chulina babe....: 2dpi....i guess i'm officially accepting that i'm in the 2ww :)

Thursday, October 06, 2011

2dpi....i guess i'm officially accepting that i'm in the 2ww :)

yesterday i posted the lyrics to michael buble's 'haven't met you yet' after i read on another ttc blog that they were really quite apropos to our situation (which i totally agree to! being in your life is gonna change me....). and then on the way to pick esther up after class, i was listening to the radio and started hearing positive ttc messages in EVERY song! seriously! this used to happen to me back when i was in the thick of being an evagelical christian; any song that the author or singer actually meant to be about love for another human being, i could totally apply it to my relationship with God. just take ONE example, garth brooks' 'you move me'--

But you move me
You give me courage I didn't know I had
You move me on
I can't go with you
And stay where I am
So you move me on
Oh 'cause you move me
You get me dancing and you
make me sing
You move me
Now I'm taking delight
In every little thing
How you move me

etc. just sayin....

so anyways, last night i was hearing "keep ttc hope alive" from every melody coming out of 100.3! a few samples:

-"when i see your face, there's not a thing that i would change" (even if 'you' are born after years and tons of procedures and expense and etc...i'm sure i'm going to think 'you're' absolutely perfect and be glad you were born when you were...)
-"i will survive" (this ttc process even when i think i'm down for the count...)
and following that same theme:
-"i get knocked down, but i get up again" (this would be the theme song of every CD1 upon af's arrival....)

happy hummin'! :)

p.s. in terms of actual ttc process updates, my temp did shoot up this morning so i'm thinking that in fact i did O yesterday, but who knows when. i've been trying to google "how many hours after O does temp spike?" but frankly am finding nothing but crap. apparently not many folk have asked this extremely specific question before :) but apparently the ladies at nw forum have convinced me to have hope still for this cycle, so i'm considering it :)

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acronym stew!

i'm hoping my actual friends and family will read this one day, so i suppose i should explain all these acronyms we inseminating ladies throw about. yes, they make every post cheesy, but they also makes everything easier. here we go....

AF: aunt flo. on the rag. the witch. i think you get it....

AI: alternative insemination.

BBT: basal body temperature. this involves taking your temperature RIGHT after you wake up, before you get up or even speak or move around too much. once your BBT goes up and stays up (compared to all your other daily BBTs you've recorded in the weeks previous), then you know you've ovulated. this makes temperature a good confirmation of ovulation but not usable as a predictor.

BFN: big fat negative (on a pregnancy test)

BFP: big fat positive

CD: cycle day. example--"CD14", meaning the 14th day of your monthly menstrual cycle. CD1 is always the first day of your period.

CM: cervical mucous.

DP: dear partner.

DS: donor sperm. (or dear son, but i don't have one so you'll never read that in here).

DW: dear wife.

EWCM: egg-white cervical mucous. you can probably guess what it resembles based on its name....this is the most fertile kind, and when you get it you pretty much know you're ovulating or close to it.

FMU: first morning urine. said to not be as useful for ovulation predictor kits, because the hormone being tested for doesn't build up in your system until later in the day. however, the kits i happen to use (clear blue easy) say it's fine and i've often gotten positives with FMU.

ICI: intra-cervical insemination.

IUI: intra-uterine insemination (most often done with a professional's help).

IVI: intra-vaginal insemination (most often done at home).

KD: known donor

LH: luteinizing hormone. this is what signals your ovaries to let the ovum out, and is detected in ovulation predictor kits.

O: ovulate or ovulation. as in, 'today was my O day!'

OPK: ovulation prediction kit, taken to tell you if and when you are about to ovulate. these are also called 'smileys' because one brand has a digital smiley face pop up on its screen when it's positive.

POAS: pee on a stick. for ovulation predictor kits and pregnancy tests.

RE: reproductive endocrinologist. when you're starting to realize you might need some help with all of this....

"swimmies" or "swim team": nickname for the vial of sperm.

TTC: trying to conceive.

TWW: two week wait. the time period between insemination and when your period might come/you can take a pregnancy test with a reasonable expectation of getting an accurate answer.

and now that you have all this knowledge, what are you thinking?....TMI! (i think you know that one :)

books that are worth paying money to ship overseas with you.

a prayer for owen meany, john irving
a short history of nearly everything, bill bryson
a time to embrace: same-gender relationships in religion, law and politics, william stacey johnson
a walk in the woods, bill bryson
a widow for one year, john irving
a wrinkle in time, madeleine l'engle
east of eden, john steinbeck
fast food nation, eric schlosser
in a sunburned country, bill bryson
people's history of the united states, howard zinn
the bible
the great book of amber, roger zelazny
the lord of the rings, j.r.r. tolkien
the narnia chronicles, c.s. lewis
the water-method man, john irving
the zinn reader: writings on disobedience and democracy, howard zinn
watership down, richard adams
where the sidewalk ends, shel silverstein

chulina babe....

Thursday, October 06, 2011

2dpi....i guess i'm officially accepting that i'm in the 2ww :)

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acronym stew!

useful and fascinating links, as per the subject of this blog.

books that are worth paying money to ship overseas with you.

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