The Queen Of Cute Shoes

Well I tested this morning and it was a big fat negitive (BFN), and I had some pink cervical mucus (CM) so I wouldn't be suprised if aunt flow (AF) shows up today. I won't be testing tomorrow, but I will Monday if AF (aunt flow) hasn't shown up by then.

UPDATE: AF finally did show. We will be calling the dr in the morning to schedule our ultrasound for Monday. Since my follicles were so big this cycle (33cm instead of the normal 18mm) they want to do an ultrasound to make sure that the follicle cysts (once the egg is released.. a cysts is left over and it goes down by itself) have gone down. If they haven't gone down then I will have to skip a cycle until they do, if they HAVE gone down, then we will proceede with the next cycle. So until then... we wait, and cramp, and wait.

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If you don't want to ready about my journey trying to get pragnant.. then you probably shouldn't read any further... there is some REALLY personal info about me that you probably didn't want to know but this is my blog and I am sharing it anyways. :P 

Saturday Jeff and I called the dr because I still haven't ovulated (O'd) yet and she told us to go ahead and schedule an appointment for an u/s (ultrasound) to see if I have O'd or not. We went in on Sunday. Well the good news is that I haden't O'd yet so we can still proceed with the IUI, and I guess the better news is.. i have really mature follicles. Although I am not sure if they are on track or not. She said that they were rather BIG so she wasn't sure if they were follicles, she thought that they might be cysts, but the dr confirmed that they were, indeed follicles and that we could proceede with the IUI. Sorry for my spelling. The normal width of a mature follicle for being on CD 16, which is what I was on Sunday... is 18mm well mine were averaging 33mm!!!!!! YES.. I SAID 33mm!!!!! The nurse said that they were quite large and maybe that is why I haven't O'd yet because I needed that extra boost of HCG, my body is having a hard enough time as it is. So I got my HCG shot, on Sunday (in the rear I must add) and we went back in on Monday at 1:00pm for our IUI. Well Jeff went in at 1:00pm then I went in at 3:00pm. So wish us luck that all goes well and this is all the help we need.

The IUI went great. I had 6 mature follicles all ranging from 27mm and 33 mm and they injected 5 million of Jeff's sperm. Then I had to lay there for 25 minutes, before they would let me get up to leave. It wasn't that bad though. But they did MAKE sure to tell me that since I had 6 LARGE mature follicles and they did give me a shot of HCG, there is a higher risk of multiples, which I am totally fine with. Oh and she also came back in to mention to me that I do have a yeast infection, so I need to get that taken care of. I haven't had any itching or burning, just some weird cervical mucus and I only noticed it when I was in the dr's office pee'ing before my appointment, so I baught some yogurt and will take care of that tomorrow.

Jeff is already acting like I am pregnant, LOL! He doesn't want me doing anything!!!! He keeps telling me, "let me do that... you just go rest, you've got babies to make." It's too funny!

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Sometimes I think there should be a thing called 'Non-Preggo Brain'. I swear TTC (trying to conceive) has made me loose all my marbles. What the heck! Ok anyways, last week I promised you that I would make this weeks Trivia multiple choice, that way you could get the answer right and not have to be a complete genius. Well my non-preggo brain took effect and I forgot to. So here is a 'do-over' of yesterday's post as well as today's post in all it's glory.

1. What breakfast cereal was Sonny the Cuckoo Bird "cuckoo for"?
A. Rice Krispies
B. Apple Jacks
C. Cocoa Puffs
D. Cherrios

2. How many flower pedals are in the design stamped on each side of an Oreo cookie?
A. 12
B. 9
C. 6
D. 3

3. If black-eyed peas are not peas, what are they?
A. Nuts
B. Noodles
C. Beans
D. Grains

4. What part of the banana is used to make banana oil?
A. The Peel
B. The Stem
C. The Meat
D. None Of The Above

5. What are the top TWO selling spices in the world?
A. Salt & Pepper
B. Pepper & Mustard
C. Mustard & Cumin
D. Cumin & Garlic Powder

6. What animals milk is used to make authentic Italian Mozzarella cheese?
A. Goat's Milk
B. Waterbuffalo's Milk
C. Cow's Milk
D. Llama's Milk

7. What was the first commercially manufactured breakfast cereal?
A. Shredded Wheat
B. Fruit Loops
C. Captain Crunch
D. Raisin Bran

8. What is the only essential vitamin not found in the white potato?
A. Vitamin C
B. Vitamin B
C. Vitamin A
D. None Of The Above

9. What added ingredient keeps confectioners' sugar (powdered sugar) from clumping?
A. Flour
B. Cream Of Tartar
C. Baking Soda
D. Corn Starch

10. What staple is laced with up to 16 additives including plaster of paris, to stay fresh?
A. Bread
B. Eggs
C. Milk
D. Beans

Have fun and I hope to see a lot of right answers, but if not.. it's okay, were not all smart here, as you can tell from my opening statement to this post.

Okay now on to my normal Tueday's Meme. I was stopping by a friend's blog yesterday and noticed that she had my name in her post. So of course I read it to find a very nifty subject in the making.. something we all should pay more attention to and it is something that is near and dear to my heat even though I have yet to become one. Her blog name is 'My Adventures And Antics', her name is Goofy J and I love her to death!

Her topic was 'What real mom's do..' I have yet to become a mom so I have yet to figure out what exactly real mom's do, but here is something that I know I myself will do once I have kids and bring them up in my family. So here goes:

Real Moms take the time to sit and do something they love with the people they love instead of doing something like cleaning the house or trying to impress the neighbors. In my opinion motherhood is the single most important job a women can have. You are the one of the people responsible for another life or lives, you are responsible for the well being of those children and for teaching each and everything that they may need to know in order to survive in this world. It is our responsibility to lead by example and to know that whatever we do our kids will see and they will take it in. If we are teaching our kids that it isn't okay to hit people or to say cuss words but we are watching it on tv or listening to it on the radio, what is that showing our kids.. that it is okay even though mom said it wasn't, because mom is watching it or listening to it and doesn't care. So we need to take this one job seriously (as all of my lovie blog buddies most certainly do) and show them what is right. If we spend all of our days cleaning the house and making everything spotless instead of reading or playing with our kids, what are we showing them, that everyone else's opinions about us matter and that instead of being truely happy we have to worry about impressing the neighbors. Who cares if you don't get every dish in the kitchen clean! Who cares that you didn't fold and put away all the laundry! Who cares that you weren't able to find the match to that one missing sock!! WHO CARES!! While you are doing all that your kids are in their rooms wishing that mommy took the time to play with them or teach them how to do things besides seperate themselves from their family. So put down that dish rag, or that basket full of cloths, go in and take the time to play with your kids, it is those memories that they cherish the most. Ask them!

(okay I am off my soap box now!)

Here is my picture to represent my 'real mom' activity:

this is of me eating ice cream, thinking to myself, "who cares if the boxes aren't unpacked yet, I have my husband and ice cream, what could be better?"

This is probably why I don't want to unpack anymore HA HA HA:

These would be my legs... how sad huh!

So what is one thing that you are NOT going to do so you can play with your kiddos?