Sunday, July 18, 2010

Sabotage!

Disclaimer: This post will contain TMI.  You have been warned!

It will be a miracle if I become pregnant this cycle.  I feel like Fate is trying to intervene so that I don't get knocked up!

First, I have a horrible rash of some sort all over my legs.  It spread to my throat and arms.  It isn't attractive and it hurts and itches at the same time.  Then, I discovered that I have a yeast infection.  It is on it's way out, but that, coupled with Clomid, dries everything out.  I ordered some Pre-Seed to help with the issue, but it has yet to arrive.  (It says it shipped on the 12th...from Missouri.  It should have been here by the 14th.  Grrr).  So, I sought the advice of women in a similar situation as me.  They recommended that I drink green tea like crazy.  I happened to have some in the cabinet, so I immediately starting drinking it yesterday afternoon.  I think that I had 6 glasses from 3 pm until about 10 pm.  That was a mistake!  I was so ramped up on all of the caffeine that I didn't sleep at all last night.  I told my husband that I'd like to BD this morning before he left for work (he works 24 hour shifts), but we were both completely exhausted from not sleeping.  I must have kept him up with my tossing and turning.  Add in that our daughter came to bed with us some time this morning, and it feels almost hopeless.  I took my temp this morning after a couple of hours of sleep, and it was way out of the range of normal for me.  I'm not even going to count it.  :(

On the positive side, I'm hoping to get a positive OPK today.  I've never had a positive before, so it gives me hope that things are shaping up in my body.  I've taken two in the past two days and there is a definite difference in the darkness of the second line.  (An OPK looks like a pregnancy test.  You will get two lines almost always, but the test line must be as dark or darker than the control to be considered a positive for ovulation).  Even if we don't get pregnant this month, maybe that means we can next month.

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