#Ruderus: July 2013

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Haven't updated

Because blogger keeps giving me a 403 error. :/ very annoyed.

Sunday, July 28, 2013

07.04.13- Cycle Day 24

CD 24

8 Days Past Ovulation

Temperature: N/A

Taking: Apple Cider Vinegar

Progesterone

Multivitamin

Vitamin C

5MTHF

FIRST, Sorry for not updating yesterday. I got a 403 everytime I tried. -_-

Second, cervix!

Cervix is firm and low.

So, I was feeling sorry for myself because it is my daughters second birthday and I am not holding a baby. So I peed on a stick.

Negative. But isn't that a suspicious looking line like thing right there?

So, using my famous self restraint, I peed on two more types of tests 8 hours later.

Nothing changed there.

But wait! There is hope!

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Friday, July 26, 2013

07.04.13- Cycle Day 23

CD 23

7 Days Past Ovulation

Temperature: N/A

Taking: Apple Cider Vinegar

Multivitamin

Vitamin C

Progesterone

5-MTHF

Cervix is low and hard. Uterine artery extremely palpable.

Taking on a purple-ish tinge, called Chadwick's sign of pregnancy.

This does not mean I am pregnant. It just means that progesterone causes increased vasculation.

Fluid/ progesterone is chunky and very dry feeling. Like tire rubber instead of half dried glue.

07.04.13- Cycle Day 22

CD 22

6 Days Past Ovulation

Temperature: N/A

Taking: Apple Cider Vinegar

Multivitamin

Vitamin C

Progesterone

5-MTHF

Cervix is low and closed.

This is what my cervical fluid is doing, mixed with progesterone.

It's... Rubbery...

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

07.04.13- Cycle Day 21

CD 21

5 Days Past Ovulation

Temperature: N/A

Taking: Multivitamin

5MTHF

Vitamin C

Apple Cider Vinegar

Progesterone

This is what my cervix looks like right before the next dose-- 8 hrs after the last dose.

This is what the suppository looks like out of the package.

This progesterone is kicking my butt. I have a headache. I can't poop. My nurslings can't poop. And I'm only on half of the dose I should be taking.

Apparently you can get Vicodin for these headaches. I may have to when I move up to 200mg.

Aside from that, progesterone is causing pg. symptoms. My breasts are bigger and fuller, I'm more bloated and constipated and I felt so sick I couldn't eat my breakfast. I have to remind myself multiple times a day not to read into the symptoms because they are likely progesterone, not pregnancy. Especially at 5 dpo.

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

07.04.13- Cycle Day 20

CD 20

4 Days Past Ovulation

Temperature: Not Taken (and will not be for the rest of the time I use progesterone as it provides no valuable information to me.)

Taking: Apple Cider Vinegar

Multivitamin

5MTHF

Vitamin C

Progesterone

Cervix is still very coated in progesterone.

The headaches have started. The worst thing about progesterone is that I now have pregnancy symptoms even though its way too early. Progesterone artificially causes symptoms. I have to ignore everything and assume it is just the progesterone at work. How unfair is that, pregnancy symptoms and a headache and no baby... >:o

Monday, July 22, 2013

07.04.13- Cycle Day 19

CD 19

Temperature: 98.6

Taking: Multivitamin

L-5MTHF

Vitamin C

Progesterone

Apple Cider Vinegar

GUESS WHO GOT THEIR SIM CARD??!!??!11

Yay pictures!

Before you see these; know that I have started progesterone today. I have to take the suppository 3x a day. A friend sent me injectables but i am scared of them. I take them at 7am, 3pm, and 11pm.

They are a nasty ugly white coating thing and you will have to learn the difference between progesterone and cervix and cervical fluid.

Cervix is firm and low.

CD 15

Temperature: 97.88

Taking: Multivitamin

L-5MTHF

Vitamin C

Evening Primrose Oil

Apple Cider Vinegar

Cervix is medium and firm.

Cervical fluid is eggwhite. Positive ops, but temp jump. Beginning to think I fucked up my cycle, cursing the brilliant idea to take black cohosh.

On top of that, no sex cd 14 or 15. Why? Because I am kind of an idiot. I thought if I ovulated on CD 14 I had my bases covered, but with the + pos now I'm pretty sure I just wasted my most fertile days. Fuck me.

Also, apple sent my phone back, but GUESS WHAT GUYS I sent them the SIM card because I had a stupid moment and woohoo it came back without the SIM card so guess what I have to get before my phone will function? Thank goodness for eBay.

CD 9

Temperature:Not Taken

Taking: Multivitamin

L-5MTHF

Black Cohosh

Vitamin C

Apple Cider Vinegar

Cervix still infertile. Got my processed folic acid-- so glad to be taking only one pill!

07.04.13- Cycle Day 8

CD 8

Temperature: Not taken

Taking: Multivitamin

Vitamin C

Black Cohosh

Apple Cider Vinegar

Cervix still typical for infertile follicular phase.

07.04.13- Cycle Day 7

CD 7

Temperature: Not Taken

Taking: Multivitamin

Vitamin C

Black Cohosh

Apple Cider Vinegar

Ran out of Folic Acid... And seriously thank goodness because I was taking a ton of them (since I only absorb a little). The L-5MTHF should be here in a few days.

Cervix was typical for my follicular phase.

07.04.13- Cycle Day 6

CD 6

Temperature: Not Taken

Taking: Clomid

Multivitamin

Black Cohosh

Vitamin C

Folic Acid

Apple Cider Vinegar

Black Cohosh

Cervix is still spotty bleeding.

07.04.13- Cycle Day 5

CD 5

Temperature: Not Taken

Taking: Clomid

multivitamin

Folic Acid

Vitamin C

Apple Cider Vinegar

Black Cohosh

Cervix is firm and closed, but wet.

Update

First, sorry for falling off of the face of the earth for a few weeks... I didn't get sick of this project, my phone broke and I had to send it out for repair. It took a while to get it back. I will update what I missed for the most part and start again but I don't have any pictures from when my phone was non functioning. Sorry! Hopefully it doesn't happen again, eh?

Was losing grey-ish tissue.

Thought I was miscarrying, then this;

What is that? That is more calcification and this one is pretty big, relatively speaking.

And dry:

If you google, "why the hell are calcified things falling out of my uterus" google is not a good resource.

I found out a few things.

1. This is a popcorn calcification.

2. This popcorn calcification comes from uterine fibroids or uterine trauma. Mine came from uterine trauma from my second child's birth (abruption).

3. It is extremely rare to have popcorn calcification in the uterus and it does prevent implantation from finishing and cause recurrent miscarriages.

4. It is probably a side effect of MTHFR.

Awful.

But, there is hope for me yet. Apple Cider Vinegar apparently dissolves calcifications and there are options to keep a pregnancy.

Essentially, I need 200mg Prometrium in the LP 3x a day and if I get pregnant I need to continue that until I am 12w. In the case studies of this method the calcifications went away after 12 weeks and didn't return.

So I have to come up with like 400 for Prometrium. Fabuloussss.

In a way, though, I'm happy I figured that out. I know my chances for this cycle are a long shot (but I'm going to try anyway) and I know that there is something I can do. Maybe this is the reason for my prolonged secondary infertility. And, maybe, I won't have this problem next time I TTC.

My stupid uterus is trying to turn into a bone. -_-

Thursday, July 4, 2013

07.04.13- Cycle Day 1 (Previously 06.06.13- Cycle Day 29)

CD 1

(CD 29

14 Days Past Ovulation)

Temperature: 98.5

Cervix is very high today. Closed. Mostly dry.

In the morning I had some brown tinged fluid. It's not at all like the bleeding at the start of a period. I feel pretty good. Probably implantation? Idk.

Peed on a million sticks. I wonder if I had an extremely late implant?

OPK was fairly close to positive, which is unusual at this point in my cycle.

Someone asked about the brand of the cute tests in comments. I can't reply because the mobile version of this is stupid. I actually don't know what the brand of the cute tests are. I bulk ordered them as part of a co op buy on ebay. Sorry. :(

Edit: later this day full red bleeding started.

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

06.06.13- Cycle Day 28

CD 28

13 Days Past Ovulation

Temperature: 98.28

Cervix is medium and soft ish. More closed than yesterday.

Kinda tilted to the side.

HPT makes me much happier today because the line is darker than yesterday but I still can't honestly say I trust it's darkness.

I hope for a darker test and no bleeding today/tomorrow. I have had a headache for the past 3 says but it's not nearly as bad as a miscarriage headache.