Round Two

Taking my temperature last cycle was very helpful!  But it also crushed my dreams two days prematurely.  I saw a beautiful drop in my temperature of 97.19 on Day 11 which indicates ovulation, then it kept climbing daily, to a max of 99.05.  It bounced around in the 98.8-98.9 range for about 15 days, then dropped suddenly to 98.46 on Day 27.  I wanted to cry.  Besides a negative pink dye pregnancy test, my true confirmation of not being pregnant started two days later.

Femara has definitely done weird things to my body.  I was extremely emotional on Day 2.  I'm not sure if this is from meds, or if it was just really hard to accept that I wasn't pregnant after we tried something different (meds) for the first time.  I was at work on Day 2, and I started having really bad cramps.  This felt different than my non-medicated cycles.  It felt kind of like gas pains, sharp stabbing then disappearing and happening again on the other side of my lower abdominal cavity.  I also felt a heaviness like things were growing inside of me.  I turned to Dr. Google (stupid, stupid, stupid!), and found that I could have residual ovarian cysts that didn't dissolve from last cycle.  There is an increased risk for this when on fertility meds.  I have had an ovarian cyst rupture when I was 19, and that was definitely not fun and cost me a trip to the ER.  I made plans to call my doctor on the way home from work, but then I started to feel a little better.  They had already told me they don't normally do ultrasounds at the beginning of each cycle unless I'm doing injections, so obviously they think the risk of cysts is low with just oral medication. 

I got home, then basically had a murder scene in the bathroom.  It hasn't been that bad since I was diagnosed with lupus and became anemic from bleeding so much.  Also, this was Day 3, not Day 1!  What the heck?!  Cue more emotions.  Thank goodness I had a full day of sleeping planned, which is pretty much what happened, along with binge-watching Pretty Little Liars on Netflix.  Even though I didn't feel like it at all, we went out on a double date that night which was the best thing that could've happened.  I love my hubby and our friends who we finally confided in.

I started taking Femara again the night of Day 3.  I thought maybe I could sleep during the awful headaches it causes.  Day 4 was yesterday, and it did not work.  I woke up with my head throbbing, especially anytime I did anything to increase my intracranial pressure (pressure inside of my head) like coughing, sneezing, stretching, yawning, etc.  I couldn't turn my head in church and basically looked like a zombie.  Today is Day 5, and with no headache yet today, I feel hopeful again!  I will have an ultrasound on Day 10 since I ovulated so early last month which was not expected.  So here's to another month of strong and painful ovulation, early morning temperature taking, OPKs, timed intercourse, and hoping the stars align.