I hope to get to it today and hope you come back to read it. These ladies were great and I have something to say about each and every one of them.
Although, for now, I wanted to say a few kinda random things ...
~ i really don't eat too much sugar. it just happened that i ordered the one thing that i dump sugar into. although i will fully admit that seeing me get my iced tea ready to drink is somewhat disturbing.
~ i now think there must be something to silver rings and will start noticing that along with my fascination with telling what type of person someone is by their choice of shoes.
~ i am a compulsive shopper and had to hide it until i was 'alone'. i spent just under $1,000 in the next hour after saying "i have to run back to get something. see you guys later."
~ i was going to get some new makeup (and probably would have spent another few hundred bucks) at MAC but their employees weren't right for me. You now how you don't want to go to an esthetician with a unibrow? Yeah. Pretty much the same concept as why I didn't buy anything from MAC.
~ i learned there were more than fabulous adoption stories out there. Although i think almost all successful adoption stories are wonderful, i never knew it could be that good!
more later.
p.s.: I updated the photo album which resides on my family webpage. The url is in my profile if you'd like to see it, but let me warn you - all 86 new pictures are 98% kid pics, so it may not interest you at all.
... Once (and still) Infertile, but still Schnarky as hell. This blog is dedicated to the daily ramblings from the mind of Nancy. It isn't about anything profound in the grand scheme of things, but it ~is~ about things in my life, schnarkiness always included. I have a second blog, listed in my profile, but the blogs will continue to remain separate.
"I'm aiming for heaven, but I'll probably wind up down in hell"
About Me
- nancy
- I am a 39 year old woman. I am the mother of two beautiful daughters and a handsome son. I am a career woman. As for my TTC world, it certainly doesn't seem like I am "infertile", but I fought for my pregnancies and my TTC/IF history is on the sidebar. I have two blogs, which are both listed in my profile. One focuses on my daily life - including IF, TTC, pregnancy, delivery and even some "children mentioned" posts. The second blog is ~soley~ posts directly about being the mother to my three children.
Belly Pics for #3 only.
Click stick figure to see the consecutive pictures from this pregnancy only.
My TTC History
- Jul 01 ~ married
- Jan 02 ~ First cycle off bcps and opk shows ovulation!
- Dec 02 ~ Went to pcp for RE referral
- Jan 03 ~ Testing commences. S/A perfect. HSG clear.
- Feb 03 ~ Lap #1. All clear.
- Apr 03 ~ Clomid cycle #1. BFN.
- May 03 ~ Clomid cycle #2. BFN.
- Jun 03 ~ Clomid cycle #3. BFN.
- Jul 03 ~ Supposed to be IUI#1, but we missed cd3 so natural cycle
- Aug 03 ~ BFP on C18.
- Apr 04 ~ Ella born.
- Oct 04 ~ decided to ttc #2 and went off minipill to see if I am ovulating. I am. Will start next month.
- Nov 04 ~ TTC#2 starts. BFP. Holy Crap. No freaking way. No way.
- Aug 05 ~ Allison born
- Oct 06 ~ IUD removed. TTC#3
- Jan 07 ~ Large cysts found.
- Feb 07 ~ Femara cyle #1
- Mar 07 ~ Started w/ RE. HSG #2 showed R tube blocked. S/A normal.
- Mar 07 ~ more cysts, up to 9cms.
- Apr 07 ~ more cysts, 3 @ 7-9cms.
- May 07 ~ IUI #1 cancelled due to more cysts
- Jun 07 ~ IUI #1 (take two) w/ Clomid. BFN.
- Jul 07 ~ HSS showed scar tissue in 70% of uterus. Diagnosed with Asherman's Syndrome. Uterine surgery #2
- Aug 07 ~ HSG #3 showed clear tubes.
- Aug 07 ~ IUI #2 w/ Femara. BFN.
- Sept 07 ~ Monitored w/ hCG trigger. BFN.
- Oct 07 ~ HSS #2 showed scar tissue in 30% of uterus. Uterine surgery #3.
- Dec 07 ~ HSS #3 showed tiny amount of scar tissue. Uterine surgery #4.
- Jan 08 ~ HSS #4 showed clear uterus.
- Jan 08 ~ IUI #3, C16. BFN.
- Mar 08 ~ IVF #1, Transfer Cancelled due to lining. Out of 15 eggs, 9 were mature and all 9 fertilized. I have named my 9 embryos "The Mod Squad" and they are in the freezer, waiting for mommy to be ready.
- Apr/May 08 ~ FET #1. C20. 4 embryos "The Fab Four" transferred on 5/05. BFP!!! Very Low Beta (15 at 11dp3dt) but the numers continued to double every 48 hours. Told it was "most likely not viable" and later "most likely ectopic" but we beat all the odds.
- May 16, 08 ~ 11dp3dt (4w0d), beta #1: 15
- May 19, 08 ~ 14dp3dt (4w3d), beta #2: 43
- May 23, 08 ~ 18dp3dt (5w0d), beta#3: 213
- May 27, 22dp3dt (5w4d), beta #4: 1,073
- Jun 08 - Ultrasound showed one heartbeat at 7 weeks.
- Jul 08 - Had CVS testing. Chromosomes are normal and it's a BOY!! EDD: 1/23
- Aug 08 - Jan 09 ~ High risk due to: 1) Velamentous Cord Insertion, deemed biggest risk 2) Previous Placenta Accreta 3) Previous rapid degraged placenta 4) IVF alone can create weak placenta 5) AMA - Advanced Maternal Age. -- All resulting in almost 30 u/s and lots of testing, which ended up saving my life.
- Jan 09 (38w0d) ~ Karl is born! -- Crazy 3 days in hospital. Manual version to flip baby from breech to head down, Labor, Delivery, Emergency surgery due to cord detaching from placenta, Scary heart issues from losing over 40% of my blood supply, and then a blood transfusion due to the extreme loss of blood. Whew!
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- 888-823-6067
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10 comments:
Uh-oh. What did my shoes and gold-only jewelry say about me?
Nice shopping spree!
Don't worry Lori! Your shoes passed my inspection and gold rings isn't a bad thing. :)
I love your ice tea habit. If I had the same level of sugar as you in my tea, I would have absolutely joined you in the shopping spree!
So what do you think of women who spend all their money on their kids' shoes so they only have enough left over to buy[what they think are cute enough]Payless shoes? IMO that is a pretty shallow thing to say.
Anonymous ... Where in the world did that come from? I'm really sorry that my innocent comment got you upset enough to start calling names. Goodness. When did I say that shoes had to cost a lot of money? My favorite shoes are $25 converse!
Not anywhere did I even allude to I looked at how much a shoe cost. Since you are completely jumping to conclusions, let me take the time out of my day to explain to you what I meant. I look at shoe CHOICE. Did I say expensive shoes? Did I say name brand shoes? No, I did not. For example, I personally don't like the choice of wearing socks with sandals and that ~choice~ of a shoe will tell me a lot about a person.
You said "IMO that is a pretty shallow thing to say." And my response to you is "In my opinion, your comment to me was quite an assumption and it was a pretty rude thing to comment to me." My advice to you is to learn to love yourself and you won't have to find hate in innocent comments.
I looked up the recent "anonymous" comment and since two people accessed at same time, I can't be sure who left it. These are the two options
~ 68.174.74.11 New York, NY; ISP: Road Runner Holdco Llc
~ 64.12.117.65 Reston, VA;
ISP: America Online Inc
I really wish there was a way I could comment back to these people via their IP address. People who think it's completely okay to resort to name calling and hide behind an anonymous commment.
Nancy - sorry anonymous is such an asshat. (am I allowed to say that here?)
I just want to clarify - my sensible and comfortable choice of Dansko shoes on Saturday does not in anyway reflect my own sensibilities. I am not sensible or comfortable. :)
I will shove my gucci shoe up her ass for you ;)
I'm always surprised to see what people read into someones else's comments. I was thinking that when you said that you would look at other peoples shoes might be...oh that person is wearing running shoes...must be athletic, or running around a lot today, that kind of thing. lol Then again, I also don't pay attention to anyone's race, religion, skin colour, etc, so to me most things that are said come across as being to a human...nothing else. And yes, this comes from someone with a visible physical handicap. So, I've had my share of discrimination.
I just have a bad shoe fetish. well, not a fetish that I like bad shoes. Just that I ~always~ look at someone's shoes during that "first impression".
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