Rebecca ~ Claire went to Texas for her grandmother's funeral. I miss her, hope she comes back soon...

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Hi Everyone! I'm back. Whew, glad that's over with. I can't believe I made it through 4 days with my mother and I didn't smoke a single ciggie. Maybe I've really quit . I did gain about 5 lbs, tho.
I'm so behind now!!!! Struggling to catch up at both my buisnesses. DH and the puppy ate us out of house and home, so I gotta go shopping now, too.

So, I know I won't catch everyone, so if I missed ya, sorry and Hello.

Mary- No, I don't think it is the stress. JMO. It always makes me mad when people say "you are stressing yourself into having problems." Like Rac said, it can be common. I don't think one annovulatory cycle by itself means much-now several, well, that's different. When (if ever) did you go off BCP?

Irene- Good luck today!

Lindy- We did an OTC s/a also. DH was fine there on that one, and his count was fine on the real s/a. Now if I can just figure out that whole morphology thing. Happy belated Birthday! I wish I had Ins like yours!

Deanna- Have you scheduled the lap? Or still waiting in out a while?

Mel- I hope they hire you! Sounds like a good school. I like the CRV-that's my vote.

I didn't temp while i was gone-figured it'd be off anyhow. Forgot to temp this AM-grrr. So we just started BD on the assumption that I'll O around CD15 like norm. Guess we'll see-I'm going to try to keep up w/ OPK anyway. I'm feeling really un-hopeful for this cycle. I'm not sure why. I think I'm just convinced that DH's little swimmers are retarded. I felt so fat and ugly last night that I was self-concious to BD. I HAVE to get a handle on this weight. I feel like a balloon.

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Mel- We crossed posts. Thanks so much for missing me! Awwww, I feel special, now!

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Claire- Welcome back. I am so proud of you for not smoking. As for the weight gain. Don't feel bad. Baby steps!

Rebecca- Well, it's not going. With Mother's Day and my birthday I took a week off. I gained two pounds back. I am starting back up today. As for the exercise, um not so much. I am thinking I am going to have to start working over night in order for us to catch up and survive. So, I am now looking for a job again. I am ready to be back in school.

I hope that everyone is having a Magnificent Monday!

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Lindy
"Let's kick some fat butt!"

Lindy- Hi! Thanks!. We all stumble, right? You are looking for a job, now? Things are tight all over, I guess. We have been real slow at both our jobs/buisnesses and I'm starting to worry. Hope the economy jump starts itself around here. What kind of job are you looking for?

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Claire- Something overnight with decent pay. We don't want to put DD in daycare bc it is sooooooo expensive. The pay around here isn't real good so I don't know. Gas prices keep going up and pay doesn't so anything will work at this point.

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Lindy
"Let's kick some fat butt!"

hey ashes- i just have to put my two cents in. i agree with some of the others, your temp is still above cover and your didnt sleep last night. plus its been super cold and i know eric probably had the heat off so it was cooler than usual in your house. that all could have effected your temp. on a different note, your cycles are usually a bit longer too, so if there were going to be a temp drop i would expect it around cycle day 30-32. ill keep spying for you. fingers crossed

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Lindy- Oh no, something at night? That really sucks. The only thing I can think of at night is a convienence store....I really don't want you to do THAT! I'm sure there are plenty of night jobs-that's just the one that came to mind.

Crystal- excellent point, I ditto what she said, Ashley.

Irene- I feel left out now, with everyone's fancy new fertility color blinkie-LOL. Can I beg you to make me one too when you feel better after your procedure?

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Irene ~ How are you feeling????

Lindy ~ When I was in college, I applied for a receptionist job at a retirement home and it was a night shift. They never called me for an interview, but that could be a possibility... I agree with Claire, no convenience stores! I've seen one too many Forensic Files and Dateline episodes that have to do with those!

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Aww... My Crystal, Thanks for thinking of me!!! I'm so stressed... funny thing is I though that after I did everything today I'd feel better, but I don't... (Where's that baby)???

To fill everyone in: I offically gave my 2 weeks today from Admissions. I'm going per diem in the OR and subbing in a few districts, as well as working as an arts and crafts instructor for the summer at camp. My head is pounding now and i'm freezing (did I mention that its like 40 here)... I think that I just need to go home and take a hot bath. I'm just so stressed... Idunno if my head aches bc of the stress or signs of AF??? Who knows. I went to the store and got a few more tests today, so I might test tonight just to see... but I'm really thinking the witch is on her way.
UGH! I just wanted a nice day toady. DH is home tonight for the first time in years. He's never home on Mondays. He did take me to dinner, but I feel bad bc I feel like crap now and I know that it makes him angry when I have ha's bc I always do... and they are usually very debilitating. Oh well... I have some catching up to do so i'll post again later on...

Hi everyone! Not much new here, but I wanted to check in.

Ashley~You're temps are looking good! It went down, but not too much. How long is your lp normally?

Lindy~Good luck with the job search.

Claire~Glad to hear you survived!

I think I add an avator. Let's see if it's there...

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JJ, I'm not really sure. This is the first full mth in a long time i've temped, so its kinda likean experiment. I just poas and it was -, but thats what I was expecting.

AF sucks, we really thought that this would be it. Since we had used the preseed and really thought that would be the solution. Which I'm sure it still could be. But still what a bummer. Oh well enough complaining, we'll get'em next time.

Claire - Yay! To NO SMOKING!!!! And welcome back, and lucky you getting to BD, have fun with it and log it down as a work out!

Irene - How'd it go?!? And after my first reaction of AF, I realized how right you are, much better short than long. Thank you!

Lindy - We are all with you, where else can we cut back? I really hope something gives soon. Good luck with the job hunt, we have a 24 hr HyVee close to us, if I had to work nights I'd go stock there or maybe Walmart?

Melissa - When are you supposed to hear from the school? Where can I get a copy of TCOYF? Thanks, I need a good book for this summer, perfect!

Ok DH actually stalked some cycles with me tonight, I think he is realizing this might not happen overnight. So you guys are thinking at least wait a couple more months before call my doc again?

DH wants some cuddle time, I hope I get to check back later.

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Rac, just checking in on your temp today

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Ok so it's pretty early, but this is my normal period where one night I wake up at 4 with the worst cramps ever, usually a nice warm bath will help, won't help tonight that I have a killer sunburn on my back, but I can't sleep so whatever will work.

Claire - I just wanted to answer the BCP question, I went off in December of 2006. Since then I have horrible cramps, my face has been hardly controllable and my mood one week prior is bad.

Ok bathtime. Hope you all are having a nice nights sleep.

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Yep... Still going down...

The HSG was not bad. I was so nervous and tense that I was worried I would make it worse but I only felt some very mild cramping/pressure. I'm sure the tylenol w/ codeine helped! I did feel twinges throughout the evening afterwards but it was nowhere near what I feared. And the great news is that both my tubes were open so thats one less thing to worry about!!! My temp was way low this morning probably because of the tylenol/codeine.

Ashley - sorry about the temps I hope you were able to take a bath and enjoy your time with DH. Do you have migraines? They can be debillitating and it doesn't make sense for your DH to get mad at you for having them (not that DH's usually make sense).

Mary - sorry about the cramps. You should definitely look into Vitex, EPO and/or B6 because they all help with your menstrual cycle...

JJ - if you want a different font or something let me know. (that goes for everyone else too) They really don't take that long to make.

Claire - Welcome back! I'm so proud of you for not smoking - I'm sure it was tough. Sure I'll make you a blinkie - I'm blanking though have you chosen a fertility color?

Mel - I'm still praying that you get that job. Did they say when they'd get back to you?

Lindy - good luck on the job hunt. Did you ever get any clarifiation on whether you actually are diabetic? Weren't you going for a second opinion?

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