CD13 - Catching Up

Been a little MIA.  We had the snots, spews and poos run through the household this week and then I had work over the weekend as well.  Not much time to get on and I've missed a few post by my bloggy buds but done my best to catch up on the most recent stuff.

So I can't even remember when I last posted but the run down of things gone by is that AF came in the evening on 11DPO last cycle which technically gives me an 11 day LP...by like six hours.  -insert eye roll here-.  AF was the most painful by far and reminds me of what it was like just before it got really bad with the endo.  It was also extraordinarily light and short...which was also what it was like just before things got really bad with endo.  Anyone else catching the trend here?  I decided that I would ditch the aspirin and just go natural. So we had days and days of this right ovary burning, aching blah blah blah and then on CD10 I had brown stained mucus.  And the more on CD11. On CD12 it was just plain old spotting and by the end of CD12 I actually thought that AF was arriving because there was red blood and the liner I was wearing just wasn't cutting it.  Spotting again this morning and then brown mucus and down to nothing...ignoring the fact that I feel like AF is about to start all day with lower back pain and bloating etc. 

I officially cracked a sad and went to my GP and I now have a referral back to my OBGYN with an appointment set up for Wednesday morning. 

Up until this cycle I've felt pretty good and pretty level headed about things but I'm not quite feeling that way anymore.  I can't say I feel the faith in body, I'm frustrated by all these people around me who seem to be able to have sex once and go BAM UTD and I just have this general sense of "here we go again...".   It's not so much that I'm desperate to be pregnant or having deprived parent syndrome or anything of the sort. Afterall, I've got one gorgeous little man and the older he is before this happens, the easier it will be too.  It's more that we are ready for this to happen and I just want to be on an even playing field to everyone else.  I don't care if it takes a while so long as it has a chance of happening and my body is behaving somewhat normally.  It would be nice to feel like I'm waiting for my turn rather than wasting time. I hope that makes sense.

Anyway, had some clear EWCM and cervix is starting to feel more fertile so decided to temp from this morning.  It's at the point which is usually about two days before a postive OPK so we will need to get busy soon I guess.  I have decided that I'm only going to wait until FF confirms my CHs and then ditch temping. My sleep is too disrupted and I find it a little hard watching my body abandon the cause via temping. lol!

Oh! Oh! And I tested the exercise sperm baking theory last week too!  I was fine doing weights.  Came back 36.8 which is 98.24 F.  However, when I jumped on the treadmill and did my interval sprints it came back 38.0 which is 100.4 F i.e. the equivalent of a low grade fever.  I'll ask my OBGYN on Wednesday about the effect when inside the womans body but I may put a hold on the cardio workouts post sex until after ovulation.  You know.. cause a miracle might happen and I might get pregnant. LMAO. 

And that is where I am at... Sorry, bit of a downer post I know.  Hopefully come back with something promising to share after Wednesday!

P.S. -waves at new follower Laura McNeir-  Hi!