I had another sonogram on Monday CD15.
My lining was apparently "beautiful" so it's good to know at least something worked.
I had no follicles... all the tiny ones had disappeared.
I didn't have any cycts or anything else remarkable though, which is good.
On to the RE. Hoping works out that we don't have to go unmedicated for a month this summer.
Peyton
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Defeating Boredom
It's no secret that I like to be creative. I haven't always been able to wield a paint brush or pastel as well as my friends (see Dana's blog, Art and Soul for a glimpse of my talented friends), but what I lack in physical skill, I make up for in digital know how. Now when I say know how I mean... Patience to comb through google search after search of "how-tos" to help me accomplish my goal.
So anyways, I was feeling a little bored on the third day of summer so I posted on Facebook asking if anyone wanted some design work done. I had no idea anyone would be interested. I mean I'm a speech pathologist after all... not a graphic designer. But I guess that's how some people get started... because I got 5 messages yesterday asking for me to help them with something! Love it!
So there you have it. Another hobby born.
So if you now anyone who might need some design work done... wedding invitations, wedding programs, table numbers, business cards, blog headers, blog buttons, etc. send them my way. At this point, I'll only be able to do flat printing... because I have no idea where to get something printed in letterpress (the raised printing). Other than that... I take direction well or I have plenty of my own ideas if that's what you need.
I'm going to be posting examples of my work under the Design Work header up at the top of my blog.
Here's to not being bored!
So anyways, I was feeling a little bored on the third day of summer so I posted on Facebook asking if anyone wanted some design work done. I had no idea anyone would be interested. I mean I'm a speech pathologist after all... not a graphic designer. But I guess that's how some people get started... because I got 5 messages yesterday asking for me to help them with something! Love it!
So there you have it. Another hobby born.
So if you now anyone who might need some design work done... wedding invitations, wedding programs, table numbers, business cards, blog headers, blog buttons, etc. send them my way. At this point, I'll only be able to do flat printing... because I have no idea where to get something printed in letterpress (the raised printing). Other than that... I take direction well or I have plenty of my own ideas if that's what you need.
I'm going to be posting examples of my work under the Design Work header up at the top of my blog.
Here's to not being bored!
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Catch Up Post
I spent the last two weeks of school struggling to keep my head above water. We are fighting a "law suit" (it's actually called a due process hearing... the special education version of a law suit) and it made the last two weeks of school extremely stressful. My *favorite* teacher spent her last days at our school pouring over this situation with me and while I was grateful to get to spend extra time with her during her last week, it was sad to spend it the way we did.
William has still been working with Halliburton. They have kept him busy, but overall we are happy because he is being compensated very well and also getting to stay in the Dallas area. They are also really "developing" his skills by exposing him to new tools and putting him on some experimental rigs. He really appreciates this because the only thing worse than doing something that requires crazy hours is never learning anything new.
Our big news is that we are buying a house. We put our first offer on a house on Tuesday morning. Although, there seemed to be some miscommunication between our realtor and the seller's agent. It didn't work out and we walked away today. We will see what happens... they might change their mind. I am going to keep looking with our realtor and if we find any gems we will take William to see them. There are a couple of others that we liked initially so they have kind of gone to the top of our list.
Jonna and Bryan gave me this awesome camera strap for my birthday!
It was also time for new running shoes. These are very similar to my old shoes... but a tad different. And how could I possibly resist my favorite color!
I also haven't posted any pictures from Timmy's graduation weekend... but here is my favorite one of all the Stephens siblings together (expect hubby).
This weekend we are headed to Mike and Erin's wedding. William is a groomsman in it and I'll be tagging along obviously. We are so excited for Mike and Erin. Mike was William's "longest" roommate in college and they are in the same National Guard unit. I know they will always have a special place in our lives because in the case of deployment they would most likely be together... which makes me feel soooo much better. I'm thrilled to get to use my camera this weekend and will post pictures soon after!
William and Mike will be twins again this weekend when they are both sporting their Army Dress Blues... ahhh, men in uniform! Can't wait!
Mrs. Mathews and Mrs. Stephens on the last day of school
(P.S. It is still weird to be called Mrs. Stephens....)
Our big news is that we are buying a house. We put our first offer on a house on Tuesday morning. Although, there seemed to be some miscommunication between our realtor and the seller's agent. It didn't work out and we walked away today. We will see what happens... they might change their mind. I am going to keep looking with our realtor and if we find any gems we will take William to see them. There are a couple of others that we liked initially so they have kind of gone to the top of our list.
Jonna and Bryan gave me this awesome camera strap for my birthday!
I also haven't posted any pictures from Timmy's graduation weekend... but here is my favorite one of all the Stephens siblings together (expect hubby).
This weekend we are headed to Mike and Erin's wedding. William is a groomsman in it and I'll be tagging along obviously. We are so excited for Mike and Erin. Mike was William's "longest" roommate in college and they are in the same National Guard unit. I know they will always have a special place in our lives because in the case of deployment they would most likely be together... which makes me feel soooo much better. I'm thrilled to get to use my camera this weekend and will post pictures soon after!
Friday, June 3, 2011
Schools out and I'm staying home
Well... school is out and without further ado I'm announcing that I'm staying home this summer. No summer job for me. My doctor suggested I take it easy and hopefully something will work in our favor over the summer.
Hmm... maybe I can get a real vacation now.
Hmm... maybe I can get a real vacation now.
Round 2... or is it 3?
Written last week:
* Warning... this post contains way too much information....
Today is Day 3 of my cycle... so I went for my regular day 3 sonogram...
I say regular, but I sure hope it's my LAST day 3 sonogram.
It was quite an experience. When you are going through the process of getting pregnant all your inhibitions and your comfort zone goes out the window. Let's just say internal sonogram on day 3... you do the math on that one. Gross.
So today I begin the Clomid as my ovaries were looking "normal" and my endometrial lining was looking "nonexistent". Wonderful. It's currently 2mm and needs to be at least 8mm if not 18mm to support pregnancy. This is the part where it gets complicated. Because even if the Clomid works and egg meets sperm I would only be chemically pregnant unless the little blob "sticks" to the lining. So we have to combat both issues. Worst news for this is that the opposite hormones control each mechanism (ovulation and endometrial thickening). That's the need for the estrogen following the Clomid.
On Day 12 I get to go back for another sonogram. I'm praying for there to be some beautifully large follicles there that day. If there are... we will go ahead with IUI, providing that William's schedule cooperates.
Written today:
Today is Day 12... no follicles were dominant. This means that I had some tiny tiny follicles on my ovaries and my endometrial lining did develop a tri-laminar state however no follicles were large enough to be consider viable candidates to make a baby. He is having me come back on Monday to declare it a failed cycle. I will go see the Reproductive Endocrinologist (RE) as soon as he can see me.
It's been a rough week. I've decided to take the summer off completely to try and get my body in order and hopefully start making some progress on this baby growing.
Peyton
* Warning... this post contains way too much information....
Today is Day 3 of my cycle... so I went for my regular day 3 sonogram...
I say regular, but I sure hope it's my LAST day 3 sonogram.
It was quite an experience. When you are going through the process of getting pregnant all your inhibitions and your comfort zone goes out the window. Let's just say internal sonogram on day 3... you do the math on that one. Gross.
So today I begin the Clomid as my ovaries were looking "normal" and my endometrial lining was looking "nonexistent". Wonderful. It's currently 2mm and needs to be at least 8mm if not 18mm to support pregnancy. This is the part where it gets complicated. Because even if the Clomid works and egg meets sperm I would only be chemically pregnant unless the little blob "sticks" to the lining. So we have to combat both issues. Worst news for this is that the opposite hormones control each mechanism (ovulation and endometrial thickening). That's the need for the estrogen following the Clomid.
On Day 12 I get to go back for another sonogram. I'm praying for there to be some beautifully large follicles there that day. If there are... we will go ahead with IUI, providing that William's schedule cooperates.
Written today:
Today is Day 12... no follicles were dominant. This means that I had some tiny tiny follicles on my ovaries and my endometrial lining did develop a tri-laminar state however no follicles were large enough to be consider viable candidates to make a baby. He is having me come back on Monday to declare it a failed cycle. I will go see the Reproductive Endocrinologist (RE) as soon as he can see me.
It's been a rough week. I've decided to take the summer off completely to try and get my body in order and hopefully start making some progress on this baby growing.
Peyton
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