It's been a few days since I felt like blogging. I have to be "in the mood" in order to feel effective. I'm not really in the mood now. No, rather I am killing time because I have seriously bad heartburn and know that laying down will only make it worse.
So here I sit. I do not really have an update of much use on me trying to conceive (TTC). I have now been on the Metformin for six days. I have only had three days of digestive upset (aka: diarrhea) and those weren't as bad as I had remembered it being. Though, I almost want to slap my own hand for typing that because I suspect that I don't remember much of being on this dose and the horrors of the increased dosage will be made clear tomorrow when I take two in one day. Lovely. I have not decided if I am going to take both at once or space them 12 hours apart. Last time I spaced them, I see no need in doing that again really, so I will be my own guinea pig. I'll surely let you all know how it goes.
I have no pregnancy symptoms. I am only 3 days past ovulation. I am considering Sunday to be the O day, because I got the positive OPK on Saturday morning. This is, of course, just an educated guess. I am really tired the last two days and sick to my stomach. But I know that it is just the Metformin. I can take a test really any day after tomorrow. Seems early doesn't it? Why, yes you are right. My secret? I have 5 pregnancy tests that can detect as little as 10 something-somethings (I cannot remember the until of measurement in this right now) in your pee as opposed to the 25+ something-somethings that the regular pregnancy test can read. They measure the units of HCG or Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (human grown hormone) in the urine, anything above a measure of 5 is considered pregnant. However to get an accurate test below 10 can only be done by a blood check. So I guess what I am trying to say is these tests are the next best thing to a blood draw.
Long story short is I can test earlier than the 10-14 day wait. But, and this is a big "but" -- I don't think I will test as early as they say I can. This is because I want to know for sure, not just take a test and go in denial about the results... because that happens nearly every month.... And I am sick of it. I want to know the first test I take. But, lets be real here. I will take a minimum of two tests. I accept that. I'd just like to, for once, just wait for my period without peeing on a stick the day before, day of, and day after. Besides, I cannot seem to aim at all and I always get my hand wet. LOL Just kidding. No, I USED to always get my hand wet. Now? I pee in a cup. Ha ha! Now I only get the cup all wet. Don't laugh now, it is a step in the right direction....really.
So here I sit. I do not really have an update of much use on me trying to conceive (TTC). I have now been on the Metformin for six days. I have only had three days of digestive upset (aka: diarrhea) and those weren't as bad as I had remembered it being. Though, I almost want to slap my own hand for typing that because I suspect that I don't remember much of being on this dose and the horrors of the increased dosage will be made clear tomorrow when I take two in one day. Lovely. I have not decided if I am going to take both at once or space them 12 hours apart. Last time I spaced them, I see no need in doing that again really, so I will be my own guinea pig. I'll surely let you all know how it goes.
I have no pregnancy symptoms. I am only 3 days past ovulation. I am considering Sunday to be the O day, because I got the positive OPK on Saturday morning. This is, of course, just an educated guess. I am really tired the last two days and sick to my stomach. But I know that it is just the Metformin. I can take a test really any day after tomorrow. Seems early doesn't it? Why, yes you are right. My secret? I have 5 pregnancy tests that can detect as little as 10 something-somethings (I cannot remember the until of measurement in this right now) in your pee as opposed to the 25+ something-somethings that the regular pregnancy test can read. They measure the units of HCG or Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (human grown hormone) in the urine, anything above a measure of 5 is considered pregnant. However to get an accurate test below 10 can only be done by a blood check. So I guess what I am trying to say is these tests are the next best thing to a blood draw.
Long story short is I can test earlier than the 10-14 day wait. But, and this is a big "but" -- I don't think I will test as early as they say I can. This is because I want to know for sure, not just take a test and go in denial about the results... because that happens nearly every month.... And I am sick of it. I want to know the first test I take. But, lets be real here. I will take a minimum of two tests. I accept that. I'd just like to, for once, just wait for my period without peeing on a stick the day before, day of, and day after. Besides, I cannot seem to aim at all and I always get my hand wet. LOL Just kidding. No, I USED to always get my hand wet. Now? I pee in a cup. Ha ha! Now I only get the cup all wet. Don't laugh now, it is a step in the right direction....really.
