Snails pace

Things are not going the way I had hoped they would. I'm not sure clomid is going to work for me. Which begs the question, what next? I know there are a few other meds I can try, metformin for one. But I'll likely have to stop my other meds for a few months while I start that.. There's another med that takes the place of clomid, letrozole I believe.. It hasn't been approved by the fda for infertility as it has negative side effects on a pregnancy. But it's supposed to be out of the system by the time I'd get pregnant so it shouldn't be an issue. I don't know what route my dr will go. I'm thinking if this round doesn't work, that I'm going to take a few months to try to lose some weight  and try again around Christmas. And it will all have to be under hubby's radar bc he's been getting some anxiety and not wanting to do the deed so to speak. 

Speaking of losing weight... If I don't end up getting lucky this cycle, I'm starting shakeology and the 21 day fix through beach body. I have a friend who is a coach and he and his wife have had amazing results!! So I'm hoping this might be the something different to kick start my weight loss. We will see. 

Cycle two

So moving on to cycle two of the provera and clomid.. Just finished the last provera now just waiting on dear old Aunt Flo to come calling... Sigh.. All this waiting around.. I've been trying to be proactive about becoming healthier, but that is harder than it sounds. I've developed quite a few bad habits (such as eating too much fast food) since having Abi and I'm finding it hard to break them.. Very hard. I don't know why exactly, I was able to do it before.. Why can't I just not eat the crap now? Well actually I know why.. I'm addicted to the ease of it, Im lazy and don't want to cook and I really don't want to eat plain boring oatmeal every day for breakfast. I have to keep trying though because I think it's the only way I'll have another baby... plus I've got a future of diabetes hanging over my head if I don't shape up. Grrrrrrrr why is it so difficult to lose weight!??

Waiting...

I hate waiting. Just sitting around trying to live my life while waiting for so much to happen. Waiting to ovulate, to start my period.. To get pregnant.. Just waiting. Well, this cycle of Clomid failed, which I'm not surprised by after reading that many women don't ovulate on it the first cycle and have to have the dose increased. And now I'm waiting to be a week "late" .. Then I can call my dr and get on with starting my next cycle, I hope. I don't know if she'll do more blood work, or need to see me and check my temperature chart or what. I was never told the next step. And that's frustrating because I'm a planner and I don't like not knowing what's coming. Ugh. Im Trying not to stress out over any of this, because I know that will make things worse. I don't even know where I want this post to go, I'm just ... Tired. 

One Week

One week ago, tomorrow, I started a journey that I've been fearing. I began taking a pill that is intended to force my body to have a period... since I wasn't having any. Then, if that works, hopefully another pill that I will start to take will make me ovulate.. And I'm sure you know what that means. And I'm scared shitless that this won't work. My OB/GYN dove straight into medications, without a lot of investigation into why I'm not ovulating and having regular periods. And that scares me too. And I know that I've got one child and I should be happy with that..  (I love my daughter!!!!) I'm just freaked out right now. I've got several friends dealing with infertility, for several years now.. and I know I can't put myself in that category but I'm afraid someday I'll have to.

I Had a Feeling

So ever since hubby and I decided we were going to try for another baby, I had this feeling something was wrong. Hubby said he was on board, but then I went to the dr... since my cycles are so wonky, my dr wants to put me on Clomid to help me ovulate and when I told hubby that, things got weird. I had a feeling he wasn't too fond of the idea, and tonight he finally came clean. He says that since we were able to get pregnant before, there's no reason to go on medication. And not only that, he thinks that once we have a second kid, we will wish we only had one again.. that it will be a huge mistake to have another one. Wait, what!!?!?!? Yet he says that he's still on board with having another baby, he's just not as excited as I am. I am at a loss. I explained why the medication was something I wanted to go forward with. That it will increase our chances of getting pregnant sooner (afterall if I only ovulate every 3 or 4 months that's only 3 or 4 chances a YEAR to get pregnant, and I don't like those odds) then he throws in my face that I didn't want to go on hormonal birth control, but I'll take clomid to get pregnant. So I explained how taking a hormone 3 our of every 4 weeks for years on end is entirely different from taking a hormone for 5 days every month for a maximum of 6 months. Very different. I get the feeling he doesn't want to do this, that once I'm on meds and I know I'm ovulating he's going to give me a bunch of excuses on why we can't have sex right then. Because I don't think he really wants another baby, even though he says he's "on board with trying"... that's not the same thing as wanting another kid. He's got me a little confused and now I'm not quite sure what to do. I know what I want, but I'm not sure I want to put the stress on our relationship of trying/wanting/pushing for another baby when hubby doesn't really want one. He said he'll never "want more kids" the way I do and I'm wondering if he really means he doesn't want more. Period. When we first got together we both expressed a desire to have 2 to 4 kids. I know people change and ideals and opinions change, but dang if I had known back then that he wouldn't even want 2....I don't know... maybe I wouldn't have gotten my hopes up. I don't know what to think right now.  I can't force him, I wouldn't want to anyway. But if we have another baby, one he doesn't really want.. he's going to be even less involved than he is now. (part of that is that he's the main provider for the family and he works a lot..) but I am going to need his help so much more than ever and I just wonder if his heart isn't in it now.. if it will ever change, even after the baby is born. I had an epihany earlier and I hesitate to put this out into the universe, but... my husband kind of puts a damper on all of my excitements. Anything I get excited over, he has to tell me something bad about it. I never really realized it but he's a very negative person. Well, I'm sure I knew it deep down, but I don't think I put a true name to it. He's majorly pessimistic when it comes to a lot of things. So he's only thinking about all the negatives of having another baby. More money, more worry, more poop, more diapers, less free time, the kids won't play together, he doesn't want a boy (because he was a very bad kid and he's afraid our boy would be just like him) if we have a boy he and Abi will never play together, and on and on and on with the negativity. I was always told I was a very negative person, but geeze-o-man my husband takes the prize for most negative. I hate thinking about him that way, because I truly do love my hubby and I know he loves me too. It's hard to change a bad habit that is so ingrained, and I know that. But I just wish I knew what to do next...

issues..

So there comes a time when being ignorant is such a blessing.. but then when you see the truth, or are on a path to finding the truth, and it becomes terrifying. Let me preface this with a TMI warning, it deals with girly things so I'll understand if you don't want to continue on...

I have had irregular cycles my entire life. Even when I was thin. i remember once in high school I went 180 days then 188 days between periods. I was a healthy weight, eating okay, excercising etc. Also not pregnant. They aren't always that spaced out, and after having Abi they were pretty regular until i had the IUD placed (at which point all I did was bleed/spot) So after having my IUD removed, I found it refreshing to only have a period once a month. But, that only happend twice.. then nothing. From December 11th until April 11th. That's a long time! And we weren't "trying" for a baby, so it didn't bother me as much. But now we've decided to actually try .. and there's a problem. If I'm not ovulating, there won't be a chance to have that baby. Today I went to my Dr and she had me get some blood work done to make sure my hormones are within normal limits. If they are, I'll be starting Clomid. I am not looking forward to either things, but the Clomid would be better than a totally messed up hormonal panel. Because I don't know what would happen at that point, as we didn't even discuss it. So now I wait for a phone call to tell me potentially what my next step is. I'm on CD 11, and things are looking promising.. but I'm not holding my breath. Not yet. I never thought as a teenager or even young adult that I should get things checked out then (hormones etc) to figure out my ireegular cycles. I just went on birth control and that "fixed" it. But now.. now I'm wishing I had gotten all that taken care of ages ago because I'm so much older.. and there's a ticking clock because baby or not, at 35 I am done. After 35 you become high risk, advanced maternal age.. increased Downs risk... nope, sorry, not gonna roll those dice. If I can try to prevent it, I will. So if there's no baby by then, I'm hoping hubby will be open to adoption. I'm not even sure how on board he is with all this.. HIs attitude is "well, we already have one. So at least we have one." And that's not how I'm looking at it.

There will never be another one quite like you...

I'm still reeling over the loss of my mom. There are good days and bad days and then really bad days. The days that tend to be really bad are the ones I'm not working and Abi is in daycare.. and hubby is at work. Being alone is definitely the hardest, but I've been able to get through alright. Hubby is very understanding (even though he and mom didn't exactly see eye to eye, he respected her as a person and as my mother.) And of course he doesn't like to see me in pain of any kind. I've been diving into memories and trying to stay away from the what ifs and the things Abi will be missing out on.. she still doesn't get it really. It's incredibly hard to hear her play and say "barbie passed away" or have her call grandma on her pretend phone and say "grandma passed away but she'll be back later" I mean, she's three, I know she won't fully comprehend for some time.. it's still just really hard. 

My mom and I had our differences, and we were finally working through them and getting to a good place in our relationship. I cannot believe that both my parents are gone. .. It's been a while since dad died (suddenly) and so I'm able to deal with that pain a little better, obviously. But I'm only 31 I shouldn't be mourning both my parents. There's so much more that goes along with this, and when I am able I will write more but for now I think that this is all I can handle on this topic...

On a brighter note... I have an OB/GYN appt next week to try to figure out a game plan and get my cycle back to normal because.. Hubby is FINALLY on board with trying for number 2!!!!!! Like legitimately trying! Woohooo!!