Weekend Wrap-Up April 16, 2006
Where to begin. This was a pretty darn busy weekend. Well, I guess we’ll start with the obvious: I survived the due date. I was hoping the build up to the day would be the hardest part, but the actual day was really tough for me. I do have to say, though, that I’m feeling a lot better now that I’ve gotten through it and am now on the other side of it.
We had quite a wake up call on the drive over when we barely managed to avoid being part of a multiple car pile up on the interstate. We watched it all happen right in front of us, but Dan managed to slam on the brakes in time to avoid adding to the pile. I think there ended up being five or six cars involved, and one ended up pointing in the wrong direction. Scary stuff.
We did a ton of neighborhood cruising in Houston, and I think it was a pretty successful trip in that regards. We definitely narrowed down the neighborhoods/areas of town that we’re interested in looking in. The whole home buying process is completely overwhelming to me, but I’m sure we’ll manage to get through it.
I went to my first ever acupuncture appointment on Friday. I have to admit that I liked it. They did the electro acupuncture stuff on me to help with blood flow to the uterus, and that was quite interesting. I could have done without people staring at my tounge and asking me questions about my bowels, but whatever. I guess that comes with the package.
Things are beginning to progress a little on the cycling front. My period showed today so that means I’ll get to start patches and reduce my Lupron dose on Tuesday. I cannot wait to get some estrogen into my system again. This Lupron is doing me in.
So, I guess that’s the weekend in a nutshell. It definitely wasn’t as I had planned, but it ending up being ok overall.
- Posted in : IVF Part 7: FET #3, various other ramblings
- Author : amanda
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I’m so glad you’re feeling better. I don’t think I said so before, but after my first miscarriage I felt much better after the due date had passed. I was hoping you would, too. For me it was like the pressure built and built as the date got closer, and then I felt a strange sense of relief (or something) after I got through it.
I’m hoping for you on this cycle.
I’m glad you made it through this weekend. When we learned we could never have children of our, that we were, in effect, permanently infertile (which no longer may be technically true, btw) i never realized how important it was to mourn the losses i experienced so that they dont continue to bleed out into the rest of my life and into my future.
One of my favorite quotes from my grieving period is “Time does not heal, but healing takes time,” from Healing Through the Shadow of Loss.
Take care,
Fertile Soul
I’m glad to hear that the weekend went OK. I’m also glad that you liked the acupuncture session. I hope it gives you the boost your body needs. May is right around the corner.
Hey, Amanda. The first year of loss is a crazy time. For me, once I got past the first anniversary, I finally gave myself permission to live again. I don’t know if that makes sense, but there was a part of me that was dead - like I was just going through the motions of my existence. Like I was in a play. You never get over the loss - you just somehow learn to carry it with you in your heart. Glad to hear you’re doing o.k. As for the lupron…..the side effects are the WORST!!
Very happy you survived the day all of it the drive the edd and the internal demons, and found some neighbourhoods you liked. and yayaya to moving on with the cycle bring on the patches! as far as tongues go ever wonder if yours is the worst they’ve ever seen when you stick it out? it is a whole new world to obsess about is a coating normal? what colour is normal? etc etc.
So glad to hear you survived–and missed the car accident, too. Keep taking good care of yourself, Amanda!
I was sticking my tongue to Mr P the other day saying “Look at the strange colour of my tongue” and he was giving me that look as if to say “Where is my wife, you pod person??”.
Glad you made it through, Amanda.
I’m glad to hear you survived the due date. Obviously my situation was different, but our first due date that passed in December was a bit tough. And I totally feel your pain on the whole house-buying thing. On the plus side, it IS a distraction.