So....I might be slightly obsessed with taking pictures of flowering trees and bushes this year. Wait, this obsession started in the winter when the 'freezing frost' blanketed the bare branches. Now I need to figure out what to do with all these beautiful pictures!

As for my ovulation mystery - I honestly have no clue what's going on right now! I had an abnormally long fertile quality CM (we're talking ten days) which apparently threw off the Fertility Friend website I use. As of today it says I ovulated 6 days ago. I'm going to take that with a grain of salt and not worry....because really, what can I do? I feel like this cycle is thrown off for some reason which, actually, is a bit releasing. It's almost as if I already know that there was no chance and I don't have to analyze every twinge or perceived symptom. We'll see!

Weddings, Hiking, and Ovulating, Oh My!

Last weekend K and I went to the wedding of my former co-teacher. She got married in Athens, OH under the blossoming cherry trees. It was so pretty and just so 'her.' When we left for the day we were unsure if we were going to spend the night; all the hotels in Athens had been booked months prior. However...as we were driving we thought how awesome it would be to wake up and go hiking in Hocking Hills. So, we found a hotel (quite awesome BTW...did you know Holiday Inn Express gives discounts to firefighters??), spent the night, and went hiking on Sunday.



I've decided that we need more spontaneous trips like this to remind us why we fell in love in the first place. We both have been so caught up in trying to make a baby (seriously, who knew it would be so hard??) that I think we need to do some new and different things.



So, my body has decided that it wasn't giving me enough excitement and has, as a result, thrown me for yet ANOTHER loop. Yes my friends, apparently it wasn't enough that I haven't conceived yet. Now, I have the delight of not ovulating?? This is a recent occurrence as normally I will ovulate between days 14-17 of my cycle. Well, now we are into day 23 (Yes, TWENTY THIRD day) and I haven't yet been able to confirm ovulation.
This delightful time (note the sarcasm) has led to *ahem* a lot of close time with K and almost seems like a comedy of errors at this point. Take last Monday for example:
Goes to restroom and discovers fertile-quality CM! Makes frantic, yet discrete, phone call to K while both are at lunch:
Me: Hi!
K: Hi.
Me: We have a date tonight.
K: Okay. Wait, what?
Me: A date. Don't make any plans.
K: What's going on?
Me: Remember...this morning....when I was really frustrated....
K: No...
Me: You know, remember?
K: With your temperature?
Me: Yes! Well, I'm not anymore.
K: Oh! Are you stretchy?
I will not go into more details!

Let's just hope this cycle isn't busted...

Welcome!

So, I've written quite a few lines and deleted them all...it's quite awkward writing this first blog post. I've read quite a few blogs in the past few months; most of which have the same theme: infertility. Yes, my friends this will (most likely) be a blog about this subject. Here's a bit of background about me:
I'm a twenty something teacher who is married to her best friend. We've been married for almost 2 years and have been trying to get pregnant for well over a year. K and I have always talked about having a big family and wanted to get started right away. After trying on our own for a little while (and charting my temps) I began to realize that something wasn't quite right. I went to my ob-gyn whose immediate response was "How about Clomid?" My response to that: "How about a new Dr.?" K was highly against any type of drugs at this point but we both felt that we wanted to figure out what was wrong before haphazardly putting something into my system. (LOL, I still think that K was afraid that having me on any type of drug would make me even more emotional than I already am!)
Fast forward a couple months and to a new Dr. I went. We shall call this lady: Dr. It's All In Your Head, or Dr. IAIYH for short. I felt Dr. IAIYH still thought I was a bit crazy ("You're so young...most people wait until they have been trying for a year...") but at least set up some basic tests for me. Thanks to these tests we discovered that my tubes were blocked. I must admit, when I discovered this I felt some validation. Instead of being sad that this was happening I realized that there really was something wrong with me. HA my Dr. friends. (Especially Dr. Clomid).
At this point Dr. IAIYH recommended me to a specialist who deals with infertility. Whoo hoo, now we're getting somewhere folks! A laparoscopy was scheduled as a way to see what was going on inside my body. Once they got in there it was discovered that I had endometriosis. They removed as much as they could find, sewed me up, and sent me on my way. "Okay, now you can try on your own for three months," said this Dr., "and if nothing happens come on back and we'll go to plan B."
Ugh, well...three months have passed and we have decided to go for plan C. Plan C seems to involve a more in-depth version of charting and a more natural route to conception...we're talking the Creighton method along with NaProtechnology for those of you in the know.
At this point, both K and I are dealing with the emotional questions and feelings associated with infertility. It's been quite a journey so far; each month has been filled with hope and then quickly followed by sadness. All we can do right now is put all of our trust in God and know that he is leading us down the path he has chosen for us.

Well, how was that for a first post? Good grief...lol.