I got a tattoo of the redsox "socks". Right on my hip. The first tattoo of something rather than just pretty pictures.
Anywho, healing is taking a beating because it's on my hip and everything rubs it. It's been 1 1/2 weeks and it's just now scabbing up. (gross). My tattoo healing is always pretty good - some scab up, some don't. But usually they are always healed up within a week or two. This one is tough on me. It actually looks like the my body is simply rejecting the red ink. Has anyone had trouble like this with their ink?
... 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.
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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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12 comments:
Something similar happened to HunHun when he hot his sleeve. It was down at the wrist and we're guessing bc of shirt rubs and b/c of wrist bending, which I think made any healing (scabs) wld be messed with again and again. It took a bit longer but did heal fine! Hope yours does too, soon!
I haven't, but I have a friend who had a reaction to a simple black tat between her shoulder blades. It wasn't her first tat and it had never happened to her before but by the time it finally healed the color was terrible - it looked like a medium blue color. She had the color done again a few months later and it did fine. it was really weird.
I am nervous about mine- It's only 2 days, but I can feel a scab coming on & being at the wrist I think a lot of the same issue (rubbing) could happen...
My neighbor got two on her feet & had some color fading issues already. I think at that point there's really only so much they can do.
I ~love~ that we got tattos within a week-ish. Maybe THAT'S what we should have done in november! ;)
I have one on my right hip and it took a while to heal. I think it's because of where it's located. It gets rubbed so much that it has a harder time and takes longer. Mine scabbed as well.
Hope it heals faster for you...
I had that problem with my wrist tattoo. My watch kept rubbing it. I can't say you should just go without pants since I think your part of the country is getting snow but maybe let it air out everynight? It would be odd to have an ink reaction but I have heard that red can be hard for some people. Hope you heal fast.
Well since I'm knew to the whole tattoo thing, I really have no advise for you. But I'd love to see it! Hey did you check out the picture of mine? It's nothing like yours, but I still love it!
I have one that scabbed and pealed, took a while to heal. I had to have it touched up a few weeks later because the scabbing and pealing was so bad. That was fun - tattoo on fresh new baby skin? Anyway, I'm sure it's just the friction, and it'll be okay.
my elbows are red.. the only red on my body and it took nearly a month for them to heal.. granted elbows are icky anyway and they are huge.. but.. damn.. red ick and i don't mix.
and i've been planning on getting the sox socks too.. just can't pick a place! :)
Maybe this is a totally duh comment but, could you just completely bandage the whole area until it heals? Maybe you are.. but it seems like that should pad it sort of until it heals more?
The one that took the longest to heal was my tiger on my back and that was because my bra rubbed on it. But I did have a problem with a celtic symbol on my ankle because I had a reaction to the orange ink. I have no problems with any other colors, just orange.
I have two tattoos with red in them, one on my ankle and one on my left rib cage. Neither endured much rubbing, but the red scabbed really badly on both. I am convinced it is the red ink!
I have a new tattoo on my hip aswell, and I am having a terrible allergic reaction! It is now two weeks since I got it and still my whole hip, side, top of my bum and big areas on my tummy and bak are red and swollen. It itches and burns like mad! And I am starting to loose my head. I was so exited and tried now for so long to stay positive, but now I am starting to feel down and dissapointed!
I am going to the docter today for the second time since I got my tattoo!
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