Monday came, and then went. I am happy to report that work has been a smooth return. I have had two wonderful days, even with the traffic jams from the massive amounts of snow we've been getting. (I get to wear my winter clothes yay!) I love winter and I love winter jackets.. They're like my version of a shoe addiction.
I haven't gone into the lab to get my blood work done which the walk-in doctor asked for. I'm pretty confident that this one will return the same results as last month, so I'm not in a hurry to get it done. I figured I'd wait until the TWW this cycle, since he checked off the box for an hCG test on the sheet.
Rant Warning: Is it seriously this difficult everywhere in Canada to get hormone and/or pregnancy blood testing? It's starting to feel like these tests are rationed like precious gems and only given out in specially regulated circumstances to the elite classes. I've even had the thought that it would be nice to be able to take my own home blood tests for hormones and pregnancy. Perhaps it will be the future of OTC fertility, "Clear Blue Fertility Blood Test". I can just see the lawsuits now.. Perhaps some other amazing technology will come along like a HPT breathalyser. Now I've just gone off on a tangent. Getting back to talk about doctors...
I did get a tip from a good friend today for a naturopathic doctor. I booked an appointment next Thursday to meet him and see if perhaps he can help me to balance my hormone levels naturally through supplements. At the present, I am only guessing and trying to use vitamins to regulate. I refuse to take medications unless it's the last resort for most anything. However, I'm no expert, so clearly any natural assistance methods are positive in my books! By the time I go to my appointment I am hoping that I've ovulated and am a couple of dpo with nice high temps and maybe even a pregnancy symptom or three.
So far this cycle is on CD19 and still reading "low" on my Clear Blue Fertility Monitor, which is a bit discouraging, but I'm praying for ovulation before or around valentines day. I keep saying how much I'd love a November baby, so this is a golden opportunity. Now to get my body to cooperate with me! I've also taken a few OPKs but they're still negative for now too. My BBT is ranging in the follicular phase from 35.9 to 36.2C which is better than I've had any cycle previously. I'll take it as a good sign.
I'm in a positive mood this cycle. Only a tad bit nervous that I might have a repeat of the last epic cycle, or that a trend is forming and my next cycle will be even more epically long! I truly hope not!! Come on body, I've almost always treated you well. I know you haven't had to regulate your own hormones for many years and that you didn't get much practice in the first place. I imagine it's hard work to do, now that you've gotten quite used to having a pill do all the work for you, but I need you to work properly now. Give me one great cycle to work with and I'll let you take the next 9 months off from this routine. Instead, you can nurture a pregnancy. Wouldn't that be nice?
My DH told me the other day that he has a good feeling about this cycle. I don't know if he's just saying that to give me hope and make me feel all fuzzy and warm, or if he truly has that intuition feeling this time, but it's working either way. I like that he wants a child as much as I do. He's going to make a wonderful dad. Our family could really use some tiny humans right about... 9 months from now.. Perhaps the stars will align, and we will close off this cycle with a beautiful positive after all.
