Social Butterfly

This week has been both mercifully quick and painfully slow. Mercifully quick from the perspective that I have been pretty social, and that always makes me forget what I like to call “the elephant in my brain,” i.e. TTC. Being out and about is good for me, since I could easily become a total shut-in after work if I don’t make plans for myself!

On Tuesday I had lunch with two friends who I used to work with. One of them, K, has a baby son who is 6 months old. I am really happy for her. It took her a long time to meet her husband, and I can’t imagine that was easy for her as her 5 siblings all married and had children as she felt perennially single. Babies and TTC were a major topic of conversation, as all 3 of us are either in the midst or about to be. Turns out that not only did K and husband conceive the first month, they only had sex once that month. Amazing. I am beyond jealous.

Then last night I had friends over for dinner, and I cooked! I’m really much more of a baker than a chef, but it came out really well. I found the hardest part was the timing of everything. I made chicken with this ridiculously delicious marinade I just discovered:

http://www.lawrys.com/Products/Marinades/Sesame-Ginger.aspx

I also made sushi rice and broccoli (sort of an Asian theme), as well as fresh corn from the Rockefeller Plaza farmers market (which was not so Asian but really yummy). Then brownies and ice cream with hot fudge for dessert. DH even made it home in time for dinner, although he did work until 3 in the morning from home after they left. At this point, I’ll take what I can get.

But the best part was, besides seeing DH during waking hours – I could drink! It’s been so long because first I was on Clomid, then antibiodics for my wisdom tooth, then I was in the 2ww. I’m really not a big drinker, but wow did it feel good to just have a little buzz!

I also ate too much (hey, I said the food was good) and felt guilty but then realized, “Wait, I’m supposed to be gaining weight! Its OK to eat too much.” That’s a real shift in thinking that I have to get used to. I’ve been better with the weight gain of late, hiding the scale has helped, as has the end of summer (no more bikinis). I’ve also been trying to eat according to “The Fertility Diet” guidelines, more on that in another post.

On the TTC front, I went to the RE’s office this morning for Day 3 b/w. They should get back to me today with the plan of attack for Cycle #2. I think it’ll be 50mg Clomid again. I am going to add in either Robitussin or Mucinex for CM, and I am also going to plan out our TI better. Last cycle I O’ed on 8/11, and we had TI on 8/8, 8/9, 8/10, and 8/11. This time around I’ll stick to the day of O and the one before and after.

I have decided that after this cycle, I am going to get my tubes checked, as well as DH’s little men. I just want to make sure everything is working right, instead of going through 6 cycles of heartbreak and then finding out down the line.