Paperwork

It took about a week for my doctor's office to complete the paperwork and fax it to Fairfax. When I called them they acknowledged receipt of it, but said the person who processes those was out all week. Needless to say this month was destined to be scratched. All for the best I suppose since I'm now shifted back to weekend ovulation and just got a positive today.

Definitely not

I didn't have to wait long, I definitely have period bleeding, and the cramping that goes with it - already. This also means my body only gave me one month of peak fertility mid-week and it was at a holiday week! Back to Saturday peak OV likelihood, yay.

I wish MyMonthlyCycles gave a better overlaid calendar view, where I could see my period, the dates I had positive OV tests, and when they had anticipated the ovulation all in one.

Interesting Videos

Was pointed towards these videos from a message board and found it interesting enough to share. Check out "The Great Sperm Race" (6 parts).

Early Negatory

Today was the earliest I could test and got a negative. I'm not surprised, but I guess I'll still behave and not have the drink I really want until after my period comes.

I had Fairfax fax the paperwork to my Gyn to request a free specimen under their Pregnancy Pledge. I'll still have to pay for shipping and the actual IUI, but at least this about halves the cost of one last try. And yes, I do think it will be just one more try. It's just too expensive for this to go on and on without results.

You know, this is yet another reason why I don't buy the "accidentally pregnant" women.

Cute Hat

I so had to buy this cute as heck hat from the Totsy website today. Of course, it's blue... which inherently works for a boy-child, but frankly, if I ever end up with a little girl she'd be wearing some blue too. It's just a fact that most dog/puppy printed stuff is in blue.

And then some...

Yea, I'm still getting some clots and bleeding, it slowed down such that it's only occurring when (TMI-warning) I poop, but still... *sigh* the rest of the time I am getting a light (in color and in amount) brown bleeding. Now THAT is consistent with potential implantation bleeding, but I'd only consider that a possibility if there wasn't the clots and other, fresh blood.

Give me blood, blood, gallons of the stuff...

Had to toss a quote from My Chemical Romance in there... since the procedure I've had spurts of bleeding, which seems to be the norm for post-IUI. I could do without the clots though. I know it sounds silly, but I do wonder if the act of bleeding as such could "wash" something out. I consider myself fairly well educated, but do you think I know if that's even possible? Try searching for it on google and you can't get too many straight answers either. No, it's too early and not quite right to be "implantation bleeding", to me, it's just a sign it's not going to happen.