Old wives tales

Today i thought i would just go through a whole load of old wives tales just to see how strange or realistic they can be.

• Boxers vs briefs.  One old wives tales is that men should wear boxers and not briefs due to it aiding circulation to the reproductive organs and preventing over heating, increasing sperm production. This had been dismissed as a myth by professionals.
• Tips on how to conceived a boy-  Allow your husband to seduce you into sex first. - Be a worry wart. - Husband to drink plenty of soda. - Eat red meat and salty snacks. - Have sex at night on odd days on the month. - Have sex standing up. - Have sex when there is a quarter moon. - Have sex lay on your stomach with your husband on your back. - Sleep on the left side of your husband. - Make sure your husband climaxes first. - Point you head north during sex. - Stay on your back after sex. - Warm his testicles before sex.
• Tips on how to conceive a girl- Both should eat fish and vegetables. - Eat chocolate. - Have sex in the afternoon on a full moon. - Have sex with the man on top. - Seduce your husband. - Stay calm and cool. - Climax first and think pink.
• Try to orgasm at the same time as your partner.
• Have sex under a tree on a full moon.
• Taking baby aspirin everyday to become pregnant.
• Keep a statue of a pregnant lady around the bed.
• Wear a pearl.
• Don't eat cold food.
• Drink raspberry tea.
• If you dream of having a baby you can get pregnant that month.
• Eat more fish.
• Don't carry something heavy, this can break your uterus and never work.
• Drink grapefruit juice, it is supposed to thin cervical mucus.
• Sit on a chair after a pregnant lady.
• Buy a pair of elephants with their trunks down.
• Sleep on blue sheets.

Some of these are a tad bit on the ridiculous side like, having a dream about having a baby, i dream about having a baby at least once a week and that one hasn't worked yet. then there is sitting on the same chair as a pregnant lady, done that, never worked. Wearing boxers, well the MR only wears boxers. If there is any more that i haven't thought of just let me know.......

Sample.....Sent.....

Well today we did the sample and took it to the hospital, (i say we i mean the MR did the sample and we took it lol.) we made sure we got the name of the lady we handed the sample to but when we explained that the last one wasn't dealt with she was really nice and said she would take it straight to the back and get it tested right away, that made me feel a little bit better.

I did have a breakdown this week, i got the date for my next appointment and even though they said they would see me in a month the appointment isn't until 14th October, which is 2 months, i just got so irritated, so the MR decided we should go to the cinema to see cats and dogs 2 so we went on Wednesday morning as it was orange Wednesdays, and i couldn't control myself, the cinema was full and we were the only people who didn't have kids, i had to try so hard to stop myself from crying, on the way back all we saw were these girls who obviously have never had a job and have all these kids with different men and no current dads and it just made me feel like crap, i managed to control myself until i got to work then i just couldn't hold it in anymore, i just had to cry, i ended up telling people i had a migraine so that i didn't have to explain myself, it wasn't until i was told a joke that i finally felt a little better. i felt so bad because i think i was not being the very nice to the MR.

Is so unfair.

Its so not fair, for the past 3 and a half years i have been working my but off to sort out my fertility and more than 3 months ago the doctors decided they were going to test the MRs sperm, so we take the sample to the hospital hand it to a hospital worker like we were told to do, so when we go to the next appointment and were told that the results would have gone to the MRs GP so we tried to track them down with no luck, well my appointment was today, last week i rang up saying that the GP couldn't find the results so we would need to re do them, at the appointment today i was told they got in contact with the lab and there was not any record of it being tested!!!! i cant believe these people who are paid to work couldn't even put a little bit of sample under a microscope and test it, i was so upset by hearing this, but then the doctor said until we get the results we cant carry on with any more treatment, this means at least another unmedicated cycle or more all because of someones incompetency. then to make it a little bit worse the doctor showed me my results from the day 21 progesterone tests and every other time i had them done it was between 0.2 and 1.3 but this time it was at 8.8 which it has never been so it shows that the clomid was working, not enough but with a higher dosage it would, but no we are not allowed. so the doctor and the nurse who was in the room were so sorry but it wasn't their fault, so we have to take another test which should be Monday then take it to the hospital where i am going to explain that the last time it wasn't checked and i would like the name of the person i was handing it too and then they would be the ones responsible for getting it tested, if there are no tests done on it again i will look into a serious complaint as this is out of order, i pay my national insurance and expect to have the tests and treatment that i deserve, not for some dole dossing, dirty little tramp who wants more kids to get more benefits because they cant afford their new TV from brighthouse, no me who has only been out of work 9 months in total since leaving college and i think i have paid plenty into getting what i want. if i get more problems i will look into private insurance that way i will be paying more so i should get what i want when i want it and the tests should be done when they are paid for not wen they can be bothered, as the woman who i gave the sample to the last time obviously had something WAY more important that she couldn't walk into the back and pass the sample onto the lab technician, because their lives are a hell of a lot more important than mine, and these people are probably the ones who decide that they want to abort babies because it is an inconvenience to them. well all of this got way to much for me and i actually had a breakdown in the bus stop after the appointment, i mean full on tears and people in passing cars noticing, but i really couldn't help it, i had been so positive lately that my treatment would be going well and would be getting more pills and maybe even getting to the point where i could announce i was at least 3 months pregnant at Christmas or soon after but i really don't think that will happen anymore.

one more day

Well this week i have been worried that AF will come to early and then i will have to wait another month before i can take any more clomid, that is if the doctor decides i can have some more, which i don't see why he shouldn't. i was hoping AF would hold out until at least today that way when i went for my appointment tomorrow i would be in time to take them from day 2 like last time, but AF hast turned up yet, i did take a test a few days ago and it was negative, i wasn't expecting it to be positive as that was an unmedicated cycle so i wasn't expecting anything but normally i would have had some cramping this week but i haven't yet, i did have a tiny bit of cramping about 2 weeks ago but it was only about an hour or so then disappeared. i am not sure when it will turn up but on an unmedicated cycle it can be anything from 26 to 33 days so i could still have another about 3 or 4 days before i hit 33 days so i just have to wait.

Smiley wednesdays again

Well its that time of the week again for my new smiley wednesdays.

This one i found last thurday when i was 'robotting' at work. (robotting is where i do the same thing over and over again that i end up in a trance) so i have to look around and i find faced in everything, this one was 2 little melted bits of plastic on the wooden platform and a random bit of trimming in a sad face, imagine the looks i would get if other workers saw me taking pictures of random things lol.

This was also taken on thursday about 5 minutes before the end of shift and i saw these rips in the cardboard that i thought looked a little like nicolas cage in world trade centre doing a little wink.

This was what i found on monday, again at work, all shift i saw these 2 boxes and they looked like they were looking a little bit sad, probably because it had to look at me for e 5 and half hours, lol.

Yesterday my mom was doing something and i saw this monkey/puppy/lion looking thing on her bra, lol. so i just had to take a picture, i couldnt help myself.

Last night before i finished work again i saw this cool looking face on the floor with sunglasses on.

Some times i wonder if it just me that sees these things but as long as i can its all good.

less than a week to go

I have less than a week before i have my next appointment to see if the clomid worked and to see if they are going to give me some more, but the only thing is if they do give me more clomid i have to take them day 2 of my cycle but i have a feeling AF is on her way, it is highly unlikely that i am pregnant this month as it was unmedicated so i am waiting for AF just not quite yet the soonest she should come is on Wednesday that way at my appointment if they give me the prescription then i can take them from that day but if it comes any sooner then i have to wait another month now that would irritate me. here hoping i am just thinking that AF is coming when its not.

Smiley wednesdays

Right with all the things that are going on at the moment i need a little bit of comody in my life so i am introducing 'smiley wednesday' where i will upload photos i have taken recently that have made me smile and a little explanation what it is or where it was, so here goes my first 'smiley wednesday'.

This is a piece of wood that was attatched to one of the tables at work and on this day i was in a rather unpleasent mood until i noticed there was a smiley face so i just had to take a picture of it, it lightened my mood.

Now this one looks rather rude but it is really innocent really, this is a corner in our kitchen and when the evening sun shines through the window we get some weird shadows and it was actually my mom who noticed this one. (it was the leg of the ironing board incase you were wondering.)

This one i found after my weekly run at himley hall and was drying my hair while sat on the toilet (yes i know too much information but it decided it was going to pee it down so i had to dry it) and i found this smiley face on the back of the door and it looked so cute so you guessed it i took a photo of it.

I love chocolate and chocolate chip poppets are one of my vices and right at the bottom of the box was this one that had this smiley face on one side.........

And the face of a duck on the other side, not this may sound silly but i kept it in the box until i got home as my phone was dead and took a picture of it.

Again with the chocolate my MR bought me some chocolate round after work and when i turned the pack over there was these 2 little words but i found them hilarious.

i will be on the look out for more pitures for next week.

little rant then my be-lated not me monday

well we rang my MR's doctor again today and they said they had checked their records and the hospital records and there are no results from the SA anywhere, so that probably means they didn't test it at all, that's just ridiculous, i cant believe they would do that, i said to my mom that i bet they would like it if it was happening to them so why couldn't they just do the job they are paid to do. so i rang our specialist's secretary and asked if we could do a re-test before the next appointment which is in 9 days, she said there may not be time but she would see what she could do as she would need to get hold of a copy of my records then get the doctor to agree to it then we would have to pop in to collect the pot and paperwork then take the sample to the other hospital and there may not be enough time so if not i will have to wait till next week and go along to the appointment and explain, i also need to remember to ask about my scan i had done and for the results of my progesterone blood work and see if i ovulated last month and if they are going to allow me to have more clomid......i think i need to write a list.

Now for my be-lated not me Monday.

• i did not eat another 6 slices of pizza all in one day again this week.
• i did not extend my overdraft by another £300 so that i could get an at home laser hair removal system
• i did not decide that i wasn't going to waste a non-medicated no ovulation testing month so i spent as much time as was humanly possible BDing just in case i ovulated, (didn't hear the MR complaining)
• i did not cut off at least a foot of hair purely because i was feeling lazy and was sick of having to spend over an hour every day just to make it look presentable for it to be greasy and frizzy (yes i know that is odd being both but that just my luck)
• i did not regret doing said hair cut less than a day after
• i did not come around to talking about me having multiple babies again with my mom, (i cant help it i have always believed i would have at least twins if not more)
• and i did not say how i would say yes to promotional work if the multiples were asked, as long as they are not exploited i don't see a problem.

come back on Wednesdays to see what my new little smiley Wednesdays is all about.

I got a feeling....that tonights gonna be a......

Well tonight's not gonna be a good good night as my MR isn't here, but the one problem is i am right about at the big O day right now, i haven't felt really stressed this month as it has been a non clomid month but at the same time i don't really want to waste a month, but i haven't been stresses due to forgetting to buy more O tests so i haven't had to remember to POAS every day. My next appointment is in about 2 weeks and i think we may need to have another SA done as the last appointment they said we were supposed to have gone to the MRs GP to collect the results but we wasn't told that, so while we were there they rang but couldn't get through so we tried and they said they didn't have any sign of a SA been done but would look again but we never heard back so if we do need another one done we are going to make sure they send the results to the fertility specialist as that is where they are needed.

Well we have been TTC for coming up to 40 months and we decided that we are only going to keep TTC until October 2011 as we have out wedding booked for September 2012 and this would give us enough time for me to get into my dress and for the baby to be at least 2 months old and be able to spend time with my mom (i will have expressed enough for the feeds in the day) all this if we do become pregnant before then.

Way before i was diagnosed with PCOS i had problems with excess hair and i mean everywhere, and so while i was in college doing beauty therapy i had the chance to have most different types of hair removal, but realised that i had more hair than other people and when they had a wax it took like a month for the hair to grow back but mine was back with in a week or 2. so after years of waxing, shaving, plucking, epilating and threading sometimes for 1+hours a day i thought this was over the top so i looked into the Harley medical group to see how much it would be to have a course of laser hair removal and lets just say its not cheap, £460 for a course of 8 treatments for upper lip and £600 for a course of 8 treatments for the chin, this is a lot of money especially if i needed more than the 8 (which i have heard people with PCOS do need more than normal) so i looked into at home laser systems and boots sell a few different types but the cheaper one turned out to be the best as it was the only one you could use on the face which is the main problem area for me. so after checking my finances i decided to buy the boots smooth skin hair removal system, they had an offer on to save £50 so i paid £274.99 and used it for the first time yesterday and it was a little bit weird as there is a very bright red flash from the laser when you press the trigger and then there is a weird ping sensation like an elastic against the skin, which wasn't painful so i did my upper lip and chin and.......do not laugh......my feet and toes. i will let you know how it goes, next time i will be sporting shades as the flash is quite bright.

The bold 100

I have been on the stealing front again over at the dressler family blog and found a list of 100 things where you make them bold if you have done them, so here goes.

1. Started your own blog.
2. Slep tunder the stars.
3. Played in a band.
4. Visited hawaii.
5. Watched a meteor shower.
6. Given more than you can afford to charity.
7. Been to Disneyland.
8. Climbed a mountain.
9. Held a praying mantis.
10. Sang a solo.
11. Bungee jumped.
12. Been to paris.
13. Watched a lightning storm from sea.
14. Taught your self an art fron scratch.
15. Adopted a child.
16. Had food poisoning.
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty.
18. Grown your own vegetables.
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France.
20. Slept on an over night train.
21. Had a pollow fight.
22. Hitch hiked.
23. Taken a sick day when your not sick.
24. Built a snow fort.
25. Held a lamb.
26. been skinny dipping.
27. Run a marathon.
28. Ridden a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse.
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset.
31. Hit a home run. (only on the wii)
32. Been on a cruise.
33. Seen Niagra Falls in person.
34. Visited a birthplace of your ancestors.
35. Seen and armish community (would love to do)
36. Taughty yourself a new language.
37. Had enough money to be truely satisfied.
38. Seen the leaning tower of pisa in person.
39. Gone rock climbing. (in a few weeks this will be bold)
40. Seen michelangelo's David.
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt.
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant.
44. Visited Africa.
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight.
46. Been transported in an ambulance.
47. Had your portrait painted.
48. Gone deep sea fishing.
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person.
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Towr in Paris. (went there but the queue time was 4 hours)
51. Gone scuber diving or snorkeling.
52. Kissed in the rain.
53. Played in the mud.
54. Gone to a drive-in theater.
55. Been in a movie. (i was an extra in a movie called 'the feast of july' with Embeth who played miss honey in matilda)
56. Visited the Great Wall of China.
57. Started a bussiness.
58. Taken a martial arts class.
59. Vissited Russia.
60. Served in a soup kitchen.
61. Sold girl scout cookies.
62. Gone whale watching.
63. Gotten flowers for no reason.
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma.
65. Gone sky diving.
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration camp.
67. Bounced a cheque.
68. Flown in a helecopter.
69. Saved a favourite childhood toy.
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten caviar.
72. Pieced a quilt.
73. Stood in Time Square.
74. Toured the Everglades.
75. Been fired from a job.
76. Seen the changing of the guards in London.
77. Broken a bone.
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle.
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person.
80. Been to the Vatican.
81. Bought a brand new car.
82. Walked in Jerusalem.
83. Had you picture in the paper.
84. Read the entire Bible.
85. Visited the White House.
86. Killed a prepared and animal for eating.
87. Had chicken pox.
88. Saved someones life.
89. Sat on a jury.
90. Met someone famous.
91. Joined a book club.
92. Lost a loved one.
93. Had a baby.
94. Seent the Alamo in person.
95. Swam in the Great Salt lake.
96. Been involved in a lawsuit.
97. Owned a cell phone.
98. Been stung by a bee.
99. Read an entire book in 24 hours.
100. Published a book.

That was quite fun.

Q's and A's

i stole these questions from 'the dressler family' blog that i have just started reading and thought i would just answer these too.

1. How old are you and your partner? I am 23 in 6 weeks and my MR is 23
   
2. How long have you been TTC? 3 years 3 months
3. What are your infertility issues? Diagnosed PCOS with anovulation (may never have ovulated in my life)
4. Have you dont fertility treatments? metformin for a month but didnt agree with my body and one cycle of clomid so far
5. What treatments are you considering? more clomid, iui, ivf (due to the nhs i can only get one round of ivf so any more i would have to pay for) i would consider any other treatments that may come along too.
6. Are you hoping for a boy or girl or twins? i really dont mind what i have as long as i get one but have always believed i would have more than one at a time even before i knew i had 'issues' so twins or more would be good too.
7. Do you have any names picked yet? we have some picked but not a definate yet as they may change, annabelle, isabelle, harry, matthew, jacob, marek (unsure of the spelling for the last one it is my MRs choice)
8. What preparations have you made for children? we have prepared mentally and have chossen all the things like breastfeeding and cloth nappies, we have jobs and are currently sorting out housing and have our wedding planned for september 2012
9. Have you had any miscarriages? no have never been pregnant yet
10. What other methods do you use to help conceive? i keep track of my cycle and have recently started using ovulation tests
11. Are you taking any vitamins / supplements? i know its bad but at the moment i do not take any vitamins or supplements but i have had to change my diet to help my cycle there for i get a high amount of natural vitamins from my meals
12. Are you considering adoption? at the moment i dont think i would be strong enough to deal with adoption, but if it came to it then we would consider it just not right now
13. Do you have any advise for others who are struggling with infertility? i would say find someone in your situation preferably someone who is ahead of you who can help you through the tough times, i know it seems hard to do but relax, dont make this another job.

i forgot one more not me

• i really really wasnt so busy this week that i forgot to buy my ovulation tests for this week.

not me! mondays

Let me explain, i recently read a blog where the every monday she gives a post about things that she so did not do in the past week so i thought i would do this as i am always saying i so did not ........... you get the idea so here goes.

• i did not eat 4 slices of pizza on sunday....and then not eat another slice for breakfast today.
• i definatly did not spend most of the past week playing on my brothers xbox while my parents were on holiday.
• i so did not pretend to be retarded on a photo at the theme park last week (neither did my amazing guy or my brother or his girlfriend)

as i have not been to work this past week i dont really have many not me's but join me next week to see what i really didnt do this coming week.

*note i really am sorry if i have offended anyone by pretending to be retarded.

the good thing before the bad.

My mom came back from holiday yesterday, they went to a place near Dorset and it was near this figure carved into the hill side it is called the cerne abbas giant and to put it to scale it is 180ft tall and 167ft wide and it is unknown how long it has been there. The weird thing is the day they headed to see it there was a bit of news on the aol homepage that says that women who live there have on average 3 children in their lives where the average for the rest of the country it is only 1.6, and underneath people had left messages saying that they had had problems becoming pregnant had been there and then was blessed with child, anyway i thought i would mention this to my mom when she got back and just as i was telling her when she was settled back in she pulled out the stone that had rolled down the hill when they were there and so she took this as a sign and picked it up and bought it back for me, how sweet is that, even when she was on holiday she was still thinking of ways to help me. I love her so much. so now i have this stone (which i must say smells strange lol) and i dont know what i do with it do i place it by my bed or what, either way i am willing to try anything. i would love to see this for myself and even stay there at some point.