We are finally getting things together and done as we are forced (by time and necessity) to make some choices. Here are the things on our checklist for this week: Interview Doulas (or at least set up interviews). After going back and forth, mostly due to cost, we’ve decided that we definitely want someone whose [...]
[We got the screen results today; if you don't want to read chronologically, feel free to scroll down to the ***] More than halfway there. The biggest pregnancy sign this past week has been unending worry and concern accompanied by the return of nausea and vomiting and not wanting to eat so therefore eating junk [...]
The midwife office was… interesting. It’s a small place with a waiting room that looks like it needs quite a bit of updating. When we walked in, we weren’t really greeted and C made a point of saying hello. Though they’ve worked with same-sex couples in the past, their paperwork was very heterofocused with “father [...]
Off to the midwife appointment in a little bit and I have to say, I’m quite nervous. Nervous to meet new practitioners, nervous that I might not like them, nervous because the world of prenatal care is so vast and even with recommendations it seems like it’s pretty much a crapshoot. The practice we are [...]
… I called the doctor yesterday to ask whether our timing was okay. I thought it was fine – right after and thirty hours after positive OPK… but yesterday FF was insistent that I had in fact O’d the day before the positive OPK… solid line certainty, not even a dotted line to give me [...]
Waiting. CD 17. Annoyed about the best laid plans… Likely going in on (stressful) work days even though I had a three day weekend based on timing of previous cycles. RE seems unperturbed by phone, so we have not gone in, though he made it clear he is around all weekend. This is one time [...]
CD 15, no +OPK, starting to go a little stir crazy. To be fair, over my nine month charting history (seven of which have included OPKs), it has only recently been the case that my OPKs turned on or before day 15. Over last spring and into the summer, they sometimes did not turn until [...]
I though working more hours would keep me busy and away from obsession. Which worked last week. But this week? With fewer symptoms and days away from AF or magic pee stick of wonder, ttc is a distraction from work. I am unmotivated, disinterested, and ready to go home about ten minutes after I get [...]
A weekend has never seemed so long. Normally on weekends, I like to stay busy. Since C generally works most of the weekend, I find chores around the house that need doing, get errands run, and mess around on the interned. Cue this weekend. It is HOT and UNCOMFORTABLE and staying around the house is [...]
Substitute thermometer fell on floor in middle of night. Substitute thermometer did Not beep when I pushed the button this am. Despite whacking it on a radiator (my father’s solution for all manner of broken electronic), which turned the temp to Celsius, substitute thermometer no longer functions. It’s ok, I wasn’t looking forward to this [...]
