Hi! I'm Caitlin, wife of James and mama of Maxwell. I am a proud USCG wife, former ballerina, photographer, and retail manager. Being a working mom isn't easy, and this blog gets {seriously} neglected now and then {most of the time}, but I keep up with it when I can.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Update

I decided to chart without temperatures this cycle again because I felt like I needed a fresh start.  I'm on day 27 of my 7th cycle trying to conceive.  I took a test (negative) on day 24 because James was leaving for a month and I didn't want to miss the chance to find out while he was still here, but I kinda knew it would be too early.  I had an appointment with my OBGYN last friday for my annual and to discuss where we're at with TTC and the fact that my periods are still really irregular since coming off the pill (I still haven't had 2 cycles back to back that are the same length).  I was pleasantly surprised that she told me pretty much exactly what I was hoping to hear:  that it's normal to have irregular cycles as long as I think I'm ovulating and to just continue charting for now and if I'm not pregnant by the one year mark to come back to discuss the next step.  I was just really shocked to here a doctor that didn't just want to prescribe me drugs right off the bat.  

So, I'm going to take this time while James is gone to chart and try to get back into a routine with it.  It's so much easier when he's not here to remember to take my temperature because he likes the alarm clock across the room and it's SO hard to remember to pop that thermometer in my mouth before running across the room to turn that sucker off.


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