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Saturday, March 2, 2013

My Journy Thus Far

I'll probably write more often in this thing as I start out, to get anyone who decides to read through up to speed with the who, what, where, why, etc of my TTC journey. Once I feel like everything's fairly up to date, posts will probably taper off a bit. So, today's post, is about my journey so far in trying to get knocked up with #2. This post, like many others, are going to be filled with some TMI, but well, you're reading a blog about trying to get pregnant, what do you expect?

Originally, when our daughter was first born, K and I decided that we were going to wait until she was about 3 to try for #2, so I had the Implanon birth control implant inserted around 3 months post-partum with C (Sept 2011). Around Janury 2012, he and I started talking about having #2 earlier rather than later, and decided to wait until C turned 1, simply because I was changing jobs and my new insurance policy wouldn't kick in until June of 2012, which just happened to co-inside with C's birthday, and would have put me at my new job long enough to qualify for FMLA and STD when I was ready to have said baby. So, Implanon was removed June 18, 2012.

Prior to getting pregnant with C, I had approximately 34-40 day cycles. Not having taken the time to properly learn about my body, and how it could take time to regulate post-Implanon, CD 35 came and went in July. I pee'd on sticks almost daily for two weeks until I got my period. Next cycle, the same thing happened. CD 35 came and went, I swore I was pregnant, and two weeks later, my period came.  Sept 2012, I finally realized that my cycles weren't 35ish days anymore, but had extended to more like 50 days. Ok, no big deal. We adjusted our timing for sex accordingly.

When my period was due in November, I started spotting. Put my tampon in that Friday night, fully expecting  CD#1 when I woke up. Got up, tampon was empty. Spotted off and on all day, but never got my period. Saturday night, I bought a pregnancy test. BFP! Awesome and amazing! I went to bed with cramping that night, which was worse when I woke up Sunday morning. I tested again, another BFP, but by that afternoon, my cramps had gotten severely worse, and I was starting to bleed more than spot.

Throughout the day, I began to pass clumps and large clots. By early afternoon, my cramping had pretty much died down to normal period-like cramps, and I was able to be functional. Another HPT and BFN. Internet research told me that I'd had a chemical pregnancy.

It was at this time that I returned to an on-line community called The Bump that I had often visited during my pregnancy with C, and through her early months before migrating to the Facebook page of my birth month group. I migrated to the Trying To Get Pregnant board, and thanks to the ladies there, I began to learn even more about my body. Because of this forum, I was introduced to Fertility Friend, which helps me to more accurately track my cycles and figure out what my body is doing, when to call the doctor (if I were to need to), and what mistakes not to make.

They've been lifesavers the past two cycles, especially this longest one. I didn't drive myself near as crazy peeing on sticks as I would have, and have probably saved me a couple dollars in HPTs, and they provided a supportive and sympathetic ear during my CP, answering stupid questions. I've made some great friends on the site, and I'm sure a few "enemies," or at the very least there are ladies on there who don't like me. Some days it's like being back in high school, and drives me batty, but at the end of the day, we're all out for the common goal, we all want a new baby to bring home into our lives.

Hopefully, I'll be able to move onto the trimester pages of The Bump soon, but if not, I know I'm kept in good company of a knowledgeable group of women who will snark the stupid out of me when it appears, or provide sympathy if I were to need it again...

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