Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Ovulation kit fail
So throughout my TTC process I have yet to use an ovulation kit nor have I taken my temperature or anything like that. I have been strictly just going by ovulation calendars. I *know* I missed my ovulation window my first couple months because I didn't expect to have such long crazy cycles. I thought I would just have fun (yeah right) the first couple of months before I actively peed on ovulation sticks and checked my temperature. Well.. a couple months have passed and obviously whatever we are doing isn't really working.
I have 2 pee on stick type ovulation kits. I thought this month would be the one I would use them, but according to my calendar I was ovulation this weekend when my in laws where here. We were soo busy this weekend running around and occupying people that I just felt weird running to the bathroom to pee on a stick to see if I was ovulating. (Don't worry I didn't however feel weird about doing the deed while the in laws were in the other room... lol) I did open one of the packages and it looked complicated.. and I was too lazy to read the directions so I just didn't use it. I guess next month will be the month I try out the stupid ovulation sticks. But really I only have TWO sticks. What if I miss the day.. bam waste of a stick. Maybe I need to look into some sort of kit so I can test more than 2 days to see if I am ovulating.
On a side note I got completely fed up on Monday. I have gained like 10 pounds since coming of BC and I have been exercising more than typical. Plus I am sooo sick of zits. Ugh I haven't had zits this bad since I was like 14. LAME. Monday I was wishing I was back on BC. I know this process will be worth it adventually, but sometimes it is frustrating when not only are you not getting pregnant month after month, but literally getting less attractive at the same time! lol. Fatter and zit faced... sexy. I am working on my diet... which isn't very good. I LOVE sugar...who doesn't? But I am trying to cut down on my nemesis... gummy bear. I'd probably loose all 10 of those pounds I've been complaining about if I gave up those damn gummy bears.
Hopefully... fingers crossed this is our month... but I have a feeling it is not. Maybe if I go out and buy an ovulation kit I will get knocked up! lol
Until next time.
I have 2 pee on stick type ovulation kits. I thought this month would be the one I would use them, but according to my calendar I was ovulation this weekend when my in laws where here. We were soo busy this weekend running around and occupying people that I just felt weird running to the bathroom to pee on a stick to see if I was ovulating. (Don't worry I didn't however feel weird about doing the deed while the in laws were in the other room... lol) I did open one of the packages and it looked complicated.. and I was too lazy to read the directions so I just didn't use it. I guess next month will be the month I try out the stupid ovulation sticks. But really I only have TWO sticks. What if I miss the day.. bam waste of a stick. Maybe I need to look into some sort of kit so I can test more than 2 days to see if I am ovulating.
On a side note I got completely fed up on Monday. I have gained like 10 pounds since coming of BC and I have been exercising more than typical. Plus I am sooo sick of zits. Ugh I haven't had zits this bad since I was like 14. LAME. Monday I was wishing I was back on BC. I know this process will be worth it adventually, but sometimes it is frustrating when not only are you not getting pregnant month after month, but literally getting less attractive at the same time! lol. Fatter and zit faced... sexy. I am working on my diet... which isn't very good. I LOVE sugar...who doesn't? But I am trying to cut down on my nemesis... gummy bear. I'd probably loose all 10 of those pounds I've been complaining about if I gave up those damn gummy bears.
Hopefully... fingers crossed this is our month... but I have a feeling it is not. Maybe if I go out and buy an ovulation kit I will get knocked up! lol
Until next time.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Books
Wow, I totally haven't blogged in awhile. But Really I had nothing exciting to blog about. I have recently felt like I have turned a leaf in the TTC process. I don't know what the leaf is... but I feel more "ready" for this than I have in the past.
Explanation:
After my terrible first month of TTC I was sad and frustrated. I had a bunch of books on pregnancy and expecting (From Dawn, Hollar!) and after that much I couldn't look at them. I put them away in a closet and swore I wouldn't be able to look at them until I got pregnant. I was given a (stupid) gift from someone a couple weeks ago and in it was an older pregnancy book. I put it away with all the other books... but then I took it out. And then I started reading it. I am a couple chapters in so far and I feel like I am finally ready to embrace this process. Not that I wasn't ready before, I guess now I am no longer sad and frustrated. I took out the rest of the books today and I am excited to read the first couple chapters of what to expect in the beginning of what I hope will soon be my pregnancy.
Maybe this change came from a conversation I had the other day with one of my newer friends here in town who is also TTC. I was mentioning something and I said WHEN I get pregnant and then I paused and changed my word to IF I ever get pregnant. The girl (who is totally straight forward and that is why I love her) turned and looked at me and said "Don't ever say IF, you will get pregnant. Change your attitude and always say when instead of if." And then she turned away like nothing.
She was right. I needed to get over myself and change my attitude. If I really have faith that we are supposed to expand our family then I need to believe that faith in everything I do and say. So I am going to be more positive about this and I think that is what made me turn a new leaf and bust out the books. Time to move on. I am ready and open for the change and pray that soon I will get pregnant.
Speaking of which... I am ovulation this week (according to my calendars)so FX it happens!
Explanation:
After my terrible first month of TTC I was sad and frustrated. I had a bunch of books on pregnancy and expecting (From Dawn, Hollar!) and after that much I couldn't look at them. I put them away in a closet and swore I wouldn't be able to look at them until I got pregnant. I was given a (stupid) gift from someone a couple weeks ago and in it was an older pregnancy book. I put it away with all the other books... but then I took it out. And then I started reading it. I am a couple chapters in so far and I feel like I am finally ready to embrace this process. Not that I wasn't ready before, I guess now I am no longer sad and frustrated. I took out the rest of the books today and I am excited to read the first couple chapters of what to expect in the beginning of what I hope will soon be my pregnancy.
Maybe this change came from a conversation I had the other day with one of my newer friends here in town who is also TTC. I was mentioning something and I said WHEN I get pregnant and then I paused and changed my word to IF I ever get pregnant. The girl (who is totally straight forward and that is why I love her) turned and looked at me and said "Don't ever say IF, you will get pregnant. Change your attitude and always say when instead of if." And then she turned away like nothing.
She was right. I needed to get over myself and change my attitude. If I really have faith that we are supposed to expand our family then I need to believe that faith in everything I do and say. So I am going to be more positive about this and I think that is what made me turn a new leaf and bust out the books. Time to move on. I am ready and open for the change and pray that soon I will get pregnant.
Speaking of which... I am ovulation this week (according to my calendars)so FX it happens!
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