Yes!!!AF has arrived in full glory, bearing gifts of awful cramps and terrible skin.
I'm smiling through gritted teeth, pain is my friiiiend. Pain means I can finally get on with FET round #2, lets see if we can get this one right now shall we?
And maybe G will finally get some bedroom action once AF is over-poor fella, when you have been thinking that AF is going to arrive in the next hour-for the past 2 weeks....well lets just say the gate has been locked and chained with a padlock.
Last night I managed to stave him off with an invisible force field of Tea Tree oil on my face(for my bad skin)Anytime he zoned in for a kiss he was thrown back by it's powerful wave of Camphoraceous force.(yeah I might have googled that word...)
Actually he's been very patient, and he also thinks he's now an honorary Fertility Specialist, as his theory was that my AF would arrive on day 44 (so only one day off-not bad!) the 16 days that I was taking Progynova, PLUS my normal 28 day cycle = 44. Smarty pants.
The nurse phoned me back this morning and said they will phone next week to let me know when the blood test will be, and that it's normally day 16/17.When I asked if they would do one earlier this time she said they will look into it....but I get the feeling they're not going to change much.
But after fretting about it a little bit, I've decided I'm NOT going to worry my way through this cycle, if there's one thing I should have learned by now it's that I simply cannot control any of this. Who's to say even if they keep things the same, that it won't work brilliantly for me this time.
No more worrying, I'm sick of worrying, and I'm sick of thinking worst case scenario.
So now I really need to get back on track with healthy eating and exercise. I'm not one of those people who is too stressed to eat during difficult times, instead I develop an insatiable hunger for all things naughty. I feel like I've managed to absentmindedly snack my way to an extra layer of insulation recently.And I've missed all my gym classes the past 2 weeks too.
So no more lollies or coffee or wine, and I've just made a big pot of Thai Pumpkin&carrot soup to start me off nicely, or quite possibly turn me a nice shade of orange, I'll let you know.
Just want to say a huge thank you to my blog buddies who have left comments of love and support recently-I REALLY appreciate it, and I'm sorry I have been a little slack on the commenting lately so will do my best to catch up!
Yay Ants, awesome news! Good luck with this FET cycle. Enjoy your soup...and if you do turn orange be sure to post a photo! ;)
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WOOHOO!! So glad to see AF turned up for you, what a relief! It's awful waiting and waiting and waiting . . . BUT can I just say, PUSH, PUSH, PUSH the clinic for an earlier blood test. The whole problem last time was they left it too late so why on earth would they then repeat the same mistake? It's ridiculous, the Wellington clinic were much more onto it than that. If that nurse doesn't listen, speak to another one! Sometimes you need to be assertive with them. Good luck and man, that soup sounds yummy!! I want some!
ReplyDeleteCan I just point out it was longer than 2 wks, as you thought you'd beat me and I'm now CD16! Oh the AF Hakka I did for you may have helped? So excited you are now in your FET cycle! Yihaa! And I'm with Haidee, push for an earlier test, have they not learnt?
ReplyDeleteHave a good weekend!
Oh Tee yes I believe that did the trick-I meant to say a while back G and I pissed ourselves when we saw your comment about your 'hakka' from a few posts back- too funny!
ReplyDeleteYes maybe I've let too much of a 'calm' feeling wash over me...G also thinks we should push for an earlier BT so thanks for the words of tuff-ness girls-can you guys just ring up for me?pleeease?
Hey Ants.
ReplyDeleteYeah you are starting your FET. All the best. I hope this ones a keeper and the calm feeling stays with you throughout the cycle.
Ps thanks for the comment on my blog.
So glad AF finally showed up!! I'm a serious stress eater too- totally know how that is! Best of luck this cycle!
ReplyDeleteYahoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can you tell I'm excited for you?!?! Let's get the party started....and you push those dummies to give you your blood test earlier this time!! Hmph....
ReplyDeleteYAY for AF!!!! Best of luck to you in this upcoming cycle!! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat that she arrived and that you're on track to start :)) Looking forward to sharing this cycle with you xoxo
ReplyDeleteWoo hoo! Awesome news love. Who would have thought that a happy dance for AF to arrive would be met with such frivolity! I agree though, you have to push for an earier BT. Just ring them up, tell them you're not comfortable with the day they want to do it and that you will be coming in earlier for a BT. This is one not to be passive about - your body, your cash and most of all, your sanity. You'll be kicking yourself if the cycle fails.
ReplyDeleteFinally!!! I'm anxious to follow your FET and see how it goes, wishing you all the best!
ReplyDeleteGood luck for your FET!!
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