Archive for October, 2006

21 months

Monday, October 30th, 2006

The poo monkey has come of age, and is already expecting her own set of keys to the house. And well she should, for over the last month she has become even more of her own little person, very adept at telling us exactly what she wants and when she wants it, in addition to [...]

Let’s make this official

Thursday, October 26th, 2006

Yes I’m pregnant. 6 weeks and 1 day in fact. Due 20th June 2007. What a relief to confirm* that:a) Dottie is in my uterus and not my fallopian tubeb) Dottie is showing the beginnings of heart activityc) Dottie is singular and not plural. Where to from here?Week 7: GP for referral and bloodsWeek 8: [...]

Serenity now

Thursday, October 19th, 2006

After a rather hectic week to say the least, I am pleased to report that all is going well with the microdot, in that my thyroid appears to be behaving and I am actually starting to fill out a bra again. What I am not so pleased to have to discuss is gossip, and why [...]

Well what do you know

Thursday, October 12th, 2006

According to yesterday’s beta there is a teeny tiny bunch of rapidly dividing cells that are producing hCG somewhere in my body. Now please please please:a) Be in my uterus and not my remaining fallopian tubeb) Behave yourself oh thyroid of mine ( don’t hate me, but I lost weight during this IVF cycle..). Thyroid [...]

Testing times

Monday, October 9th, 2006

Know this: My MIL is arriving on a week long visit tomorrow evening. My beta is Thursday morning. She knows that I am doing the test. To say that I am pissed off about the lack of privacy at this critical time in the cycle is an understatement. However, it is no one’s fault but [...]

Progestermoan

Wednesday, October 4th, 2006

I am so blahI am so blahBlah blah blahI am so blah. It would appear that Crinone is dong squishy things to my mind as well as my nether regions. I’d honestly forgotten about this aspect of the stim cycle. The luteal phase has never been a good friend of mine, usually resulting in pustular [...]

Twenty months

Sunday, October 1st, 2006

Can it really be possible that the poo monkey has reached her twenties? Two new teeth are on the scene (another bottom jaw molar and eye tooth…when are you going to get your top second incisors?), you are taller and still delightfully rounded in that delicious way only toddlers can be. Over the past month [...]