I don't know where my motivation for blogging went. It's not like I don't have the time - as an unemployed girl, time is what I do have. As I said on the my other blog (and posted a few karl pictures) we just got over a stomach bug. But other than that, pretty much nada.
So I'll leave you with a question ...
If you had to pick between losing taste or hearing, what would you choose?
... 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!
14 comments:
Taste. Then maybe I'd be perma-skinny.
Hands down taste. My dad has been very hard of hearing since he was 3 yrs old and I've seen him struggle.
Definitely taste. Much like Birdee said, it would help with my weight loss! Also, I think it would be a lot easier to live life without being able to taste vs. not being able to hear.
I'd pic taste. It would kill me to never hear my children's voices again.
taste!
I already suffer from awful hearing and it is the pits.
I miss you...
I'd go with taste. I'd be sure to lose weight then, but I'm sure I'd regret it later.
Hearing is a bit important as a Music teacher.
Definitely taste, but I'd miss it. I'd worry that I'd eat something bad though and not know it.
Hearing- life without good food it is a life not worth living!
I would give up Taste. Hands down...I think you learn to 'feel' things in your mouth. When I had my tonsils out I couldn't tast for over a month (a nerve issue?) and I swear, I felt my foods. Salty foods felt "puckery", rich foods tastes "slick"...it is so hard to describe. It was just like a different way to taste,and I got used to it. When I DID get my taste back it was almost too much- I now have a blander taste over all, and avoid most sweets. Weird huh?
I would give up Taste. Hands down...I think you learn to 'feel' things in your mouth. When I had my tonsils out I couldn't tast for over a month (a nerve issue?) and I swear, I felt my foods. Salty foods felt "puckery", rich foods tastes "slick"...it is so hard to describe. It was just like a different way to taste,and I got used to it. When I DID get my taste back it was almost too much- I now have a blander taste over all, and avoid most sweets. Weird huh?
I would definitely pick hearing. I could learn to read lips and sign, but I like different foods too much to not ever be able to taste them again.
That's tough! As a total foodie, I'd hate to give up taste. But as someone mentioned above, it'd kill me not to be able to hear my child's voice ever again. I could live without yummies to hear him say I Love You for the first time.
I would give up taste. Even though I love to eat, I think I'd be sad if I couldn't hear my children.
Taste since i'm already deaf in one ear an only have 60% in other ear i would rather loose my taste
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