Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Lions, and Tigers, and Bears! Oh MY!

Have you noticed that I've now posted twice in as many days? This is a rare occurrence my friends. What I should be doing is doing some reading for school. But no, I shall regale you with a funny story from this evening:
On Sunday I happened upon the Kroger ad and saw that they were selling candy cheap this afternoon. This thought slipped my mind until I got in the car to make my way home from school. A Kroger ad popped on the radio and reminded me ever so kindly that there was a Sale! On Candy! So, what did I do? Yep, I made the slight detour to Kroger.
Only, when I was almost there I saw a man and a little bear walking down the road. Closer inspection revealed that this was not a real bear, but a little kid dressed up like a bear. I naively thought that this little one just couldn't get enough of his Halloween costume and wanted to wear it for a walk with his dad. Because this does make total sense if you're three.

Next I pull into the parking lot and am greeted by a princess, cat, and pumpkin. Hmmm...how strange there are more kids dressed up in costumes. I mean, we are only halfway through October!
Then I walk in the store. Oh. My. Gosh. There are parents and kids EVERYWHERE. And the kids? Yup, all of them are dressed up. For Halloween. On a Tuesday. On October 19th. Because apparently? It's trick-or-treat at Kroger.

The Kroger ad people kindly forgot to add that not only are they selling cheap candy today but also that they're doing this because they want the kids who are in there trick-or-treating to buy more! Just in case you're wondering, I did brave the under 8 crowd and fight my way to 1 bag of peanut butter cups and 2 bags of Milky Ways. :-D

Monday, October 18, 2010

Side Effects

The last time I delighted you with my update you learned that I had taken Clomid during the previous cycle. Well my friends, Dr. Delightful has upped the dose of this fantastic drug because my Estrodial was still at a 3 during my last lab work. Upping the dose means that I'm taking a full pill each day (if you remember I took half a pill the previous cycle) but it's still the lowest dose the make (50mg). Unfortunately I'm now feeling side effects that's didn't decide to reveal themselves last time around.

Well, I should start by saying that the cramps I had during my last period were pretty awful; I'm attributing that to the small dose I took last cycle. This cycle I'm getting the occasional headache (nothing too hateful) and Mood Swings accompanied by Hot Flashes. It's a fun time in this household, let me tell ya! Poor K...

Dr. Delightful's nurse (Cathleen) told me that if this doesn't up the Estrodial than I will go on an Estrodial pill next cycle. Which makes me scratch my head because if there is such a thing why don't I just take it now? We'll see where this cycle takes us...

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Outside My Window

We happen to live on a highway out in the country. This means one might see corn fields, cows, tractors, and the occasional billboard. One of these said billboards happens to be right down the road from us and it's close enough that when I look out the right window I can see it.

You needed all that info for what I'm going to tell you next:
Tonight I was minding my own business cleaning up supper and happened to look out the window. I noticed the billboard and it registered that it had changed from this morning. In fact, it looked like there was a clown now on the billboard. Surely I must be mistaken, I thought to myself. What kind of company would want a clown on their billboard?

Apparently Safe Auto. This is not just any clown my friends, but a freakishly scary, insane looking clown. Because apparently? This is a HALLOWEEN billboard for Safe Auto. Do people normally equate scary clowns with auto insurance?

Now, I, like other people I know, do not really care for clowns. In fact? I think they're scary. And now there's one right outside my window. Perhaps for Thanksgiving they will put up a demonic looking turkey...
(I tried to take a picture for y'all because I realize this post is worthless without one...but I guess my camera doesn't have good zoom. Perhaps tomorrow!)

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Confusion

At the beginning of this cycle I thought to myself: "Self, perhaps it's time to take a month off. Dr. Delightful said you should begin Clomid + HCG and you're having trouble getting the Clomid." Well, I ended up getting the Clomid (at good ole' Walmart) and took it on days 5-7. I was prepared to also take the HCG...but I had the oddest ovulation ever. I had stronger ovulation cramps than normal and they seemed to last several days. These were in conjunction with a BBT rise and EW cervical fluid. All signs toward ovulation, no?
At least that's what I thought. Then my good ole' body threw me for yet another loop and decided to confuse me by delighting me with more fertile-ish quality cervical mucus. I now know that this second round of stuff that I saw was not really "fertile" but it threw me for enough of a loop to not begin my HCG. I mean, in all honesty, how was I to know that I really ovulated?
And then? When I woke up this morning I felt a bit crampy and had a bit of spotting. 13 days after I think I ovulated. Which is the earliest I've ever spotted. LOL, when you look at all these factors I really think that this was God knocking me on the head saying "You really should take a month off!" Because I've never had a cycle this wonky!
We'll see what the next cycle brings...