EWCM

For those of you that might not know what that is, it is Egg White Cervical Mucus. I had some yesterday and I'm still smiling! For me, EWCM is like finding a $50 bill in a pocket of an old sweater. It is the best environment for sperm to travel from your cervix to your fallopian tubes to meet up with an egg.

I have not had any EWCM in all 9 of my previous cycles. I've tried green tea, Evening Primrose Oil, and Robitussin to increase the amount of fertile cervical fluid that I have. All to no avail. During the last two cycles I have begun to use Pre-seed to try and replace EWCM and make a friendly home for those little swimmers in my body.

I also had a positive OPK and my temp went up this morning. Hopefully it stays up. Either way, I am worried about the 2WW (week wait) because this is the first cycle that I feel like my body has a good chance of a BFP. I don't know how long I will be able to avoid those damn pee sticks. I can already feel them staring at me from my fertility bag upstairs. (yes, I have a fertility bag. Don't laugh. It contains OPK's, some free HPT's and my Pre-seed. I try not to show it to guests, lol)

Wish me luck (and patience)....

What not to do when TTC...

I completely fell off the wagon last night and messed up my usual TTC routine. I had 3 glasses of sh*tty wine and 2 shots, went to bed late, forgot to take my temp this morning, didn't have my PNV with breakfast, and forgot to take an OPK in the morning.

Normally I wouldn't care if I wasn't approaching the big O (ovulation that is). I hate to have missed a temp so close to when I usually have a temp shift, now I will be second guessing my crosshairs. Ug! Also, I like to take 2 OPK's a day, one in the late morning and one in the late afternoon because I often miss my LH surge and never get a positive. I'm hoping that I don't miss it because I drank a little too much last night and can't get my act together!

At least I had fun! Got to see my DH's cousin who is home from the Army and going overseas in a month. Also, ran into my cousin (and due to my sloppy nature, I kinda spilled the beans on trying to get pregnant, oops). It was great to chat with her on other topics as well.

::sigh:: Silly me... I must stay on that wagon tonight!!

Summer Reading

One of my favorite things to do in the summer time is catch up on my pleasure reading. During the school year, I never seem to have time to read (especially now that I am getting my master's as well). It's also a way for me to keep my mind off of the TTC process.

This morning I finished reading Jodi Picoult's The Pact. It is about a teenage boy and girl who grew up together and started dating. The girl ends up dead and the boy is the only witness. He claims it was a suicide pact. I love how she connects all of the characters and provides their points of view. This is one of her earlier books, but it is still a great read.

I just started reading Janet Evanovich's One for the Money. It is part of a series with the main character Stephanie Plum who is a bounty hunter. She is a funny character to follow and the suspects she gets involved with are all part of an interesting crime. I am almost halfway through the book and it's only been a day!

I'm going to try to figure out a way to put a list of books that I have read on the side bar. This way I can keep track!