What are you having, or what did you have, for dinner?
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... 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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- I talked to the neighbors.
- I'm having trouble with viewing some blogs.
- A house full of sickos.
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13 comments:
crappy chinese takeout. should have just done pasta at home!
Breakfast for dinner is a tried & true standby for me whenever I can't decide what to have.
I hate that question too...what i really hate is when I ask T what he wants and his response is "something good"....
Here are some things I make kind of regularly, because they are quick and easy:
-Chicken Piccata and white rice with a veggie
-Linguine with pesto sauce and chicken cutlets, with salad
-BLT's with Fries
-Turkey burgers with Fries (on the forman grill)
-chili in the crockpot
-sausage and peppers in the crockpot
-chicken pot pie (recipe from pillsbury.com)
-spaghetti and meatballs
hope that gives you some ideas....
Totally agree. I'm not even slightly creative or imaginative. I'm a good cook and I enjoy it. Just no inspiration.
Tonight we had spaghetti. Husband's idea.
I agree. I like cooking but I just wish someone would help me decide what to cook.
We did hamburgers on the grill because it's going to start getting much colder her very soon. We're going out for pizza tomorrow for Sam's birthday.
Hubby cooked ribeyes, fried potatoes, glazed carrots. I guess he got tired of me reading and took it upon himself to start dinner.
I was going to use the potatoes and carrots for tomorrow night's dinner of roasted chicken, but now I may just make butternut squash risotto instead.
I recommend a good practical cookbook for ideas. Give it to your kids and hubby, have them pick out things that sound good to them, then make those things for dinner. If you do this regularly, then "what to make for dinner" is no longer a needed question.
I was working the grill this weekend. Pork loin yesterday, grilled chicken today, bruschetta, sundried tomato dip, pasta salad...my mom and sister were visiting for my daughter's birthday. Usually, I have chocolate chips for dinner, though, because I'm busy getting something for my daughter, then bathing her and putting her to bed. When my husband isn't home, it's just not worth cooking.
My standbys are tacos, burgers, spaghetti. If I have a little time, I cut up some chicken, bread it with egg and flour (and spices), and fry it in a little olive oil. Add a little hot sauce (or Hooters sauce), and it's awesome.
We just had leftovers...nothing too interesting...but, we had pork chops, noodles with a garlic-tomato cream sauce, and honey-glazed carrots the other night.
Our AC has been out for 2wks so the house was 90*. Couldn't bear to turn on the oven and hubby is sick of sandwiches and cereal so it was a pizza delivery kind of night!
What has worked best for us is to make up a "menu" and tape it to the fridge. Column for main dish/meat, side/pasta/rice, veggie, & will add bread if not carb heavy. Has curbed the discussion over what to eat very well. Now it takes 2min instead of 2h! Cross off what we no longer have ingredients for and then also serves as a shopping list!
We had turkey since we had our family Thanksgiving dinner last night! So yummy!!
Our normal Sunday dinner...Steak and some sort of potato. Last nights potatoes were french fries.
I was going to make sweet & sour meatballs and rice but the store was out of pineapple!
Ukrainian food would be good... kielbassa, perogies and cabbage rolls...
ARgh! I loathe this question! I love to cook - hate figuring out what to cook. Hate it. I am scrolling the comments already for suggestions.
When in doubt, I usually go back to our old standbys - homemade pizza or vegetarian burritos with whatever is in the fridge. With salsa. Salsa makes everything better.
I have the same problem. I hate that question and it's a source of stress for R and I. Tonight we may be making an "emergency" frozen packaged meal...
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