ABC of TTC

Just decided it was time to post and I copied this from some other bloggers.

A. Age when you started TTC: 22

B. Baby Dancing or Sex: Neither. Baby Dancing just sounds stupid though.

C. Children wanted: When we first got married, I was thinking 3 since there were 3 in my family. Now, I want 4-5. I guess you always want what you can't have :(

D. Dogs/Cats/Fill in Children: The best, cutest, funniest, little dachshund, Winston. I swear that he has been sent from heaven. When I am getting cramps or feeling sick, he snuggles me. When I am crying, he puts his nose right in my face and I can't help but laugh. When I am happy, he gets excited and wags his tail so much it shakes his little butt. I don't know what I would do without him.

E. Essential Oils/Vitamins/Snake Oils: Prenatals.

F. Fertility Meds I’ve taken: Clomid, Ovidrel, Gonal-F pen (I think its follitism in it?)

G. Gain: Patience, Empathy. Sensitivity to the fact that everybody is struggling with something that we may not know about.

H. HSG (Hystosalpingogram): January 2011. All clear but it has been the most physically painful part of TTC up to this point.

I. Infertile Pet Peeves: Everybody else getting pregnant. Facebook baby diaries. Baby showers. Belly pics. People telling me I'm lucky I don't have kids.

J. Job title: Secretary/CEO/CFO/Manager. We own our own pest control company so my husband and I pretty much do it all.

K. Kid’s names you’re afraid will be taken by the time you can use them: The only names we won't reuse are either of our immediate family's names and I'm not worried about it. My names will always be better ;)

L. Length of time TTC: 2 years and 10 months

M. Miscarriages: none, luckily. I don't think I could handle that.

N. Number of times you’ve switched OB/GYNS, REs, FSs: Never! We went from our Obgyn to our RE and stayed there. I've been really happy with my doctors.

O. Ovarian quality: Never tested this

P. POAS or wait for AF: Wait. After 34 cycles, I cannot afford to buy that many pee sticks. My cycle is really regular, though so I know when its coming.

Q. Quote from an obnoxious fertile: Everybody and their dogs are doing IVF these days, it's not really a big deal. Really? I'm pretty sure anything that costs over $10,000 is a big deal. And I guess as long as dogs are doing it, I should be fine.

S. Sperm: We've gotten two different results and are getting a third test done this weekend.

T. Time you tried naturally: 2 years

U. Uterus quality: Good as far as I know.

V. Vagina: What?

W. What baby stuff do you already have?: NOTHING. That would be torture. Plus, I change my mind so much if I bought anything, I would probably be sick of it by the time I needed it.

X. X-tra X-tra Hear all about it! How many people know the ins and outs of our crazy TTC journey? A few close friends and our immediate families.

Y. Yearly Exam (do you still go in even though someone sees your lady parts most months?): I had one in January because I had just gotten health insurance but I don't think I would get one if I needed it right now. .

Z. Zits: More after TTC. Either from eating my worries away (or drinking Dr. Pepper, really), stress, or just hormones in my body.