I went to get my blood drawn to check my estrogen and progesterone levels this morning. Since Que.st labs isn't open on the weekends, this involved driving over an hour to my clinic just to get it done. Yesterday my husband had the bright idea of making this a family outing, we would get the kids up and dressed and out the door, quick dash in to get my blood drawn while they all waited, and then off to the neat little restaurant the two of us ate at transfer day, then to the little mall on the way home to see if the shirts he'd ordered were in.
It seemed easy enough. Except that I had to get up at the ass-crack of dawn to get in the shower. I woke up feeling a little...oogy. A little nauseous, everything seemed to smell a little strongly, and my coffee tasted bitter and metallic.* And then, the heavens opened up! It was POURING, buckets, cats, dogs, and elephants. On the way to the car, everyone got wet, and the drive was, in a word, tense. My husband was driving and he kept going way too fast. No matter how many times I asked him to slow down the speed kept creeping up there until I was ready to throttle him, and the road was barely visible in the downpour.
We got to the clinic alive. While dashing into the building I noticed that in spite of the fact that my shirt was nearly soaked there was a huge white stain right over my right boob, which I then remembered was toothpaste that I thought I had taken care of. Wrong. I dashed to the ladies to try and clean it, but the stuff was on there. Grrr....
I came out to find that hubby and the kids had been splashing in puddles to keep the troupes entertained. Everyone was wet and muddy, but thankfully smiling. On to the restaurant...
Where, naturally, being that it is Sunday morning, was totally PACKED. There wasn't even anywhere to sit and wait. The kids were thrilled, though, and the wait was promised to be short. Then hubby pointed at my boob and said "You know, you've got a little something there on your shirt." Yeah, I know, thanks.
We finally get to sit down, but the kitchen is swamped. The kids get crankier and we only have packets of jelly and hubby's cell phone to entertain them. But when the food arrived it was very good, which is a good thing because I felt like I could eat a horse. Then I started to hear the music. I'm not sure if they just put it on, or if I had been too distracted to notice, or if someone cranked the volume. It was Dave Matthews singing a cover of a Bob Marley tune, and all of my kids started bobbing to the music.
Everything is gonna be alright
Everything is gonna be alright
Everything is gonna be alright now
Everything is gonna be alright
Then my little Nate beamed his beautifulest smile and said "I'm so HAPPY!"
Everything is going to be alright, indeed, no matter how this cycle goes. It's gonna be all right. :)
*vaguely interesting possible pregnancy symptoms. They have since abated, but since HSG and it's symptoms are strongest in the AM, especially early on, this is typical for me. Doctor said that prog and estrogen are right where they want to see them. Yeah!
Your family sounds so...entertaining? :-) I know it can be frustrating, but at least you were all able to make the best out of a mucky situation.
ReplyDeleteLOVE the fact that some symptoms are appearing!!!! This week is gonna drag on by until you get that BFP! I think I'm just as anxious for yours, as I am for mine.
Keeping you in my thoughts,
Jo
These are the kinds of stories that are much funnier when you tell them later but not at all funny when they are happening.
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't too bad except for walking around with a giant glob of white on my boob :) Embarrassing!
ReplyDeleteI hope that the oogy feeling and strong sense of smell are symptoms...but it could just be the progesterone. Hopefully the fact that it went away isn't a bad sign :(
Good morning, sunshine! You're up early! :-)
ReplyDeleteIF you are going to test on beta day, I've had the most success with the Equate version of the Early Detection variety. Walmart brand. It has always read positive first for me.
FRER is the First Response Early Response one -- and it never registers for me before 14dpo.
Dollar Tree is usually in between the two -- not as early as the Equate, but usually before the FRER.
As for the mug, I use it to pee and dunk the test (as opposed to peeing ON the test) to get a little more control. And I know the rules about not reading a test after 10 minutes, but its impossible for me not to. I am *cautiously* optimistic that I will get my full-fledged BFP (no squinting needed!) in the next couple of days.
Big hugs!
Jo
Up early? Ha, you betcha! If my boys don't jump in the bed and wake me before 6 AM it's a good day :)
ReplyDeleteMay you too soon know the joys of sleeplessness :)
Do it! Do it! Do it! And then post immediately. :-)
ReplyDeleteHugs,
Jo