Saturday, July 9, 2011
Well, that was quick
I can officially say I know my body better than Fertility Friend. This morning AF showed up exactly on time 13 days after when I believed I ovulated. So, standard 12 day LP with a decidedly non-standard CD 6 or 7 ovulation. This cycle was, in total length, about 18 or 19 days -- sometimes I don't ovulate until CD18 or 19. My average cycle length, unmedicated, is about 28 days. This was just too weird. I guess it's a good thing that my LP was unaffected, even if my FP was ridiculously short. I'm going to give this one more cycle. If my body does this again then I'm going to call the RE's office. I'm not sure what it would mean about my cycles if this continued, but it surely wouldn't be good.
But, hey, it proves that I know when I'm ovulating. Bet you thought you could trick me, body! Ha! Bring it on!
Isn't it pitiful that, as unlikely as it seemed that this ridiculous cycle could work, my IF-addled mind kept clinging to "DIFFERENT!" and hoped that it would. I mean, if 30 cycles of CD14 or 15 O'ing doesn't work, then surely CD6/7 O'ing would be what we needed!
We had a great time over the 4th. We went up to a friend's family cabin on a lake in Minnesota. It was beautiful and relaxing. I spent a lot of time reading. On the way back home we spent the night in Ames (got a great Priceline deal and ended up with a beautiful suite for dirt cheap) and watched the fireworks while drinking a beer after getting out of the pool. It was lovely. (Yes, I drank during my LP. I'm just that rebellious, now.)
Unfortunately, I seem to be incapable of traveling out of town without coming home sick, lately. The day after we got home my throat started to hurt and yesterday morning I felt like a giant pile of poo and now I have a full on summer cold. My brain is kind of mush and I feel like I might just pass out at any moment. I'm not even sure where it came from this time. Blah.It's a fun addition to cramps, let me tell ya.
Anyway, there's more roaming around in my brain but it's getting stuck behind the snot. (Lovely image, huh?) So, I think I'll stop there and hope that all the drugs I just took will kick in soon...
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I hope you feel better soon. Sorry about AF showing her ugly little face!
ReplyDeleteYuck, summer colds are boooooshit. Sorry you're having to deal with that. :( And as for drinking, I think I drank up until retrieval in all three of my IVF cycles. So...we're both badasses? Feel better soon.
ReplyDeletesorry to hear that you're not feeling well -- summer colds are the worst!
ReplyDeletealthough the cycle was short and strange, at least AF came on time and now you can start a fresh. i'm sure it was just a throw-back from the medicated cycle.
hope by the time you read this you're feeling better.
What a crazy cycle! So glad you had a good time over the 4th. I hope that your summer cold doesn't hang around much longer!
ReplyDeleteBizarre cycle... Sorry about the AF, but nice work reading your body! Just think of all the stupid fertiles out there that have no clue!!! :) Hope you feel better soon!
ReplyDeleteBlogger is not being well behaved...hopefully this will post. I see you had the same issue on mine...come on blogger!
ReplyDeleteAnyway, my cycles were seriously funky for a couple months following any treatment cycle where I was on stim meds. Nice that you know when you are O'ing though...I was always 100% clueless.
Happy you had a wonderful, relaxing 4th! Hope that mean cold goes away soon...being sick in the summer sucks =(
Ugh... feel better soon, babe!
ReplyDeleteGlad you had a nice trip, though.
I'm always so impressed with people like you who can track their cycles like a tiger in the wild. My cycles are such a foreign country to me.
ReplyDeleteAnd, hell yeah, have a beer! Happy birthday, America!