Happy New Year and new possibilities...

We stuffed our faces at the Cheesecake Factory (Mmmmm!) and rolled ourselves to the car. When we got home, we tried to stay up to watch the midnight calibrations but we fell asleep cuddling... a great way to start a new year! Woke up and went straight to Starbucks to begin the first day of 2009 on the right foot like I do every New Year :o)

No resolutions were made but we are looking forward to adding to our family and beginning this new phase of our marriage stronger and more united. It took some trials weathering some family drama, but we are stronger for it and I am so very grateful and feel a sense of relief in our unity. My anxiety thinking about future drama episode has been lifted knowing that D knows and feels resolute about protecting the emotional integrity of the family we are building by enforcing boundaries to keep out external strife and negativity. I love him for his patients and strength of character... I married such a wonderful and strong man... I am so very blessed.

2009... here we go!

same symptoms + fatigue

Uggg.... looooong week between new job training and feeling yucky. But it would be a great yuck factor if we get a + when I test next week. FF says I am 14 DPO but I think I am more like 9 DPO due to my CM changes on Thanksgiving Day. My temps the weekend prior soared more because Hubby turned on a space heater in the bedroom for the first time this season and I was smoldering the morning of the temp hike and the day after. Got Hubby to turn down the heat after that. The problem with my temps is that this is my first cycle charting and before I started working, my sleep schedule was all messed up. I will do better next cycle BUT hopefully won’t have to!!!!!

I am still having mild cramping that happens in the late morning onto the evening. It gets a little stronger after meals. The ride home yesterday it was a bit more pronounced that previous days and started to feel it around my sides and lightly to the rear of my lower back muscle… right where my right ovary would be but the back side of it. Don’t know how to describe it exactly… more like the ach when you are bending over the countertop for a while and feel your right-rear back muscle get soar. It could be I was sitting wrong all day or it may be PG signs… only a matter of days before I can test to confirm my “symptoms” are not all in my head!

Nausea was better yesterday except for an hour or so mid afternoon. But again, the stuffy training room didn’t help… and the not so freshly cleansed chick sitting to my right. She is a different one! I was sooo tired yesterday also. But I have not been sleeping well and waking earlier than the alarm for a few days. Plus, the training is slow and dull at a times, warm stuffy room, and giving up on my coffee addiction may all be to blame.

Hubby is not loving his deployment as usual. He is so over that place and all its non-comforts of home. He laughs at my early “symptoms” but it’s all in good fun. His ego will be soooo bloated if he hit the target on the first round! LOL! I am just thankful for his vastly decreased deployment schedule with his change in career tracks and that we have weathered the family drama of the past 3 years. I can’t image taking on this new journey with that bubbling in the background. It had taken its toll on the emotional health of our marriage and as a result, my physical health suffered which would have made the pregnancy process very difficult and unhealthy with the added stress.

But enough of that… positive thoughts only please! Hubby will be home just before Christmas but unfortunately I have to work (BOO!) but at least we had a fun family Thanksgiving and he was around for the first time to decorate for Christmas! Gotta think of a cute way of sharing the news if we are pregnant... like an early Christmas present! Maybe I’ll wrap my belly in a bow when he comes home… maybe had a Daddy onesie folded under the bow? Sooo exciting!!!!



Here is the info posted on my FF chart yesterday:

Triphasic temperature patterns are often indicative of implantation during a cycle and may occur before a home pregnancy test can return positive results. They are called triphasic because they represent a third level of high temperatures typically reached seven to ten days after ovulation. (The first level of temperatures are those preceding ovulation, the second level of temperatures are those immediately after ovulation, the third level of temperatures are those after implantation).

While a triphasic temperature pattern is a promising sign, its presence is not absolutely indicative of pregnancy, and its absence doesn’t absolutely rule a pregnancy out. A triphasic chart shows three levels of temperatures: pre-ovulation, post-ovulation, and then a second rise around 7-10 days after ovulation. Some women with charts that show this pattern turn out to be pregnant. But many do not. Likewise, your chart does not need to show this kind of pattern for you to be pregnant. A triphasic chart can be promising, however, because progesterone levels generally increase after implantation (7-10 days past ovulation) in conception cycles, and sometimes this results in a triphasic pattern. A triphasic chart, however, is not a definite sign that you are or are not pregnant. It is just increasing your probability if you also have well-timed intercourse. Likewise, you can be pregnant and not have a triphasic pattern. Like all signs of possible implantation or pregnancy, you can really only speculate about it once a pregnancy has already been confirmed.

http://www.fertilityfriend.com/Faqs/Triphasic_chart.html

2 Weeks Waiting Phase Has Begun...

Haven’t had chances to write an entry the past week because of all the hustle and bustle gearing up for Thanksgiving. We had such a great time with NO DRAMA!!! It was fun having my Mom, Uncle Boy & Auntie Rowena, and Sista Maleah here in our new home. This was D's first Thanksgiving home since our engagement 5 years ago! (Gotta love the military) We ate tons and Maleah popped our Black Friday cherries by getting us to wake up at 3:30 am to head to Wal-Mart for some crazy shopping rush. It was a fun rush and so funny seeing people go crazy over child and grownup toys. We went just to cheer Maleah on and had no intention to buy anything since I haven’t gotten my first paycheck yet… but Damen was weak and got a hold of a discounted 32” HGTV for our bedroom and a Blue Ray DVD player (thanks to my little Mom tearing through the crowds!) for the family room. So after seeing that, I got myself a Garmin GPS toy for me! It was contagious because Auntie Rowena then showed up with a cart full of towels, GPS and a cute digital camera. Good times were had by all!

The few days of house guests weren’t stressful but tiring... never did so many dishes each day in my life! Mom delivered a truckload of stuff from her storage and left our garage unusable for a while. It was great to be able to hang out with Maleah a bunch since we haven't had a chance to really get to know each other more because of the distance. She is so sweet and funny! I really wish she leave nearby, we would definitely be cool girlfriends/sisters. Everyone got along great and there were tons of laughs and fun memories made.

Hopefully something else was made in the process (hehehe). Our timing seemed great for TTC before D leaves tomorrow for a short deployment. It would be an AMAZING early Christmas present in 2 weeks if we test positive. I would have to think of a cute way to share the news when he gets home on the 16th. My temp shot up yesterday and I was having mild cramping or twinges during the AM and early afternoon. There was some light headiness during those times. I normally don't get cramps but maybe I am just more observant now that we are actively trying to conceive. Between the observable CM, cramping, and temp dip then spike, I think my O happened between Thursday & Friday. So it will be a fun 2 week wait to test if we hit the mark this first round. EEEK!