What seemed to work... What I was doing the cycle we got our BFP.

If you don't want to read a little TMI, I would skip this post. ;)


CD 1: 1/5
1st + HPT: 2/4
1st beta 2/11, 742
2nd Beta 2/14, 2025
1st Ultrasound 2/21

I had implantation bleeding and cramping. Told my RE that we would be good to go CD1 wise while we were sitting in her office on the 31st because of my cramping (thought AF was going to start). This next cycle was going to be a medicated and monitored IUI with Femara and trigger shot. My cramping started on the 28th. I also had some light spotting. Never enough for a pad, only when I was wiping.



Supplements I was taking:

This multi-vite (was a packet, had 4/5 different pills in it). It was the Safeway Care Women's Daily Pack if that link stops working for some reason.

It contained:

Calcium 600 mg

Iron Free Multivitamin (with folate)

Evening Primrose Oil 500 mg

Cranberry 475 mg

Vitamin C 500 mg with Rose Hips



We also used Instead Softcups after intercourse. I tried using OPK's but they did not want to give me a good line, regardless of the brand I used.

I did also have a HSG this cycle.

8w2d Ultrasound Pics

These were taken on 7 March 2013. It looks like the hematoma resolved itself, which is awesome news. Heartbeat was 197.

Heard the heartbeat the other day at my midwife appointment. It was in the 160's (I was 11 weeks + a few days).

I am going to Cascade Midwives & Birth Center for my prenatal care. 

I have to say, I am so happy with SRM. They are AMAZING and did everything they could do reassure us. I recommend them completely. 

I am now 12 weeks (well, depending on what you go by I am either 11w6d, 12w, or 12w and a few days). We announced on facebook today, which is why you will see post dated blog posts. You're not crazy, they weren't there before. They just popped up today. It's been killing me not to share!

Thank you, body.

It even confuses the FF software! What the hell is this:

SO AWESOME. Yay for random fertile days that aren't really fertile days, but they think it's a fertile day because if I was normal then it would be a fertile day, but I'm not so HA!

HPT Experiment

Someone on a message board I go on said that once your hcg gets high it helps to dilute with water.

I give you, HPT PEE EXPERIMENT:

Top test is 100% Urine, followed by:
75% urine, 25% water,
50% urine, 50% water, and
25% urine, 75% water:

After 5 minutes:

I think 50/50 wins it, what do you think?

6 weeks, heart beat 101 <3

6 weeks 5 days, heart beat 138

I have had some bleeding. If you look to the left of the baby's sack, you can see my hematoma.

Worry Wart

I'm scared of going to work or doing anything too strenuous. I am exhausted. I don't want to do anything that could hurt the baby. I know I'm being irrational (at least partly), but I don't care. I wish I could wrap myself in bubble wrap and lay in bed for the next 8 months.

Kyle is so excited. It's really lovely. I told my mom:

And we are telling my dad tonight. He invited us up for dinner.

I am terrified of something going wrong.

So...

I am going crazy right now. I know I posted something today (5 February) about my RE stuff, but we aren't going to do an IUI, because

I AM GROWING A PERSON.

I'm feeling so tired/run down. I hurt. I am having uteran cramping like nobodies business. It's more disconcerting than painful. I know it's normal, but bleh.

Super happy. Work has been going well I think. Standing for long periods of time is super challenging though.

I wish my OPK's hadn't gone all wonky. I wish I knew exactly what my O date was. :/ I'm guessing it was around the 21st. I was having twinges in both ovaries.