screw you, Clomid, screw you!

Dear Clomid,

I know we have quite a history together, but I have to let you know that it's over. Forever. I know I've said that before, but this time I mean it. No take backs. All you bring me is uncomfortable side effects and then fail to deliver on the promises you made. While I understand that you do make me hot and bothered, your lack of follow-through is inexcusable. We've been set-up numerous times by my doctor, but I will be informing her that we can't be together any longer. I hope that you understand that it's you and not me that is causing this break-up. Hope you have fun stimulating some other girl's ovaries because you will never see mine again.

Thanks for understanding~

Don't Leave Me Alone with the OPK!

Sorry for neglecting to post RE: last months negative results.  By the time I got the news I was en route to a visit home then onto festivities elsewhere.  Anyway, new month, new year (almost)....that sounds positive. I am trying clomid this cycle.  It's been almost a year since the last time I tried it.  Since my cycle this month was 36 days and the cycle the month before was 32 days, the gyn said it would be beneficial to try clomid again.  If I had never tried clomid before I would probably have sky high hopes for this cycle, but I think my expectations are realistically optimistic.  I think husband's numbers were not good when I tried clomid before, so I guess the combination of factors is different this month than any other previous months.  However - isn't that always the case?  No two months are ever the same, the stars move, the weather patterns shift, our attitudes change, etc, etc, etc.
I have noticed a pattern in my blogging tendencies - I feel the desire to start writing when I break out the OPK.  I think I'm looking for some moral support around this time of the month.  I want to know that I'm utilizing, performing, and analyzing them properly, but the truth is there's no guarantee for that.  I just feel so unsure when I'm alone with an OPK, I want a second opinion.  I want to know that if I don't get the proper results that it wasn't entirely my fault.  I want a second opinion.  If someone offered a service when you leave a urine sample (or even blood sample) everyday around ovulation and they would predict the ovulation for you, I would totally subscribe!  Until then I guess it's just me and my OPK left to work it out by ourselves!

Stretch Armstrong

Yesterday I had some seriously stretchy CM, and there was an abundance of it!  This is super exciting for me as I still sort of consider myself ovulation challenged.  I texted husband to alert him of the almost certain impending ovulation.  His response - "How can you be a week off?"  If you remember based on last month's numbers I predicted ovulation around Thanksgiving  (day 15) which culminated in some (now needless) uncomfortable relations at the in-laws.  I thought that husband understood how difficult is for me to predict ovulation with my ovaries not being on a schedule *sigh*.  Oh well, maybe this will be the last month we have to worry about this tricky business called ovulation!  So let's reset the 2 week wait countdown to 14 days!