Mondays, Oh how I hate thee

[mama2a]

Feb 23, 2015 11:07:30 GMT -5 sleepymonkey said:

My dad just sent me a pic of my mom with her right eye totally swollen shut and black and blue. It looks absolutely awful! Half the right side of her face is dark purple. They were on a cruise and apparently she tripped crossing the street in Nassau on Saturday, landing on her face. She spent the day in ER there. They ran a bunch of tests and said she's fine but the swelling and bruising will take 2-3 months to go away. She said she has a headache on and off, is a little dizzy and her hand tremors are worse than normal. I told her she should go to the doctor here now that she's back, just be be checked out by another doctor but she doesn't want to go. My mother is almost 70 so I worry that "simple" falls can be a little more dangerous than if she were younger. And I'm not sure if I 100% trust a Bahamian hospital to be very thorough.

Yikes! I'm sorry to hear that. Did they check for concussion?

[mama2a]

I'm late to the game today! Today is going OK. I have Insomnia with really good streaks and then a random terrible night. After 3 nights in a row of falling asleep within 15 minutes of going to bed then last night I went to bed at 10pm and probably didn't fall asleep until after 3am and got up at 6:30am. When is this going to end? I've never had sleep problems before in my life until last April so it's been 10 months. Wahh!

[thesportsgal]

Congratulations cbowl! Hoping you have a happy and healthy 9 months!

[mcncheese]

sleepymonkey, I really hope your mom changes her mind! That is not something to mess with!!

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Random thought... I think I may finally lose my n00b status this week. I haven't really been gung ho about losing it, but I'm feeling closer & it's kinda cool.

[ssm]

mrsp - any input on the status of my ute?

[mrsp]

Feb 23, 2015 14:48:51 GMT -5 ssm said:

mrsp - any input on the status of my ute?

Yes! Sorry, I typed out a response earlier and I closed the site before sending it.

If it were me, I'd get the IUD out and wait a few months for your cycles to go back to their normal or at least let your hormones level out. When I went over the summer for a long cycle, my OB told me it could still be my hormones leveling out, so that could also be what you're seeing in your cycles so far. Since you just started TTC, I wouldn't jump the gun with bloodwork quite yet. Keep temping, using OPK's and checking CM. You may notice a difference after you get the IUD out. I think it was suggested to you to try vaginal temping since your temps look like the Rocky Mountains. I'd give that a shot for a cycle to see if you notice a difference. And since it took you 13 months to get pg with B, I get why you'd be concerned. I'm not TTC yet, but I imagine its hard to think that it could take that long again. TTC to me sounds exhausting when I think back on all the things we did to try to get pregnant. 

FWIW, I do like your chart for this cycle. The temp shift is clear and matches all of the other signs you were checking. 

[sleepymonkey]

Feb 23, 2015 13:47:40 GMT -5 mama2a said:

Feb 23, 2015 11:07:30 GMT -5 sleepymonkey said:

My dad just sent me a pic of my mom with her right eye totally swollen shut and black and blue. It looks absolutely awful! Half the right side of her face is dark purple. They were on a cruise and apparently she tripped crossing the street in Nassau on Saturday, landing on her face. She spent the day in ER there. They ran a bunch of tests and said she's fine but the swelling and bruising will take 2-3 months to go away. She said she has a headache on and off, is a little dizzy and her hand tremors are worse than normal. I told her she should go to the doctor here now that she's back, just be be checked out by another doctor but she doesn't want to go. My mother is almost 70 so I worry that "simple" falls can be a little more dangerous than if she were younger. And I'm not sure if I 100% trust a Bahamian hospital to be very thorough.

Yikes! I'm sorry to hear that. Did they check for concussion?

I hope so!  My father is the one that told me about it and he is terrible on the phone - it's like pulling teeth to get anything out of him.  I don't think my mom was up for talking too much.  I will see them on Wednesday morning when I drop Julia off at their house so I'll try to find out more.  I may actually tell them that I would be more comfortable with leaving Julia with them if she got checked out by another doctor.  Even though my dad is great with Julia, my mom is her primary caregiver when she's at their house. 

[ssm]

Feb 23, 2015 15:16:11 GMT -5 mrsp said:

Feb 23, 2015 14:48:51 GMT -5 ssm said:

mrsp - any input on the status of my ute?

Yes! Sorry, I typed out a response earlier and I closed the site before sending it.

If it were me, I'd get the IUD out and wait a few months for your cycles to go back to their normal or at least let your hormones level out. When I went over the summer for a long cycle, my OB told me it could still be my hormones leveling out, so that could also be what you're seeing in your cycles so far. Since you just started TTC, I wouldn't jump the gun with bloodwork quite yet. Keep temping, using OPK's and checking CM. You may notice a difference after you get the IUD out. I think it was suggested to you to try vaginal temping since your temps look like the Rocky Mountains. I'd give that a shot for a cycle to see if you notice a difference. And since it took you 13 months to get pg with B, I get why you'd be concerned. I'm not TTC yet, but I imagine its hard to think that it could take that long again. TTC to me sounds exhausting when I think back on all the things we did to try to get pregnant. 

FWIW, I do like your chart for this cycle. The temp shift is clear and matches all of the other signs you were checking. 

Thanks!  This cycle - I have been temping at the same time, no ifs ands or buts.  So, even if B woke me up at 330 and i don't go back to sleep until 4.  I still temp at 5.  I think this chart does look much better than previous ones, for sure.  I just dont' understand the 10 day difference between cycles.  Why?  Or is my body just STILL trying to figure itself out since b??  I didn't bf past 2 months.  So, it hasn't had that hormonal imbalance to accommodate....

[mrsp]

Feb 23, 2015 15:43:01 GMT -5 ssm said:

Feb 23, 2015 15:16:11 GMT -5 mrsp said:

Yes! Sorry, I typed out a response earlier and I closed the site before sending it.

If it were me, I'd get the IUD out and wait a few months for your cycles to go back to their normal or at least let your hormones level out. When I went over the summer for a long cycle, my OB told me it could still be my hormones leveling out, so that could also be what you're seeing in your cycles so far. Since you just started TTC, I wouldn't jump the gun with bloodwork quite yet. Keep temping, using OPK's and checking CM. You may notice a difference after you get the IUD out. I think it was suggested to you to try vaginal temping since your temps look like the Rocky Mountains. I'd give that a shot for a cycle to see if you notice a difference. And since it took you 13 months to get pg with B, I get why you'd be concerned. I'm not TTC yet, but I imagine its hard to think that it could take that long again. TTC to me sounds exhausting when I think back on all the things we did to try to get pregnant. 

FWIW, I do like your chart for this cycle. The temp shift is clear and matches all of the other signs you were checking. 

Thanks!  This cycle - I have been temping at the same time, no ifs ands or buts.  So, even if B woke me up at 330 and i don't go back to sleep until 4.  I still temp at 5.  I think this chart does look much better than previous ones, for sure.  I just dont' understand the 10 day difference between cycles.  Why?  Or is my body just STILL trying to figure itself out since b??  I didn't bf past 2 months.  So, it hasn't had that hormonal imbalance to accommodate....

Sometimes our bodies just throw us for a loop. We think we've got it all figured out and then BAM! you O later than usual or never at all. And those are fairly common and normal. Sometimes we need something to help reset. My OB gave me BCP to help regulate my periods and since August, I've been pretty normal - well, what's normal to me at least.