I look forward to hearing your advice. :) Love you all!

I found my PERFECT pendant!!!

Ever since my friend Ashley over at For the Love of Shoes and a Baby too found her perfect pendant that would help encourage her and mean something to her, I have been on the search for my perfect pendant... And I found it. It is PERFECT! It is subtle, charming, and has a great meaning behind it. I found it on Etsy... of course, Etsy has EVERYTHING!



Here are some of the reasons I love it: Well my blog name is The Chapman NEST, The hubs and I want 2 children (2 eggs), and its something that I can wear that means a lot to me and my journey to filling our nest... and one of the best parts is, if I don't want to tell people the meaning behind it, no one would ever know. :)Oh and did I mention its only $15.00... what a deal!!!

How infertility impacts my relationships...

For the Negative...

My relationship with my Family was getting bad. I was constantly getting "Why don't we ever see you" from my mother, and "Why are you ashamed of have IF problems" from my oldest sister, and all I would do is go home, sit on my couch, read blogs, and watch A Baby Story and cry my eyes out. I wonder, "What If I completely ruin my relationship with my family?". I realize that I need to be more open with my family, and make sure that they are involved in my life.

I almost lost my best friend, because she had a baby and wanted to give me space and because my pride got in the way. We are working on renewing our friendship.

For the Positive...

Through IF I have met some of the sweetest people I could ever know. I have so many new friends, that will last a life time.

There are many outlets for people TTC (Twitter, Facebook, Blogs, Chat Rooms) but not nearly enough as there should be.

I am starting to realize that I am not alone, there are many, many people who are going through the same stuff and some even worse than I could ever imagine.

I realize that I can not let Infertility define me... I need to start being more positive and be more active.

I know I am loved by many people, some people that I have never met in person.

"What if I start taking control of my Infertility and stop letting Infertility control me?"

I know the time is coming when WE will fill our NEST.

Links

To understand more about infertility: www.resolve.org/infertility101.

Info about National Infertility Awareness Week (NIAW): www.resolve.org/takecharge.

Project IF: http://www.stirrup-queens.com/2010/04/bloggers-unite-project-if/