Clomid Challenge

I wanted to title this post, "Clomid Sucks" but thought it'd be a tad inappropriate.   I haven't been on Clomid since 2007 and even then I was only on it for one cycle, due to it giving me a thin uterine lining.  The Clomid challenge itself isn't difficult as I just did blood work on CD3, took 100mg of Clomid for five days and then did more blood work on CD10.  I'm sure I won't get my results until my pre-op in January. 

For approx. six months now, I've had incredibly predictable cycles with them being the "normal" (I say normal lightly here) 28 days.  Taking Clomid has messed it up.  I've always had some pretty intense ovulation pain (Mittelschmerz is the technical term) always coming from my left ovary.  This cycle, it's my right ovary (for the first time in umm, at least 5 years-actually I can't remember a time my right side hurt ever) and the pain is radiating up my side to my kidney.  Walking creates a severe stabbing pain in my side.  I'm blaming the Clomid since that's the only difference this cycle vs. others. 

I've had other women tell me that Clomid gave them all kinds of side effects while taking it but I've noticed nothing but the ovulation pain.  I've been told that Clomid symptoms can range from breast tenderness to hormonal rages and night sweats. Of course it will all be worth it if my body decides to cooperate this month and I get pregnant but this isn't much fun. 

It's almost exactly one month until my next surgery...

I leave you with a cute picture of my daughter from Christmas Eve:

2 1/4!

Little Skittle is 2 and 1/4 years old now!   I thought it was a good time to journal/blog about what she's up to. 

She's excelling at talking/speech and loves to tell me what she DOESN'T like or want to do.  I'll ask, "Do you want a hot dog?"  And her usual response, instead of just saying no thanks is, "Mommy, I do not want a hot dog for lunch."  It cracks me up.  Some days she eats really well (for her anyway) and other days I'm surprised she doesn't drop dead of hunger.  She did surprise me when she tried pineapple and a chocolate peanut butter smoothie on our Thanksgiving cruise. She promptly spit out the pineapple but I gave her a lot of praise for trying something new! 

She does very well at drinking out of an open cup now.  I think she mastered it around her 2nd birthday.  She walks up and down the stairs like an adult, with one foot on each stair.  She has yet to figure out how to open a door that has a round knob even though all of her friends can do it. 

Potty training is a no go and I'm not forcing the issue.  We'll try again in a couple months when I hope she'll be more receptive to it. 

She can sing the ABC's, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Jesus Loves Me, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and The Farmer in the Dell in there entirety. 

I asked her what her favorite things were this time.  Here are her responses:

Color: blue
Animal: elephant
Shape: circle
Toy: iPad
Show: Yo Gabba Gabba (although I think Elmo is still a close second)
Activity: Coloring (drawing ghosts-not sure where she learned that!)

For the most part she's still sleeping great. She normally sleeps 12 hours at night and takes a 1.5 - 3 hour nap during the day. The cruise messed up her sleep a bit but it's slowly straightening itself out again.

The next three pictures are from the cruise.  She was scared of the alligator in Cozumel. 

 

FINALLY napping!

 

 

Look Mom, I have his eye!

 

And a cute one from this weekend with her daddy