The BIG 3-0!

Today's my birthday! I'm at work right now and I pray this day goes by quickly. I'm getting my eyebrows done after work and then getting home to cook. My BFF, her hubby and son are coming over today to spend some time with me. I can't drink or anything but that's ok!

Phantom symptoms

1) My face is acting up...I have tiny bumps all over my forehead that you can't see really but I can feel it especially when I'm washing my face.

2) I have tiny red bumps on my chest and collarbone area. They aren't itchy or anything...they're just there.

3) I had lots of trouble getting out of bed this morning...I felt my sleep pulling me back in. It was one of those deep heavy sleeps that feel like you're stuck in molasses. (If that makes sense).

4) Constipation (but I'm on progesterone so it could be from that)

I hate phantom symptoms. I've had them for each and every failed cycle. For 2 cycles I had times where I had a very strange metalic taste in my mouth. Sore boobs late in the 2ww. Lightheadedness.

Do I have sensitive skin that is prone to acne breakouts for all my life and can explain away my face bumps? Yes! Have I had these weird little red bumps on my chest and neck before? Yes! Have I ever been sleepy in the morning? Every day, yes! Have I ever been constipated? I'm now realizing, yes, I have been. I am very irregular!

So, you see, all phantom symptoms do is confuse you. They make you think you MUST be pregnant when in reality you may not be. There could be a ton of other reasons why you are having these reactions.

You just don't really know until you test...which I'm doing in 3 days. T&P please!

Oh my aching bum!

DH gave me my PIO shot last night (as he has every night since the ER) and this was the worst one yet! It was so painful going in and now it hurts as I sit here at work. Owie!! It's strange because, for the most part, they haven't really hurt at all. A little pinch going in and that's it. The right side has hurt slightly more than the left for some reason but last night...wow that hurt! I think we're going to stick to the left side for a few days.

In other news, I've been stressing about the absense of my boob soreness. Ever since the day after the trigger shot, I've had sore boobs. Makes sense since it's hcG, right? Well, I'm not sure exactly when it happened but the soreness went away. I think it stopped over the weekend because I definitely haven't felt it in the last few days. So maybe this means the trigger is out of my system? But I hope and pray that I'm pregnant so I hope to start feeling that tenderness again very soon. I know that doesn't necessarily mean anything but it comforted me somehow.

DH and I decided that I'll POAS on Sunday morning which will be 10dp3dt with the beta scheduled for Monday morning. Please send Ts&Ps and any PPVs!

Confession time

Over the weekend, I was so bored! No, that's not the confession.

I was so bored I surfed the web more than I usually do. I ended up obsessively "window shopping" for maternity wear!

I know many of you out there dread maternity clothes...they're expensive, you just want to wear your own clothes for as long as possible, etc. Me? I want to wear maternity clothes now!! Well, not just for the sake of wearing them but because that means I'm pregnant! And people will know, and they will look at my round belly and say "awwwwwwwww".

Ok I just threw up a little in my mouth.

I really don't want people coming up to me and fawning over my expanding baby bump but I so want to be pregnant and wear maternity tees, tank tops, flowy dresses, etc. Even the sleep bras?! And I want a snoogle! Now!

::sigh:: I just want to be pregnant.

Maybe I am! We'll see this weekend.

Now for some maternity wear that I love:

These are from Motherhood Maternity

$40

$30

$20

$25

Guilt by McGriddle

I need someone to slap some sense into me please. I'm totally irrational.

I grabbed a McGriddle on my way out of the RE's office (the office is in a hospital which has a McD's on the first floor) for breakfast and ate it in the car while driving to work. While eating I guess I inhaled (not my proudest moment) a small piece of yummy syruppy goodness down the "wrong pipe". I had a coughing fit which then, somehow, led to a sneezing fit.

And, as you could probably guess, the only thing I could think of were my embryos! "Oh please don't dislodge little ones!"

That's what I get for buying a McGriddle for breakfast :(

Longest weekend EVER :-/

Hey peeps!

I'm back at work today (been off since Thursday's ET). This weekend felt soooooo long and I missed all the pretty weather just to come back out today to rainy and cold weather. Boooooo!

I watched the gorgeous days pass by from my couch. All in all though, it was pretty relaxing until I started feeling antsy and I just wanted to spring up off the bed or couch and hop around to get rid of some pent up energy. DH quickly put a stop to that each time telling me to get my butt back into bed or into the recliner.

Surprisingly, I didn't read any books at all. I guess I just wasn't in the mood. I just watched TV and some of our DVRed stuff too. DH rented Brothers on Thursday...that was a good movie! And on Friday my very pregnant and very good friend and her hubby came to visit us. I LOVE seeing her, she is the best! And I loved rubbing her belly (don't worry, I asked permission).

Saturday and Sunday are a blur of boredom and PIO shots. Dh was really great. He waited on me hand and foot. Oh yeah, we played a little Wii last night which brought my spirits up.

I went in this morning for my proesterone blood work. I hope they say that 1cc is fine and I don't have to increase the dosage. We'll see when they call me later.

My beta is in 1 week!! Ahhhhhh! I'm thinking of POAS on Sunday...I have to consult with the hubbs though. Hopefully we'll come to a decision that we're comfy with. I'm just so terrified of a negative result.

Today was the egg transfer!

I'm lying here now relaxing and allowing our little one's to snuggle into their new home!

The process was very similar to a pap smear or IUI. I didn't feel any pain. Here is the picture:
I have 2 other embroys that are good enough quality to freeze today. The rest are good and are going to be watched over the next couple of days to see how many more can be frozen.

I go to the RE on Monday morning for my progesterone bloodwork and then again on May 3rd for the beta!