For Love is the most powerful word and action, man was ever taught; Love is what we are and children are the greatest gift of Love.

                         YAY!! Last night I took my last Clomid pill! I am so done with this mood swings..I need to get back to my real self for this Valentine's weekend :) We'll be BD-ing all week..please God, please God, please God let me have BFP in two weeks!!!! Please, please, please! Oh ya, I'm not at the hotel anymore either :) We came home yesterday. The building that my hubby was working on caught fire sometime in the middle of the night, the news say it caught fire around 3:30am Thursday (very early) in the morning! How random??! Anyway they are investigating it..it's a $2 Million dollar college dorm for Portage College. No one knows how the investigation will last..insurance can take forever! This doesn't mean that my hubby is out of job until it's up and running again..ya it would be nice for him to have a little vacation but not gonna happen..I'd really rather him work..he gets bored around the house. All I can say is that I am extremely happy that he is going to be coming home to us every night :) 

            Also, another thing..not sure if I mentioned it before, I have a new Twitter account! Follow me @katy99spurrill :) That social site is becoming more addicting! So I'm trying to think of any romantic ideas for this weekend. We can't really go out alone because we don't have a babysitter..so we're going to have to be creative and think of something we can do at home that involves all three of us (my son, my hubby, and I). To start things off..we can camping out in our living room tonight (Friday night), then we are going shopping Saturday morning for food and what not, my hubby and I are going to cook together a 4 course meal including dessert! We are going to try this and still be civil with each other hahaha..I smell disaster in the air but it might turn out perfect in the end..hopefully :) I know he is up to something but I can't quite out a finger on it but whatever it is let's just hope it's good. 

          My husband is not the overly romantic type, of course I wouldn't want him to be too romantic. So when he comes up with the sweetest gifts and ideas it comes as a surprise to me and I love it. I know it's special and I know that behind his careless/carefree attitude he has a romantic side. He truly saves the best for when I truly need it the most! I love it! Plus, being in a relationship for almost 7 years, well we've learned to stop "dropping hints" if you want it just say it :) Lol! Our relationship is healthy and we are happy..happiest we've ever been. I think once you've conquered the first couple of years of "trouble in paradise" you become strong and closer than ever :) I'm happy...and I'd be even happier if we can just have another baby already! TTC#2!!!

Ok, I'll talk some more later.

        

For Love is the most powerful word and action, man was ever taught; Love is what we are and children are the greatest gift of Love.

                        Day 4 on Clomid...extremely irritable! Consider yourself warned..lol. Still at the hotel..I miss home..but I'm a determined woman on a mission..have to suck it up for a few more days. I don't know how anyone can live in a hotel for so long..my poor hubby :( Oh well it's work and it's not permanent. I wonder how our dog Sara is doing..she's staying at my friend Cassie's house right now..she is a wonderful friend to offer to watch Sara for us for a few days! I don't know how to thank her enough for doing that..she's the best! 

      

            So I've been doing a lot of reading about Clomid. I'm curious and I just can't wait to the BD and get a PT. I just can't wait! Apparently "Robitussin" can help loosen cervical mucous so that the sperm can freely swim in to the cervix..hmmm..something to try AND..although it is not scientifically tested, Caffeine can increase the mobility of a man's specimen..thus making them "super" and be able to swim fast through the fallopian tube and etc. INTERESTING FACTS! The question is..how the heck do I convince Jaa to take a strong shot of espresso..let alone drink a cup of strong coffee?? He is sometimes paranoid and he suffers a mild anxiety attack sometimes...we need to do the BD not go to the emergency haha! 

            I have too much time in my hands..I started a Twitter account! I don't know how it works..but I am about to find out. It is weird because majority of Twitter users are celebs..I try to "follow" them but...I just don't know how that works! Anyway..I am treating it like Facebook..posting updates and what not. I tried to reply on post by celebs like (@ellendegeneres) but I feel so silly because I know that they are never going to reply anyway..right??! So anyway, if someone is actually reading this..follow me on Twitter (@katy99spurrill) and you and I can both explore what it's all about! By the way, my Twitter updates are connected to my blog so you can updates..but if you are already my Facebook friend then you don't need to follow me lol. 

            Anyway..I digress..I know I am all over the place with my blogs but I promise the day I get pregnant (again) I will have lots of things to talk about, whine about, bitch about, whatever womanly hormonal things to talk about..I will mention on my future blogsss. :)

     ***Take Care***

             

For Love is the most powerful word and action, man was ever taught; Love is what we are and children are the greatest gift of Love.

             So my first day of Clomid started on Feb 6th (sunday night), So far I was felt OK Monday morning throughout the whole afternoon then I felt so tired and bloated and irritable Monday evening/night..mood swings! I am now on my second day of Clomid, I usually take them before I go to bed to avoid hot flashes during the day. I haven't experienced any hot flashes yet, I'm not sure if I want to either. This s TTC#2 and currently I am not CD7...crossing my fingers for BFP in the next two weeks..but right now we'll just have to BD every other day. 

        I am up here in St. Paul with my hubby so that we can stay on schedule as far as doing the BD. It is 9:31am and I feel tired and bloated..not so irritable (yet!) but I'm experiencing some mild abdominal pains. I'm hoping that we don't miss the big O-day. I'm considering about getting a Fertility Monitor but they are so darn expensive! Two hundred dollars for something that might only use once or twice..who knows..it is useful but am I willing to dish out $200? I don't know.

        I have to go back to the hospital to get some blood work done on Feb 16, they will checking for my progesterone level. I am crossing my fingers that it is "high" because that would mean that I am ovulating..more than one egg. We want twins..even triplets if we're lucky enough! Nausea is hitting me again..I might have to put off blogging for a day or two I'm kind of running out of stuff to talk about lol!

        Braelan had a great day at preschool yesterday (Monday), they handed out rough copies of their class pictures and they are so cute! I am trying to upload a copy but it won't let me..stupid hotel internet! Anyway, we get the originals on Valentine's day :) Speaking of that...Jaa and I were gonna go to Banff (Feb 11-15) but we decided to reschedule due to cold weather. We want to sightsee and be outdoors but not when it's -20C outside therefore we postponed our Banff trip until sometime in May or June at least it won't be too cold by then. 

>>>>I will post more updates later on..I am starving!<<<<<

      

         

For Love is the most powerful word and action, man was ever taught; Love is what we are and children are the greatest gift of Love.

Wow! It's been so long since my last blog! I have to be honest I was a little busy but lately I have been lazy about blogging..like there was nothing to blog about. Christmas came and went and it was all good for the whole family. Braelan, once again got spoiled by Mom and Dad. 

     Here's a video of Braelan on Christmas Morning 2010, he didn't want to get out of bed yet and it was 8:00 AM! I have more video but this one is taking a long time to upload so I will have to upload them on a separate blog. 

   So 2011 huh?! I hope this year will bring us a lot of good blessings. Jaa and I are trying to have another baby but we have no luck yet. It's getting frustrating and yes I must admit that I am becoming more jealous of other people having babies or getting pregnant around me! We've been trying for so long, only to have two M/C and now we can't fall pregnant. We finally went to our family doctor in November 2010 and he suggested that Jaa take a "specimen" test. We finally got that done in January 2011 and the test came back normal. So the next step is to start my Clomid cycle. Yay!! Clomid is a fertility drug, it's kind of like the first step to infertility treatment...WHICH is so weird because I am not at all infertile..I'm simply NOT ovulating regularly like other women. ***FYI*** I have a three year old little boy, he was conceive naturally with no medicinal help. {Expect the Unexpected} On top of not ovulating regularly I have also have PCOS (Poly-cystic Ovarian Syndrome) which is related to infertility.

     

     "I consider myself very lucky to have my little boy! Yes, I was young when I had him but if I had been stupid and chose the "other" option..I would not be able to live my life with regret and feeling sorry for  myself now. God had a plan and it is my responsibility to accept and cherish what I've been given." 

    Anyway, I start my first cycle of Clomid on February 6th, 2011 for 5 days. I'm ready to take this on..but not the side effects! Some common (and definitely not rare) side effects are severe hot flashes, breast tenderness, intense mood swings (PMS), and nausea...so I am pretty much hoping to get pregnant while I'm experiencing MENOPAUSE for 5 whole days! I must say, it's a sacrifice I am willing to do to have another child....or two! :) Speaking of that, Clomid causes twin pregnancies 10% of the time, with less than 1% of Clomid  pregnancies leading to triplets or other multiples. Not that I am oppose to have lots of babies, but I will certainly take 2 for 1 (two babies in one pregnancy, fyi) I've been doing a lot of research about Clomid Twins, and some say that it is rare but the research I do the more I find a lot of women who have had twins on Clomid..most are successful pregnancies too, there were some women that had triplets! Obviously they are fraternal twins, because Clomid makes a womens ovaries release more than one mature egg to get fertilize..BUT there are also a chance of one egg splitting, thus creating IDENTICAL twins...IF a woman is lucky enough..she might have triplets composed of 2 twins, and 1 fraternal! How cool would that be??! Although there are various of risks for having multiples. I know the most I'm scared of is having a stillbirth :'( 

  

   Anyway, I will be blogging about my "life on Clomid", each and everyday and hopefully we will fall pregnant on the first cycle..but who knows. I have been prescribed for 3 cycles of 50mg Clomid (for 5 days each cycle) and 1000mg Metformin I take everyday (500mg AM/500mg PM). I honestly feel like a SCIENCE PROJECT!

************LOTS OF BABY DUST FOR ME*************************

   *MUCH LOVE*