TheNewLifeOfNancy...: Top Cat, Hubcaps & Boomerangs

Saturday, November 1, 2008

Top Cat, Hubcaps & Boomerangs

This was the title of my post this morning, but I got on the sleep tangent and it got long. So two posts for today (so far).

I decided to break this up into two posts so if you don't want to read about sleep or my lack thereof when I have new babies, you don't have to. (yeah, I know - you totally needed my permission, huh? ~wink~)

Top Cat: When I got up, the kids were watching "Top Cat". Which reminded me of our beloved Topcat.

Hubcaps: I have a friend, Glenn, whom we have a very silly inside joke about hubcaps. Now, every time I pass one in the street, I want to pull over and take it to send across country for him. And although it's not a hubcap, it's sometime similar (can't ruin the joke in case he's reading) I stubbed my toe on it this morning.

Boomerangs: Just a few moments after noticing the children's cartoon selection, my eyes focused on a boomerang we have sitting out from our big clean-out due to the new carpet. Which, of course, made me think of Topcat again! Then I noticed the boomerang package says "Right Handed Only." Did you know boomerangs were right handed?

And then I sat down and checked my blog, only to find some great comments from some of my very favorite bloggidy friends. Guess who was one of them? Topcat.

She just must be on my brain track today. (Topcat, I promise there will be no stalking involved.)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: ...and just think, tongiht you get one mroe extra hour of sleep!

-elcubana; November 1, 2008 at 8:57 PM
Topcat said...: Ha!!!!!!!!!

I am LOVING this post, considering I am mentioned three times.

You are a fucking legend, Nancy.
XOXOXOX; November 3, 2008 at 6:34 PM

My TTC History

Jul 01 ~ married
Jan 02 ~ First cycle off bcps and opk shows ovulation!
Dec 02 ~ Went to pcp for RE referral
Jan 03 ~ Testing commences. S/A perfect. HSG clear.
Feb 03 ~ Lap #1. All clear.
Apr 03 ~ Clomid cycle #1. BFN.
May 03 ~ Clomid cycle #2. BFN.
Jun 03 ~ Clomid cycle #3. BFN.
Jul 03 ~ Supposed to be IUI#1, but we missed cd3 so natural cycle
Aug 03 ~ BFP on C18.
Apr 04 ~ Ella born.
Oct 04 ~ decided to ttc #2 and went off minipill to see if I am ovulating. I am. Will start next month.
Nov 04 ~ TTC#2 starts. BFP. Holy Crap. No freaking way. No way.
Aug 05 ~ Allison born
Oct 06 ~ IUD removed. TTC#3
Jan 07 ~ Large cysts found.
Feb 07 ~ Femara cyle #1
Mar 07 ~ Started w/ RE. HSG #2 showed R tube blocked. S/A normal.
Mar 07 ~ more cysts, up to 9cms.
Apr 07 ~ more cysts, 3 @ 7-9cms.
May 07 ~ IUI #1 cancelled due to more cysts
Jun 07 ~ IUI #1 (take two) w/ Clomid. BFN.
Jul 07 ~ HSS showed scar tissue in 70% of uterus. Diagnosed with Asherman's Syndrome. Uterine surgery #2
Aug 07 ~ HSG #3 showed clear tubes.
Aug 07 ~ IUI #2 w/ Femara. BFN.
Sept 07 ~ Monitored w/ hCG trigger. BFN.
Oct 07 ~ HSS #2 showed scar tissue in 30% of uterus. Uterine surgery #3.
Dec 07 ~ HSS #3 showed tiny amount of scar tissue. Uterine surgery #4.
Jan 08 ~ HSS #4 showed clear uterus.
Jan 08 ~ IUI #3, C16. BFN.
Mar 08 ~ IVF #1, Transfer Cancelled due to lining. Out of 15 eggs, 9 were mature and all 9 fertilized. I have named my 9 embryos "The Mod Squad" and they are in the freezer, waiting for mommy to be ready.
Apr/May 08 ~ FET #1. C20. 4 embryos "The Fab Four" transferred on 5/05. BFP!!! Very Low Beta (15 at 11dp3dt) but the numers continued to double every 48 hours. Told it was "most likely not viable" and later "most likely ectopic" but we beat all the odds.
May 16, 08 ~ 11dp3dt (4w0d), beta #1: 15
May 19, 08 ~ 14dp3dt (4w3d), beta #2: 43
May 23, 08 ~ 18dp3dt (5w0d), beta#3: 213
May 27, 22dp3dt (5w4d), beta #4: 1,073
Jun 08 - Ultrasound showed one heartbeat at 7 weeks.
Jul 08 - Had CVS testing. Chromosomes are normal and it's a BOY!! EDD: 1/23
Aug 08 - Jan 09 ~ High risk due to: 1) Velamentous Cord Insertion, deemed biggest risk 2) Previous Placenta Accreta 3) Previous rapid degraged placenta 4) IVF alone can create weak placenta 5) AMA - Advanced Maternal Age. -- All resulting in almost 30 u/s and lots of testing, which ended up saving my life.
Jan 09 (38w0d) ~ Karl is born! -- Crazy 3 days in hospital. Manual version to flip baby from breech to head down, Labor, Delivery, Emergency surgery due to cord detaching from placenta, Scary heart issues from losing over 40% of my blood supply, and then a blood transfusion due to the extreme loss of blood. Whew!