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Sunday, August 29, 2010

cycle 6, day 21

it's been awhile.

obviously i wasn't pregnant last month, or i'd have had a lot more to say. my period came, again a bit earlier than i expected it. it seems that my cycles are getting shorter. which is lovely for TTC in some ways... less waiting time in between tries! but it makes me nervous that it's just a sign that i'm getting older... i know a lot of women begin to experience perimenopause symptoms in their early to mid-30s. this does NOT please me as i'm trying to conceive.

but i try not to worry about it. this month we didn't do a fantastic job, but considering i felt we'd done everything right last time around and it didn't happen, i suppose anything is possible. i was out of town just before i ovulated, and arrived back to the hubby right on the first day the monitor said i was ovulating. we tried that day, but sadly not on my second peak day. we did hit the day after that, so i guess if i ovulated near the end of the two-day window that was still a good effort.

now it's day 21 (very early on day 21, as it's 3:45 am and i can't sleep for some reason) and i'm starting to wonder. my boobs are a bit sore and i've been a little dizzy, but otherwise things seem normal. i am so unbelieveably stressed out by my living situation right now (we STILL can't move into what will be our floor of our new house due to delayed renovations) that i can't possibly figure out if anything that's going on is caused by something hormonal or just by my anxiety level. i am starting my new job this week (i really know how to lay on the stress, eh?) so hopefully i'll be wrapped up in that and not counting the days and taking unnecessary pregnancy tests like last time. i should get my period (or not!) by the end of the week...

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