Weekly Update

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Hi All,

I thought I would check in for this week (April

8th).

Who I am: Anne

Cycle day: 15 (Tuesday)

should ovulate today... got my 1st ?? positive OPK Monday afternoon.

Will take another test Tuesday morning, to see if it shows a more definite

positive today.

Current daily medications:

Zyrtec (antihistamine), Benadryl (antihistamine), prenatal vitamin, Diflucan

(anti fungal), Estrogen & Guaifenesin (through Tuesday), other vitamins

& minerals.

As needed medications: Benadryl

& Phenergan injectables for allergic reactions.

Upcoming Doctor Appointments:

Tuesday 4/9 Terry & I have an appointment

with a genetic counselor because of Terry's heart defect & hearing

loss both of which he was born with. We are also going to investigate

if my allergies can be passed on or not.

Friday 4/12 Consultation with the hospital

radiologist about having a HSG done next month... I am hoping that they

will be able to do it with normal saline instead of the usual IVP type

dye.

Tuesday 4/16 follow up with the Urologist at

the RM clinic.

My allergies are being real charming at the moment!!

I live between 2 rather large Koch Refinery plants... big oil refinery

in South St. , Rosemount, & Hastings. I live between the

1st 2 plants. They must be releasing a lot of chemicals into the

air the last couple of days. I haven't been outside since Friday

afternoon, yet my allergies have been just wicked for the last couple of

days. Normally I would just see this as being "one of those weeks"

but with us trying to get pregnant, and cervical mucus being so important

for getting the sperm where it needs to be, it is really hard to have that

cm when you are pumping dose after dose of Benadryl or Phenergan into your

system... antihistamines dry you out EVERYWHERE!! I up'd the dose

of guaifenesin (robitussin) today from 800mg to 1600mg, and I did have

some cm according to Terry.

Most of you know that I have been working on a

baby quilt. Well I took a break from it on Friday to make my best

friend a birthday present. Today is her 30th Birthday! I just

finished it, here is what I made her....

So I'll go back to working on outlining the quilt

either after I get off line and can't sleep or tomorrow when we get home

from the hospital.

I have over 180 messages in my mailbox yet to

be read. This is what I get for not checking my email since Friday

afternoon I guess. I will try to read as many as I can in the

next day or so. So if someone wrote to me specifically, give me a

bit of time to find the message and respond, or send it again with something

in the subject line telling me to read it first!

Hope everyone is having a good week!!

Love Always,

Anne