Holy Cow, that smells good!

In the kitchen:

Herb stuffed chicken with boursin cheese
steamed asparagus
tomato and herb risotto

I think I'm going to swoon with all the good smells emanating from the center of my apartment. :D

I had an interview today for a temp to perm position with a medical office, very similar to what I was doing in my last job. I believe they are going to offer me the position, and I plan to take it if they offer it. Perhaps work can take off some of the stress of trying to get pregnant.

Of course, if I am successful and DO get pregnant, that will add another layer of complication to things, but I'm ready for that.

Home

We left Rock Hill this afternoon at about 5pm. Our house is sold, closed, gone.

I am greatly relieved to be done with it. Now I can start shopping for one here in Atlanta.

I have taken three doses of the clomid, and so far experienced only a handful of side effects. Dry dry mouth, and hot flashes at night. I was a little worried about some of the scary side effects I had heard about, but luckily, haven't experienced any of them.

Happy to be home.

:)

It's Clomid Day! It's Clomid Day!

So, I didn't sleep at all last night. it felt like it was about a thousand degrees in the room, I was really crampy, and Chani, my cocker spaniel, was glued to me like stink on sh*t. So I finally fell asleep about 6am and of course Mark was getting up a few minutes later to go to work. I slept until he needed to leave and then I got up to take him to work.

We fought in the car, which I feel bad about because I know I'm being a total bitch. I don't function well on lack of sleep.

But now that I'm waking up a little, I am starting to get excited about the Clomid. I know it might have some strong side effects, but right now I don't even care. I should be late enough in my cycle to take a pregnancy test on my wedding anniversary on October 18th. Wouldn't that just be the best anniversary present ever????

I need to pack all of our stuff because we are driving back to SC tonight to move everything out of the house there because WE CLOSE ON MONDAY!!!!!

Yippeee!

So much to be excited about this weekend. ROAR!

Day Two

Yesterday, I started my period. Its the first one I've had in over 105 days.

For someone who has never struggled with infertility, this may sound like the end of a good time. However, for me, it is the beginning of what will hopefully be a very good time after a very painful summer.

When I moved to Atlanta in May, I was full of hope, thinking I might be pregnant before the end of the summer. That hope faded quickly when I realized that I wasn't ovulating. When my doctor told me it was okay to skip periods every once in awhile, I grew frustrated.

At the beginning of September, I went to a new doctor and this time, he agreed with my self-diagnosis of annovulation. He prescribed Provera, a progesterone tablet, to make me have a period. I took it twice a day for five days, and then waited for five days to start my period. He also prescribed the fertility drug Clomid to make me ovulate. I will start taking it tomorrow and take it for five days. After that, I should ovulate about a week later.

I am armed with 25 ovulation predictor tests and 25 home pregnancy tests, and I am filled with hope.

Hope, so quickly after despair feels so good it almost hurts. Of course, that could just be the cramps.

I don't ever want to lose hope again.