At least our cuticles are tidy
Posted: May 31, 2005 Filed under: Uncategorized 3 Comments »So here we are at 5 days past ovulation. That, at least, is Fertility Friend’s current estimation and I like it well enough because it means our timing was excellent. I keep writing to the FF expert people looking for reassurance that we did OK, and they continue to tell me we did. It’s the silliest thing, really, because there is absolutely no guarantee that good timing means ANYTHING. Then again, if you have bad timing it definitely can’t happen. Then again, we never really know when we’ve ovulated without ultrasound monitoring, so who the hell knows?
This weekend we tried to keep relatively busy to distract ourselves. We willingly saw “Madagascar” (we love penguins and creatures that don’t want to ever leave New York) and Wes got a
{Had to pause there for our last fire drill of the year, which lasted longer than usual because there was concern that we were missing a kid. Don’t worry – we weren’t. Kids aren’t that dumb, just grown-ups.}
Wes got a manicure with me, his first ever. He then spent the rest of the day marvelling at his grown-up-looking hands – his cuticles were truly yucky before and I had been trying for years to make him tend to them.
We also took an impromptu, stealth Ikea trip (sorry gertielover) to look at cribs. We think we also found a rocker that is cheap and stylish enough, which is good because I really loved that expensive one featured on Wes’ coveting and we may have ended up buying it without an acceptable alternative.
The running, not-funny joke of the weekend was:
ME: I’m probably not pregnant.
WES: Probably not.
ME: But I could be.
WES: Could be.
ME: But probably not.
WES: Probably not.
ME: But maybe….
I just love it! It never gets old! I’m quite sure you can see repeat performances – we’re here all week.
Today’s symptoms:
* cramps cramps cramps – could be an ulcer forming
* can’t think of what I want to eat but want to eat a lot – could be stress
* still with the crazy frequent peeing – don’t know how I am doing that psychosomatically but put nothing past my all-powerful bladder
* my favorite so far: Last night my stomach was really, really hot. My head and limbs were totally normal but from my hips to my chest, I was BURNING UP. Wes made funny, baffled faces while feeling me up. It was highly entertaining.
If it’s in there, it is definitely a blastocyst by now.
The peeing, that doesn’t surprise me as a possibly invented symptom. The burning up stomach? THAT I find impressive. We’ve had reports of all kind of psychosomatic symptoms in the (ugh!) 16 or so months I’ve been on FF. The one I found really fascinating was significant increase in the chest area – which she’d never experienced before – yet no PG. The mind is a powerful thing indeed!
Now don’t get me started on gear. Do you like the IKEA cribs? We thought they were attractive but impractical. We couldn’t find any with drop sides. I would think drop sides would be important with the fibro. We are planning to get the changing table that attaches to (and folds up against) the wall. It will work well in our small house.
I have a secret manicure fantasy, but I’ve never had one….
Briar- I can’t remember, when is it that the thing is supposed to implant in the uterus? What day? I would think it would be soon, and then you can look for some real symptoms. Sounds like you’re keeping a sense of humor about it all. Hang in there!
Yes, we have been attached to the Ikea crib for years but we like to check on it every so often to be sure we still like it. We have discussed the fibro issue (ie. that the crib is much lower than standard ones and there will be more bending over – I think it is so low that even if the side went down it wouldn’t help much) but have decided that only Wes will pick up the child so that’s no problem. Kidding. Mostly it comes down to the fact that we’ve never loved ANY crib we’ve seen and this one is totally functional and CHEAP as hell. The only ones we ever like are other, more expensive Scandinavian cribs and they are often just as low – if European moms can bend down, dammit, so can I. We also vowed, when Gargantuan Man-Boy was young, to only buy Ikea for kids, since they damage and outgrow everything so rapidly. It’s done well for us so far.
We had a changing table built into a nook we created when we moved in last summer. I adore it.
Implantation, la Giulia, takes place somewhere around day 7 or 8, though my research indicates that anywhere between Day 6 and Day 10 is possible. Let’s hope it’s damn soon – those peesticks will be arriving any day and we all know I can’t resist….