Phew! TGIF! I still have to go to my work picnic this evening and work a game booth, but boy am I glad to have the weekend coming up. This week has been full of... well... just FULL! I had a continuing ed course Wednesday, so I had to get all my home visits scheduled the other 4 days of the week, which meant that I worked at least a little late every night besides Tuesday, which was supposed to be when I went to my dr appointment with my specialist, Dr W. Sunday night we went to a local Blue Grass concert, and M came down with a fever. I brought her to her pediatrician Monday morning, basically just in time for an almost total recovery that made me look like an idiot for bringing her in. Oh well! My mom called it payback... Then, Monday night after work, we went to my in-laws' house for dinner to celebrate M's "Coming Home Day", because two years ago on June 4, she FINALLY came home from the hospital after 12 weeks and 1 day. She was feeling 95% better, so it was a fun day to celebrate. It's amazing to look at her now and see how far she's come. She truly is our miracle girl. She's still a little small for her age, but otherwise you'd never know where she started. She is talking above her age level (things are getting interesting... and hilarious) and recently told me that my hairy legs "are spicy", you know, like salsa... Makes me wonder how salsa makes her mouth feel! She is so much fun right now! We celebrate her birthday in March with my family, but my in-laws are typically still in Florida that time of year, so we celebrate her Coming Home Day with them. Anyway, Tuesday, Dr W was called in for surgery so my appointment was rescheduled for next Thursday. That was a little frustrating, but I didn't think anything would be happening before then anyway. Wednesday evening we got a call that someone wanted to see our house on Thursday (it's for sale) which was excellent, except that it looked like a toy store threw up and the dishwasher exploded all at the same time. So, after M went to bed, Matt went to mow the grass and I got started cleaning inside. After mowing most of the yard, Matt was backing up with the mower, stepped off the curb, and sprained his ankle. Argh! Basically, that meant that he spent the rest of the evening on the couch with ice while I finished the yard and cleaned house until 1:00am to get it ready for the next day. But, I must have done well, because we heard this morning that the women who looked at it said we're #2 on her list of houses now. Our house has been on the market since last August, so it sure would be nice to get it sold!
On Monday morning, when I was waiting with M to see her doctor, I had some pretty sharp cramping, but had a BM later, so I didn't think much of it. That evening, when checking my cervix, I noticed I was spotting just a little. Not enough that I would have even known if I hadn't been checking. However, that has continued all week, and today is my fifth day of spotting. Because it was so light, I didn't think anything of it until last night, when I realized that it had been 4 days. I REALLY don't think it's a period, but I was afraid that if it was, I would miss this cycle for the Clomid. So, I called Dr P this morning and explained the situation. It's unusual for me to spot in the middle of my cycle, especially consistently for 5 days in a row, and I wanted to just check with him on it. Next Tuesday is day 32, at which point he would have started me on Prometrium to induce a period anyway. He called back about noon today and said that he would go ahead and count this as a period, just to be safe. He said that with women who aren't ovulating, you can sometimes start Clomid at any point in their cycle anyway, so it wouldn't hurt. So, that means I'm starting on Clomid TODAY! Holy moly! Here I thought it would be the end of the month before taking the Clomid and the beginning of July before possibly being fertile, but things just got bumped up! So we shall see. I know I shouldn't get my hopes up that it will work on the first try and lowest dose, but I think just for today I will be happy before trying to temper my excitement. Why not, right? If anyone is reading this, say a prayer for good results! I guess I'll still keep my appointment with Dr W next Thursday, even though I'll be done with the Clomid by then. Maybe he'll have some other input. When I was on the phone with Dr P he told me to start watching for ovulation about 5-9 days after I take my last pill, but I was so excited, I forgot to ask how long I should wait before assuming it's not going to happen. Hopefully it will happen right away and that won't be an issue. But it looks like I'll be checking in with Dr Google in the mean time. Happy ovulating to me!!
Edit: Just after I finished, Matt came down the steps and said the real estate agent called him and said that the lady decided on another house... dang...
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