On January 26, 2009, my mom, Teresa Pyatt, passed away from heart failure during a procedure while she was in the hospital. The funeral was on Friday, January 30, 2009. While this has been an extremely hard week, I am pleased to say that I have a lot of family and friends that care deeply about our family and are great people for my dad, my brother, and I to lean on during this very difficult time. I must say that I was amazed at the fact that over 200 people came to her visitation...she was loved by so many people and will be dearly missed.
The part I keep thinking about is the fact that my mom won't be able to meet her grandchildren and I won't be able to surprise her when I get pregnant, deliver the child, and for the million questions that will follow. For this, I need everyone's else support. While this will never 100% replace my mom, I would appreciate anyone trying to step in for these moments. Keep our family in your thoughts and prayers.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Stomach Flu
Monday morning (Jan 12), I woke up with the stomach flu. David took me to the doctor on Monday afternoon and they gave me a shot of something to reduce the nausea so I wouldn't get dehydrated. Tuesday, I went back to work, but even today, I'm still not feeling 100%, which is not good going into busy season. Also, I haven't been taking my metformin in fears that they will make my stomach worse.
On Saturday night (Jan 10), David and I volunteered at the crisis nursery. I actually spent quite a bit of time with the older kids (giving baths) which is unusual for me. I remembered after that experience why I try and stick with younger kids. I felt like I had to literally take their clothes off and physically place them in the bath and after you spend all that time trying to convince them to get into the tub, they won't get out! I had to physically take them out of the tub and dry them off. Then the hunt for bedtime clothes (which I won't have this trouble when I have my own). There was a "sweet" moment when David was feeding a 6 month old and I was rocking a 4 month old to sleep. I told David that this is what it would be like if we had twins and he smiled.
Here's my "schedule" for the next cycle. I'll try and update as things change.
Jan 17 - Start Prometrium
Feb 1 - Start Cycle #4
Feb 14 - Hopeful ovulation
Feb 21 - Bloodwork to confirm
Feb 28 - Pregnancy test!!!
On Saturday night (Jan 10), David and I volunteered at the crisis nursery. I actually spent quite a bit of time with the older kids (giving baths) which is unusual for me. I remembered after that experience why I try and stick with younger kids. I felt like I had to literally take their clothes off and physically place them in the bath and after you spend all that time trying to convince them to get into the tub, they won't get out! I had to physically take them out of the tub and dry them off. Then the hunt for bedtime clothes (which I won't have this trouble when I have my own). There was a "sweet" moment when David was feeding a 6 month old and I was rocking a 4 month old to sleep. I told David that this is what it would be like if we had twins and he smiled.
Here's my "schedule" for the next cycle. I'll try and update as things change.
Jan 17 - Start Prometrium
Feb 1 - Start Cycle #4
Feb 14 - Hopeful ovulation
Feb 21 - Bloodwork to confirm
Feb 28 - Pregnancy test!!!
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
First Entry
HELLO EVERYONE!
This will be my first entry here. I'll just give you our background first, in case you don't know that. David and I met in high school. We started dating in college in 2002. We were engaged in 2003 and married on June 10, 2006. We both graduated from Missouri State University in Springfield, MO in December 2006 and moved back to the St. Louis area. We bought a house in Fenton, MO in April 2007. David is an IT Analyst at ATT and I am a tax accountant at BKD. We have a dog named Buddy, who is a 2 year old black lab and basset hound mix and we adore him!!
In June 2008, we decided it was time to start thinking about adding on to our family. I stopped using birth control and we both thought it would just happen. Boy, were we wrong! I had a 35 day cycle (kind of long, but still within "normal" ranges). Then I discovered fertility charting using my temperature taken each morning to show when I ovulate, etc. That was my second cycle and it lasted 112 days with no ovulation. Right when I started my third cycle, I went to my OB/GYN for an annual exam and clued him in on what was going on with my body. He said he thought I had something called PCOS and we would do some bloodwork to confirm. Sure enough, on Dec 2, I was confirmed with PCOS. This meant (other than a whole other list of symptoms) that it would be more difficult for me to conceive because I don't ovulate regularly. The treatment plan was prometrium (progesterone) to bring on my period, metformin to treat the insulin resistance that goes along with PCOS, and clomid (50mg) to try and make me ovulate. The prometrium worked and I was on to Cycle #4. I did everything that I was supposed to. I even took some ovulation tests(OPKs) and got positives, but I found out later that people with PCOS get false positives with OPKs. My temps were not showing any ovulation, so I wasn't very hopeful.
I got my bloodwork results today and the doctor said that my progesterone level was 1.4 which is really low and definitely means I did not ovulate. So the plan of action is to take the progesterone again to induce my period and do another cycle of Clomid. This time I'm being bumped up to 100mg. The scary part is that he said if this doesn't work in the next couple of cycles, I will move onto injectables!!!!!
That's all for now, I'll keep you guys posted.
This will be my first entry here. I'll just give you our background first, in case you don't know that. David and I met in high school. We started dating in college in 2002. We were engaged in 2003 and married on June 10, 2006. We both graduated from Missouri State University in Springfield, MO in December 2006 and moved back to the St. Louis area. We bought a house in Fenton, MO in April 2007. David is an IT Analyst at ATT and I am a tax accountant at BKD. We have a dog named Buddy, who is a 2 year old black lab and basset hound mix and we adore him!!
In June 2008, we decided it was time to start thinking about adding on to our family. I stopped using birth control and we both thought it would just happen. Boy, were we wrong! I had a 35 day cycle (kind of long, but still within "normal" ranges). Then I discovered fertility charting using my temperature taken each morning to show when I ovulate, etc. That was my second cycle and it lasted 112 days with no ovulation. Right when I started my third cycle, I went to my OB/GYN for an annual exam and clued him in on what was going on with my body. He said he thought I had something called PCOS and we would do some bloodwork to confirm. Sure enough, on Dec 2, I was confirmed with PCOS. This meant (other than a whole other list of symptoms) that it would be more difficult for me to conceive because I don't ovulate regularly. The treatment plan was prometrium (progesterone) to bring on my period, metformin to treat the insulin resistance that goes along with PCOS, and clomid (50mg) to try and make me ovulate. The prometrium worked and I was on to Cycle #4. I did everything that I was supposed to. I even took some ovulation tests(OPKs) and got positives, but I found out later that people with PCOS get false positives with OPKs. My temps were not showing any ovulation, so I wasn't very hopeful.
I got my bloodwork results today and the doctor said that my progesterone level was 1.4 which is really low and definitely means I did not ovulate. So the plan of action is to take the progesterone again to induce my period and do another cycle of Clomid. This time I'm being bumped up to 100mg. The scary part is that he said if this doesn't work in the next couple of cycles, I will move onto injectables!!!!!
That's all for now, I'll keep you guys posted.
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