...why the whales' ancestors returned to the sea: It's impossible to find a good position for sleeping at the moment. Which helps a lot with the short-term memory loss, of course.
I'm sure I have more to say; I just can't remember it.
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August 2011-Now, for variety, a blighted ovum. Geesh.
May 2011-Chemical pregnancy. First pee stick positive ever.
Oct 2009-Induced at 37 weeks but give birth to healthy boy after easy labor.
May 2009-Find out we're having a boy.
April 2009-Become a completely boring pregnant lady with a due date of Oct. 22, 2009.
March 2009-Surprise! Twins with heartbeats.
Ah, whoops. Make that one.
January/February 2009-Next "scientific" cycle. Good ol' injects/IUI, with 8 or so follicles. BFP.
Beta 1=88
Beta 2=242
December 2008-cycle au natural?
October-November 2008-Twiddling my thumbs as my hCG drops...
July-September 2008-IUI + Follistim. 8 (!?!) follicles mature. Pregnant, but with AF-like bleeding and weird beta wildness suggesting an ectopic pregnancy. Treated medically (methotrexate).
April-July 2008-taking a break from medical treatment, just to see what happens/recover some sanity/write a lot on my dis /train for a triathlon.
March 2008- hysteroscopy and lap. Three polyps removed, a tiny amount of endo lasered, otherwise, "Everything looks good in there." Evil spots banished, it seems.
Feb. 2008- Saline sonogram; Dx: polyps!
Feb. 2008- 50 mg Clomid, days 3-7. Good response, but no dice.
Jan. 2008- First RE appointment.
Sept. 2007- Acupuncturist discontinues herbs, my cycles remain good though with occasional spotting some months.
April 2007- HSG: All clear.
March 2007- ultrasound and progesterone blood test confirm ovulation.
December 2006- TSH=4.5; Dx: Mild hypothyroidism. Begin thyroid hormone replacement. All other tests normal.
November 2006- begin weekly acupuncture, soon add herbs. Spotting gradually improves.
October 2006- Husband's S/A great.
September 2006- Flip out, husband makes obgyn appointment, now that I finally have health insurance.
September 2005- Start charting. Amazingly textbook cycles, but with disturbing luteal phase spotting.
June 2005- No prevention, but not really "trying" per se...
May 2011-Chemical pregnancy. First pee stick positive ever.
Oct 2009-Induced at 37 weeks but give birth to healthy boy after easy labor.
May 2009-Find out we're having a boy.
April 2009-Become a completely boring pregnant lady with a due date of Oct. 22, 2009.
March 2009-Surprise! Twins with heartbeats.
Ah, whoops. Make that one.
January/February 2009-Next "scientific" cycle. Good ol' injects/IUI, with 8 or so follicles. BFP.
Beta 1=88
Beta 2=242
December 2008-cycle au natural?
October-November 2008-Twiddling my thumbs as my hCG drops...
July-September 2008-IUI + Follistim. 8 (!?!) follicles mature. Pregnant, but with AF-like bleeding and weird beta wildness suggesting an ectopic pregnancy. Treated medically (methotrexate).
April-July 2008-taking a break from medical treatment, just to see what happens/recover some sanity/write a lot on my dis /train for a triathlon.
March 2008- hysteroscopy and lap. Three polyps removed, a tiny amount of endo lasered, otherwise, "Everything looks good in there." Evil spots banished, it seems.
Feb. 2008- Saline sonogram; Dx: polyps!
Feb. 2008- 50 mg Clomid, days 3-7. Good response, but no dice.
Jan. 2008- First RE appointment.
Sept. 2007- Acupuncturist discontinues herbs, my cycles remain good though with occasional spotting some months.
April 2007- HSG: All clear.
March 2007- ultrasound and progesterone blood test confirm ovulation.
December 2006- TSH=4.5; Dx: Mild hypothyroidism. Begin thyroid hormone replacement. All other tests normal.
November 2006- begin weekly acupuncture, soon add herbs. Spotting gradually improves.
October 2006- Husband's S/A great.
September 2006- Flip out, husband makes obgyn appointment, now that I finally have health insurance.
September 2005- Start charting. Amazingly textbook cycles, but with disturbing luteal phase spotting.
June 2005- No prevention, but not really "trying" per se...
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10 comments:
Now while I don't have problems finding good sleeping positions (my sympathies to you), amazingly I am experiencing some ST memory loss even without a pregnancy! Just yesterday my DH remarked how in some ways I'm behaving like a crazy pregnant woman (nesting, big cleaning projects, etc). Now if only I could remember where I put his body ;)
Um, yes. I understand completely.
I've thought a lot lately about how much I'm becoming like an old person. Memory is shot, sleeping less and less, sore and creaky in the morning, walk very slowly, can't eat very much at one sitting, difficult to stand up after sitting for a long time, can't hold my pee.
I would probably be feeling more compassion for the elderly if I wasn't feeling so grumpy and sorry for myself.
also i'm not growing a human, i'm finding it VERY hard to position myself in our extremely comfy bed. i have a vast array of pillows propping up my parts and i still wake up numerous times to readjust. my poor husband!
it would be great to have a flotation device or an adjustable bed so i could easily move my head and feet positions.
or perhaps i should've asked for sleeping meds.....
The short term memory loss is the worst. I hate it when I feel stupid, and that seems to happen more often since I got that positive beta. It seems to be one of the side effects that no one tells you about.
Hope you get some sleep soon.
Kick the husband out of bed and replace him with tons of pillows.
We invested in a memory foam mattress pad thingy that wasn't the cure all I had hoped for, but it did help. That and lots of Tylenol pm every night.
Damn it, another thing infertility has robbed me of: A good excuse for my complete lack of memory!
I wish I had some good advice but all I know is that one of my friends swears by the huge body pillow to sleep with when she is pregnant.
Too bad there is no way to sleep in water...
So I may be taking you too literally, but I don't suppose you can sleep...in the bathtub? On a waterbed? What about...a hammock?
I have memory issues but no excuse.
So I can't remember if I should call you Ishmael or Moby.
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