2ww

kills me!!!.

I hate taking my temp every morning hoping that it will keep going up...or at least not go down.

My chart looks good, but at 5dpo, how else is it going to look? Here it is so far.





I am just so tired. I havent been able to keep my eyes open lately. I've been taking naps in the afternoon, going to bed at 11pm and then getting up between 10 and 11am...this is nuts! IF i was pg, it would be wayyy to early to be tired, so i wonder whats going on with my body being so tired. this is dumb.

im frustrated.
quiznos for lunch? i think so!

Pot Roast

Another recipe...this one is awesome! DH LOVES this - honestly, he moans his way through dinner!

LM's Pot Roast
1lb carrots
1lb potatoes
2lb roast
1 onion
Lipton soup mix

rinse roast, pat dry. Salt, pepper and dredge with flour.
Brown roast on all sides, then add water to pot (enough to cover roast and veggies)
add soup mix and 2 bay leaf, more pepper

Cook for 2 hours with slow, lazy bubbles

Turn oven on low (about 120*) and put roast and veggies into oven on an oven safe plate to keep warm

Gravy:
4T four
1 t salt in a bowl, mix. bring 2 C of the juice from meat to a boil.
Mix the salt/flour mixture into juice very slowly....

enjoy!

chicken marinades!

I copied and pasted these recipes off my 'normal' blog that my family/friends see...but i thought you guys might like these recipes too!

I have three chicken marinades that dh really loves - and since he is the worlds most picky eater, h'm sure lots of people will like these too!


Chow Chicken - this is what my family calls it because when my sister was little she use to say it was "chow-a-linga" thus, chow chicken!
5 T. Lemon Juice
3 T. Soy Sauce
2 Cloves garlic, chopped
1/2 t pepper
1 t dried basil

I usually make this in the morning and put two frozen chicken breast in it and let it marinade all day and then Grill it!

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Lemon Garlic Chicken

1/4 c lemon juice
2 T molasses
2 t Worcestershire sauce
4 cloves garlic, chopped
1/4 t salt
1/4 t black pepper

combine lemon juice, molasses, Worcestershire sauce and garlic and add chicken (i use skinless boneless chicken breasts) cover and marinate in fridge for an hour (i do longer most times) and turn occasionally

preheat oven to 425
Take chicken and put in a shallow roasting pan, coated with cooking spray. pour marinade over chicken, sprinkle with salt and pepper
bake at 425 (for blsl) for 20 minutes, baste with marinade, bake for 2o more minutes

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Jamaican Chicken (SO GOOD!!)

4 bunches of green onion
3/4 c red wine vinegar
1/4 c olive oil
1/4 c minced jalapeno pepper
2 T sugar
4t salt
1 T dried Thyme
1 T allspice
2 t pepper
1/2 t cinnamon

Blend all ingredients in the food processor (chop onions a bit first)

divide into 4 Ziploc bags - each bag can hold 4 chicken breasts

You can freeze with or without chicken in the Ziploc bag. if without, marinate chicken for 2-24 hours!
Grill!

Usually with this we have veggie kebabs...onion, peppers, sometimes pineapple!
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Hope you Enjoy!

I O'd!!

yay!! Right now I am only 3 dpo, but i was getting a bit nervous about my temps not going up...this is how the chart is looking today...


the fertility friend intercourse timing analyzer is telling me that "high" which means we timed sex really well...so, we'll see what happens.
Started eating the pineapple core today..sick. i did not enjoy it at all....

I'm so tired. I'm going to take a nap before DH gets home....
keep your fingers crossed!!

YEAH!!

FINALLY!!!! a positive opk!! I've been having fertility signs like crazy the past couple days...for me that's: headache, mood swings, pizza face and of course the wet/ewcm....but i hadn't been able to confirm with an opk...whelp, this morning i did!

I sent DH a pic message and he said:
"Man, I could really use this info to my advantage, like you make me pancakes or you aren't getting any" LOL
i replied "you want a baby too..."
he said "yeah...but still....(insert sexy emocotion)"

Its odd, for some reason i cant stop looking at the opk, its not like its a pregnancy test or anything..lol, ooh its gonna be a CRAZY day when i get my BFP! haha

BFPBs!!

Yeah, its dumb, but i'm totally excited to have not one, not two, but three awesome bfpbs!! app1e3, hopefull11 and BrockStar!

pretty much all a bfpb is someone to share your excitement/let downs/stress everything TTC with and when a bfp comes along, you send a small gift!

i think that bfpbs are going to be great since no one except my sister knows we're ttc

*BabyDust* to my bfpbs!

.....oh, haven't done my opk yet today, but i still have EWCM! poor dh gets used again! lol

ugh...

why did i go out and get drunk last night?! i feel like shit today. really a whole lot of shit.
i need a nap.

on the upside, i have more EWCM!!! so, I'm gonna have to get over this hangover i have going on and maybe put on somethin sexy for DH! ::sexy music starts playing::

we'll see if the opk gives me a + today in a couple hours! until then, nap.

Negitive opk's

Hm...
I have some EWCM and a negitive opk....guess my body is just gearing up to Ovulate in a couple days...but DH better watch out...he's getting JUMPED tonight! haha

...it's a good thing DH doesnt mind being jumped, even though he did tell me i was 'using him to get to his sperm'. I guess that is true, but he's using me to get a whole baby. We'll call it even!

Me A-Z

Nothing good to write about today. I'm really tired.

My sister and her bf are coming to visit this weekend, i'm really excited to see her (2 weekends in a row! heck yeah!!) i love when she comes down to Indiana to visit!

I saw this on Kit's blog (another GP-er) and thought maybe you'd like to know a bit more about me other than the fact i'm ilovetolaugh on GP! haha

A - Age: 25

B - Bed size:​​ King

C- Car you drive​:​​ Mazda or Honda

D - Dad'​​s Name:​​ Eric

E - Essen​tial start​ your day item:​​ BBT

F - Favor​ite actor​(​​s)​​:​​ Steve corell

G - Gold or Silve​r:​​ white​ gold, freshly roduim plated

H - Heigh​t:​​ 5'5

I - Instr​ument​s you play(​​ed)​​:​​ I dabbled in piano, violin, trumpet and drums....drums were my fav for sure!

J - Job title​:​ Running our business

K - Kid(​​s)​​:​​ Praying each and every day for a healthy one of our own

L - Livin​g arran​gemen​ts:​​ DH and i live in a nice little apartment

M - Mom'​​s name:​ JLC

N - Name of first pet - Hannah

O - Overn​ight hospi​tal stay other​ than birth​:​​ yep, dr thought i was having brain seizures.

P - Pet Peeve​:​​ dirty clothes not in hamper, wet bathroom floor after DH gets out of the shower

Q - Quote​s you like:​​ "life's too short to be snotty"

R - Right​ or left hande​d:​​ Right​

S - Sibli​ngs:​​ twin brother and little brother

T - Time you wake up: 7 am

U- Under​wear:​​ most of the time, yep.

V - Veget​able you disli​ke:​​ i really like them all!

W - Ways you run late:​​ the damn dogs!

X - X-​​rays you'​​ve had: everything, seriously.

Y - Yummy​ food you make:​​ I am a fan-freking-tastic cook!

Z- Zodia​c:​​ leo

Got 'em!

I got my OPK test strips in the mail today...

after reading the directions online i found out that i have to:

• start testing on cycle day 12 since i have a 29 day cycle
• not drink much before i use the opks
  
• hold my pee for two hours (AHH!!) in the middle of the day (probably around 2pm)

I'm excited to start using them in a couple days. i think this will be a great tool for us to use, especially since i am not an expert at charting yet.

I went to weight watchers today. I guess I ate too much Easter candy this week. I'm up 1.2lbs, but i haven't gained at all since i joined WW in January. Time to get my butt moving! on a walk I go!

Easter Weekend

It was so good to go home and see my family. I feel like it's been so long!

I had to stay away from blogging, playing on the bump and...gulp...having sex for the weekend since no one knows we're ttc. I guess we could have had sex at mom and dads house...but that always creeps me out and i get a little nervous they'll yell at me! hahaha i don't know why thy would since we're married...haha, i guess its more of a respect issue.

I'm exhausted today. May have been the crazy fun weekend and all the driving...or the rainy Monday, either way i need a nap and that's where I'm off to.

OPKs

I ordered Ovulation Predictor Kits last week and should get them in the mail any day now. I know that i for sure O'd last month, but it will be helpful for me to know when it is coming. I haven't charted enough to know exactly what signs mean what.

DH and I are heading to my parents house with our dogs for the weekend. I'm excited to see my family, but I wish we would have had a BFP to share with them. But then again, if we would have gotten a BFP we'd be waiting until after the ultrasound to tell them, so it would have been a hard secret to keep!

I've got my green tea regiment going again. apparently aside from the fact it is super, it helps with CM and getting more EWCM to be exact. Some girls say it works well, some say it had reverse affects. I've heard the same thing with Grapefruit/grapefruit juice. I'll stick with the tea!

Hope you have a great Easter weekend! I'm outta here!

Welcome!

My husband and I have been married for just over 7 months now and have decided its time to try to have a baby! After thinking for a long time on both of our parts, we've also decided not to tell family and friends about our new adventure. Both of us feel like the pressure is already high to have a baby from people and if we tell future grandparents/aunts/uncles that the pressure will be increased about when we're going to get pregnant.

Well, that's a lie. I told my sister. But, she's my best friend and I also really wanted her to pray for us.

The ladies of www.thebump.com getting pregnant board have been very helpful and entertaining in the beginning of our TTC journey! I do enjoy passing my workday by with them!

My husband's family has a history of having a very low sperm count. His dad and grandfather couldn't have children after the age of 25. DH (please see abbreviations on the right side of this blog) is now 26 almost 27, which is what got us thinking about having kids. We're not necessarily financially ready for kids, but then again...when can you ever be sure that you are?

I have had endometriosis since I was 14. My doctor put me on BCPs then to help and now i'm on my own. For now, I am going to assume that this is not going to cause us problems while TTC, but I do know that down the road it could be a problem. Thus, another reason to chart and get things going. In case you dont know (like DH didnt) : Endometriosis is a disorder of the female reproductive system. In endometriosis, the endometrium, which normally lines your uterus, grows in other places as well. Most often, this growth is on your fallopian tubes, ovaries or the tissue lining your pelvis. When endometrial tissue is located elsewhere in your body, it continues to act as it normally would during a menstrual cycle: It thickens, breaks down and bleeds each month. Because there's nowhere for the blood from this displaced tissue to exit your body, it becomes trapped, and surrounding tissue can become irritated. Trapped blood may lead to cysts, scar tissue and adhesions — abnormal tissue that binds organs together. This process can cause pelvic pain, especially during your period. Endometriosis also can cause fertility problems. (www.mayoclinic.com)

anyways....

I started charting my cycles by taking my BBT, CM and CP this past cycle. By charting, you can see and start to predict when Ovulation will occur and if/when AF will be there. The links to my chart on FertilityFriend.com are above the abbreviations.

I have to admit, i was pretty bummed out yesterday when AF came, but at least i know that even after 11 years on BCP, i am ovulating! Sometimes it takes women months even years to ovulate...so i guess my body is ready to jump back into O-ing!

Well, I suppose that I should get back to work. I will be updating again soon!