i know it's been a while since i posted...
Mood:  sad
Now Playing: a new pg, but not mine
Topic: added stress
my sil announced tonight that she is pg with #2. i cried. also my fertility friend chart shows no coverline now. :(

~toni
gary and toni 7/8/95
alayna michelle 5/15/03
TTC #2 (clomid 50 mg and 500 mg metformin 2x a day)

Light of my life!
http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/g/gandtsprincess/





Gary & Toni's Tenth Anniversary

just a quick note!
Mood:  a-ok
Now Playing: job training starts in two hours AND i am spotting! ugh
Topic: added stress
i started spotting yesterday and thought that was weird and that maybe i was starting my cycle again? but it has lessened a lot today.

i am on 50 mg clomid now, gonna get that upped when i go to the dr again. and i was talking to my sis in law (who also happens to have pcos, and conceived while going to the same dr i did), and she thinks i should tell him to up my metformin levels too. i tolerate it okay, i mean if i up it, it could screw up my tummy, but it evens out. it's okay for me.

i know i am not pg yet, but the spotting freaked me out a little bit. my dh said he thought maybe break thru bleeding? but sis in law said it could a lot of different things like an egg releasing to implantation even tho it is very very unlikely. but i know it's not implantation, so i am hoping it's the egg releasing.

my chart at fertility friend (http://www2.fertilityfriend.com/home/6d902) says i could have possibly ovulated on cd 10 or 11. hubby and i will bd tonight. i also start my training for a new job today, so more stress there ugh! lol...

too much pressure LMBO

~toni
gary and toni 7/8/95
alayna michelle 5/15/03
TTC #2 (clomid 50 mg and 500 mg metformin 2x a day)

Light of my life!
http://www.babiesonline.com/g/gandtsprincess





Gary & Toni's Tenth Anniversary

awww romance!
Mood:  amorous
Now Playing: me and hubby's date!
Topic: **happy**
gary and i went out on a date tonight since we didn't get to on valentine's day. we went to olive garden and had a great meal. i even got to have wine which i don't get to very often.

then we came home and had champagne and strawberries and chocolate! then we umm made out like crazy! LMBO, that's the least embarrassing way to put it i guess...

alayna is staying with her nana and grandpa tonight, and then tmw we are going to the pancacke festival here in town....hello carbs, bye bye diet...well just for tmw morning lol...

just wanted to share how great and awesome my hubby is!!

~toni
gary and toni 7/8/95
alayna michelle 5/15/03
TTC #2 (clomid 50 mg and metformin 500 mg 2x a day)

Light of my life!
http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/g/gandtsprincess/



Gary & Toni's Tenth Anniversary

got a new job
Mood:  lazy
Now Playing: job starts monday
Topic: added stress
well, i quit my old job today (wanted that 4 day weekend lol) and start the training for a new one monday. i will be a long distance billing operator. basically i'll be answering the phone when you call the number for questions about landline long distance bills. a little stressful, but i think i can do it...well actually i know i can, i just wish i didn't have to work at all LOL.

but the added bonus is i am OFF EVERY WEEKEND! it wasn't like that at my old job, i was only off every other weekend. so more family time for us, which is definitely good!

just finished my next to last round of clomid at 50 mg. i am only going one more round at 50 and then going back to the ob/gyn to have it upped, and this time i do mean upped! he made me stay at 50 last time. i am pretty sure it'll take at least 100 mg to make it happen. that and losing more weight. weight loss is my toughest battle yet. i have finally understood what women mean by "when u have a kid, it's harder to lose weight". UGH. but i am gaining a lot of muscle, and that supposedly is helping my metabolism and my blood pressure is looking good. that'll be a plus when i see the dr again.

until next time,

~toni
gary and toni 7/8/95
alayna michelle 5/15/03
TTC #2 (clomid 50 mg and metformin 500 mg 2x a day)

Light of my life!
http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/g/gandtsprincess/



Gary & Toni's Tenth Anniversary

Just a quick note!
Mood:  a-ok
Now Playing: Mommy's ups and downs! LOL
Topic: **happy**
just thought i'd jot a few words down...
i had a pretty good day today, even tho my cycle started pretty heavy the other day. good for ttc efforts (that it even started), but not good for anyone in my company! lol...i get very cranky.

hubby is going to get my clomid tmw afternoon, and we will have our taxes done sometime tmw too. i can't wait! we are getting our own place and a bigger vehicle with it...i am sooo excited!! yeah!

well, gotta go, i'll have more later!

~toni
gary and toni 7/8/95
alayna michelle 5/15/03
TTC #2

Light of my life!
http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/g/gandtsprincess/



Gary & Toni's Tenth Anniversary

A couple of days after the dr. visit...
Mood:  happy
Now Playing: ...about my meds...
He seemed to find my charts very interesting...January was a bad month for me, and I had more peaks than anything, with no true sign of ovulation. I guess 3 funerals, a sick toddler, and financial (job) uncertainty will do that to a woman's cycle. Actually, he said I could continue to chart if I wanted to, but he thought I would get more out of just using the kits to see when I ovulated....I think he mentioned "Ovuquick" (?) as a brand to use...i can't remember the name, but that sounds right.

My clomid level stayed the same. He wants me to stay on that level and my glucophage and vitamins for about 3-6 more months. He said if I notice that I am not ovulating, or if I don't conceive within that time, to make another appt, and then he will up my clomid.

I don't understand why he wants me to stay at this level? I'll give it three months and then make an appt if I need to at that time.

Keeping my fingers crossed!

Meanwhile, I am still excercising every day. He also told me I could do that every day as long as I have no pain and it's only for like 30-45 min a day. If I have any pain, I have to back off for a couple of days. Yeah!

~toni
gary and toni 7/8/95
alayna michelle 5/15/03
TTC #2

Light of my life!
http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/g/gandtsprincess/





Gary & Toni's Tenth Anniversary

hello, my name is mrs severely frustrated...
Mood:  blue
Now Playing: Clomid level to be upped
Topic: seeing ob/gyn tmw...
Hello...I am a woman with polycystic ovarian syndrome, with one child that took 7 years to get pg with, & my awesome hubby and I wanted to share part of our journey to conceive baby number 2!

I was diagnosed in 98 with pcos...took clomid to get pg the first time, am trying this route again.

I don't remember ttc being this depressing for me the first time around. I mean, I got down a little yes, but somehow I always knew that I would eventually get pregnant. I had faith. Kind of wondering if this means that somewhere in the back of my mind, I am having doubts?

I just don't know! I need some serious prayer time!

I am going to see my dr. tmw and ask him to up my clomid levels and see what else I can do to lose more weight. My blood pressure seems to be elevated a little too...hope I don't get a lecture about that, ugh. I am trying hard, have lost a little by walking all the time on the treadmill, gotta work harder I guess!

Currently on clomid 50 mg (maybe 100 starting tmw), metformin 500 mg 2x a day and taking a multivitamin containing folic acid, wonder if I should be taking prenatal vitamins? Hmmm...

Light of my life!
http://www.babiesonline.com/babies/g/gandtsprincess/

~toni
gary and toni 7/8/95
alayna michelle 5/15/03
TTC #2