Back in high school / college, I skateboarded. One day I feel hard and got some major road rash on my knee. All my skin was scraped off my knee and developed into a huge scab. Whenever I'd walk, it would crack and bleed. It was horrible.
Just days after, I went to a party. I had my plastic cup of beer and was sitting on the couch with my leg up on the coffee table, trying not to bend it. A friend of mine asked if I needed a refill and I took him up on his offer.
There was a sharpie on the keg so you could write your name on your cup to keep track of it. My friend took this opportunity to write my name on my cup. "Scabbie". He thought it was hilarious and apparently so did everyone else. And the nickname stuck. I was known as scabbie for months and months and months. Scabbie. Yeah.
My most used nickname though was "blondie" and in one group of friends, I was known as "bubbles".
Did you have a nickname growing up? Do you still have a nickname?
... 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!
16 comments:
I am 5'9" and was the tallest person in my class for years and years. The other kids only started to catch up to me (and boys only for that matter) during our later years of high school. Anyway, when I was in junior high, I was dubbed "tree." God, I hated that name. It stuck for my early high school years. Thankfully, I haven't heard that name for a very long time.
Mine all relate to my red hair.
In 6th grade, I got called a carrot in the garden of Eden, HAH.
But my favourite was "Rusty", which my parents drunk friends called me.
Love you, Scabbie!! XOXOXOX
When I was 2 my parents asked me what my name was and since Christina was too hard to say I told them "Ti Ti". What a mistake, they still call me it now!
I was called Queenie for awhile by my family but the one that has stuck is Fluffnera. My cousins called me fluffy for awhile (they said I was fluffy not fat) and that morphed to Fluffnera.
Boo. Still to this day my sister and parents call me Boo. I hated it in my teens but find it endearing now.
My first nickname my Mom gave me was Lissie Lou Bear, which I told her she couldn't call me when I was in junior high. She still calls Lissie. My sisters, brother and best friend all called me Melly, which some still do. In high school, my friends called me Strawberry, because I have red hair and my maiden name was Berry.
I have had a ton of nicknames over the years... As a child I was Pickles or Fred, in highschool I was NARS (not a rocket scientist), and in college I was T (my first initial) or Bob. The worst one ever tho was all because I misspoke one day when trying to describe to a friend about how my chapped lips were on fire... only I just said they were really hot. Well, hotlips stuck for a heck of a long time. Very annoying.
My dad had a nickname for me as did my grandma. To my dad, I was Pooh Bear and, to my grandma, I was princess.
The most hideous nickname I ever got called (and thank God it was only used a few times) was birds nest because of my curly hair.
I have a sometimes nickname from my hubby but it's not used that often.
Scabbie??
damn. that is harsh.
I usually get called by the first half of my name or the first letter of my name or if I am up to date with my Miss Clairol I get called Red.
i have never, ever had a nickname. closest i've ever come is my husband, who pretty much exclusively calls me "hey you" (no, really. in his world, its a term of endearment.)
middle school- it was dirty diana.
i was freakin 12 or 13 when that was started... thanks to michael jackson.
thank god it only lasted those 1 or 2 years though.
Oh, I have lots. First one I remember was Red. I was a paperboy growing up and an old man down the street would yell it every time he saw me. In middle school my grandma bought me a huge white bubble coat, years before they were cool, and was Carrotty Marshmallow for a few years. My husband calls me Snagglecooch.My sisters and I call eachother anything we can think of- bitch tits, hooch, ho, slunt... We're pretty classy like that.
Hey you!
I'm named after my mother so they decided to put a jr. after Pam...making me, yes that's right...p.j.
xo
I still have a frickin' needlepoint project for you half-done!!!
When I was little my dad called me toady. I don't know where that came from. I was Julie bug to my aunt and uncle. My friends never really had a nickname for me.
Mine is Pinki since birth ..no one calls me by my real name family,childhood friends and even hubs calls me by nickname.I have got used to it somuch that when addressed by realname ..it takes awhile to respond.
Lots of fun to read replies. My initial nickname was Pooky, or Pooky Bear by my mom. She also called me Punky from Punky Bruster and Boog. In college I was Sher Bear, created by my roommate. In high school it was Bubbles because of a camp I worked at I had to have a camp name. In middle school I was Smokey. My softball coach gave all of us who made a home run a nickname. I ran so fast around the bases that I was leaving a trail of dirt that looked like smoke.
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