Short and Not Sweet..

CD 6 and turned 40 on Sunday....not happy about either! Sorry I have not posted in a while...having a rough time over here!

Time is Flying!

I can not believe I am already back to my 2ww. This is crazy. It feels like yesterday I was crying about a failed cycled. These months go by too fast and unfortunately the whole ttc thing doesn't help. Everyday is a cycle number and a different regiment of ttc vitamins or prescriptions. I am always anxious for the next day...and this is making my life fly by!!

So..on that note: Today is CD17 and P+3...at least I think...I am not that confident on my Peak Day. I re-read my Creighton handbook and they made it sound like it was as clear as day...that it would knock you in the face...I must be slowwww...

So, I went through the proper protocol this cycle and added the Fertile CM myself. I saw a HUGE difference in my CM. I have never had such great CM...well probably when I was 20...but I wasn't looking at that time in my life. Does anyone know (maybe the lovely TCIE) the mucus score calculator?? How do you add up the scores? I would be curious to know what my score is....when I got pregnant last May, I had an 8..which is not that great. Since then I have had a 3 and a 4...terrible!

I had the craziest dream two nights ago. I was given 6 babies. Not sure how I got them...but they were coming any day and I was freaking because I did not have 6 cribs. The dream took a weird turn and I was debating a Senator on abortion by the end of it...and then I woke...very weird!!!

If this cycle does not produce a screaming bambino I am going to start taking my temperature and use an ovulation predictor kit. I think that would help for me to determine when I ovulate. Another thing that I re-read in the Creighton book was that the egg is only good for 12 hours...which I realize there are other factos that keep it going longer...but that is not a long time...at all.

I found some cool Yoga videos on cable...I am excited to try them. I just did a 12 minute yoga stretch. It was pretty good....and I think I could get into this!

Okay...cooking london broil, garlic mashed potatoes, and spinach....must get back to my kitchen!
Have a great night!

(Watching Cake Boss tonight....if you have never indulged.....you should!!)

CD 11...Good CM

I am having great CM...fo me at least! The past three days have been 10K, 10CL, and 10KL!! Yeah!..I have never had such great mucus....since I have been charting that is... I am taking the amoxicillian 3xs a day, Fertile CM 3xs a day, Mucinex 2xs a day...and then my other vitamins and prenatal vitamins. I am totally FOCUSED!!

I need to be pregnant before November 29th....it is a mental thing. I'll be 40!! This way I can say it was a 39 year old egg!!!

Went to my mammogram last night. It took 7 minutes. I am most definetely on the smaller side..ha!...so I thought it was painless and quick!! Praise God! Ladies you have nothing to fear when the time comes...

Thanks to all those who gave me YOGA suggestions. I will look for all of those tapes...and I fogot that they have exercise shows on cable,....I will check that out too!!!!

I have a million things to do today and my laptop is not working. So, I am on my husbands computer. I love my Apple....and I am sad that something is wrong with it. So...I am off to the Apple store to see what they can do for me!


Happy Veterans Day!!!

Crisis Pregnancy HotLine!

I don't think I have mentioned that I have signed on to answer the phones for a Crisis Pregnancy Hotline on Mondays. The calls get forwarded to my cell phone. I totally forgot about it until Shanesha called and left me some crazy message about her 5 children needing healthcare or somehthing like that...! I have to remember to pick up my phone. I am one of those people that do not answer the phone unless I know who it is...

Anyhow, I got another call from an 18 year old who is being thrown out of her house because she refuses to have an abortion. Her parents are upset that the "father" is black and she is white...forget the part about him being in jail for drugs and already having another child that he does not take care of...they seem to only be worried about his color. So, anyway she is living in a motel and is 4 1/2 month pregnant. I managed to slip in about her thoughts on adoption...but she told me she could never do that...well, I congratulated her on begin courageous and choosing life for her unborn child...

I'll give her the chastity talk when I call her back once I have found her a place to stay!

I am on page 66 on Inconceivable. She is now jumping rope...something about shaking up the organs! So, I ran today. That should do the same thing.... She is also doing yoga. Anyone do yoga?? Or have a good video to recommend for yoga? I do not have the extra money to take a class....but I think stretching is a good thing...so...anyone?????

A Few Updates!

Had it not been for my St. Anne Novena..I would have been completely MIA. I am in a bit of a slump...like my Phillies I suppose. It it is either the turning back of the clocks..or the daunting 40th birthday day that is quickly approaching....in three weeks. Anyhow, here are a few updates.

1- My Sister, who has been doing Creighton had a miscarriage a week ago. I am starting to think there is something in the water in Philadelphia!

2- While on the phone with her see told me about a book that she read called: Inconceivable. She gave it to me when I saw her at a family party this weekend. I am on page 17 so I don't have much to report. But, it seems that this 42 year old woman has one child and then is told that her FSH level is too high to ever achieve again. So, she takes a non-conventional way of getting pregnant. Lots of herbs and different techniques. Here are some of things that my Sister is now taking becuase of reading the book:

-Bee Polin, (Royal Jelly)
-Rasberry Tea Leaves
-Blue-Green Algae
--Wheat grass

I will read the book and decide if I am giving it any credence!

2- I am on CD7....and noticed some 10K...very early for me...not sure what that means. But, since I saw it I am starting the amoxicilian, the mucinex...and I ordered Fertile CM and as soon as it comes, I will take that too!!

3- Made an appointment to have my mammogram....yeah I am pretty bummed about that one...I was hoping to be pregnant and avoid that....for a few years!!!!

4- I have my first meeting at Williams Sonoma tonight for my Holiday Employment!! I need to make some extra cas fast....should be fun!

Alright! Have a great night!!

Last Day: St. Anne Novena

Glorious St. Anne,
filled with compassion for those who invoke you,
with love for those who suffer,
heavily laden with the weight of my troubles,
I knee at your feet and humbly beg you
to take my present need under your special protection...

(State your intention here.)

Vouchsafe to recommend it to your daughter,
the Blessed Virgin Mary,
and lay it before the throne of Jesus.
Cease not to intercede for me until my request is granted.
Above all, obtain for me the grace to one day meet God face to face,
and with you and Mary and all the angels
and saints praising Him through all eternity.

Amen

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Most holy mother of the Virgin Mary,
glorious Saint Anne, I, a miserable sinner,
confiding in your kindness,
choose you today as my special advocate.
I offer and consecrate my person
and all my interests to your care and maternal solicitude.
I hope To serve you and honor you all my life
for the love of your most holy daughter
and to do all in my power to spread devotion to you.

O my very good mother and advocate,
deign to accept me as your servant,
and to adopt me as you child.
O glorious Saint Anne, I beg you,
by the passion of my most loving Jesus,
the Son of Mary, your most holy daughter,
to assist me in all the necessities
both of my body and my soul.
Venerable Mother,
I beg you to obtain for me the favor I seek in this novena...

(State your intention here.)

and the grace of leading a life perfectly conformable
in all things to the divine will.
I place my soul in your hands
and in those of your kind daughter.
I confide it to you,
above all at the moment
when it will be to separate itself from my body in order that,
appearing under your patronage before the Supreme Judge,
He may find it worthy of enjoying His Divine Presence
in your holy companionship in Heaven.

Amen.

Recite the...

Our Father...
Hail Mary...
Glory Be to the Father...

Pray for us, Saint Anne!
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.

Day 8: St. Anne Novena

Glorious St. Anne,
filled with compassion for those who invoke you,
with love for those who suffer,
heavily laden with the weight of my troubles,
I kneel at your feet and humbly beg you
to take my present need under your special protection...

(State your intention here.)

Vouchsafe to recommend it to your daughter,
the Blessed Virgin Mary,
and lay it before the throne of Jesus.
Cease not to intercede for me until my request is granted.
Above all, obtain for me the grace to one day meet God face to face,
and with you and Mary and all the angels
and saints praising Him through all eternity.

Amen

Remember, O Saint Anne,
you whose name signifies grace and mercy,
that never was it known
that anyone who fled to your protection,
implored your help,
and sought your intercession was left unaided.
Inspired with this confidence,
I fly unto you, good, and kind mother;
I take refuge at your feet,
burdened with the weight of my sins.
O holy mother of the Immaculate Virgin Mary,
despise not my petition...

(State your intention here.)

but hear me and grant my prayer.

Amen.

Recite the...

Our Father...
Hail Mary...
Glory Be to the Father...

Pray for us, Saint Anne!
That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.