Im so rubbish at updating, I know

Aloha,

So its been quite a while since I last updated, for any of you that do check this every so often (hello!) I apologise that you haven't had any mad rambling to read for a while.

So as you know in the past month we have moved house, and I have started a new job, hence why this has kind of gone on the back burner. Well in my last 'blog' i was 10DPO and as there is no happy news blog, you are right to assume that good old mother nature arrived right on time with my monthly gift. Thanks for that. So we are officially into month 29. This month feels good, I don't know why, just does. I love my new job, I love my new house, we're not stressed or tired all the time like we used to be in our old house, our sex life now exists (sorry friends a family) and things just feel good. If you know what I mean. So i'm feeling quite content with how this month will go.

Clomid round 3 has been taken, hot flushes are getting worse with every cycle, particularly at night when I feel like I want to claw my skin off just so I can get cooler! I also changed the days I took clomid this month (naughty naughty!) as 3-7 seems to have higher success rates than 2-6. Something to do with it producing more 'mature' eggs than more eggs in general, so we'll see how this goes. My poor hair is also falling out left right and centre, thanks hormone treatments, so now not only am I infertile, but at this rate i'm going to be a bald infertile as well! I suppose it would save money on shampoo and time straightening my hair...

Anyway as for the TTC at the minute, well I am in my 12-24hours til ovulation window after getting the darkest positive ovulation test ever this morning, and my ovaries are causing me pain so I know I'm about to lay an egg (Or two, or three depending on how good the clomid has worked) so fingers crossed this one is a good 'un! (Or two....twins would be great, saves us having to do all this again when we want a second child).

This might make people feel all funny inside, but it fascinates me. I've spent 2 years now thinking about this magical ovulation moment, but never actually thought about what was going on. This photograph was taken of a woman who was in surgery for a hysterectomy, and when she was opened up the doctor realised she was actively ovulating right there on the table. So off he popped to grab the camera and viola, a real life photograph of the female body in action!

Good thing is that this week, despite being up at 6am every morning for work, we've found plenty of time for 'husband and wife time' so hopefully the egg won't stand a chance against the barrage of swimmers that should be laying in wait for it! Interesting fact, did you know that when sperm is in a womans body, it actually goes to sleep and lays dormant in the uterus, then when an egg is released, the hormones wake the sperm up, and off they swim! Hence why you can get pregnant up to 5 days before you actually ovulate, because they are persistent little buggers! However, thinking about this, maybe our problem is that the sperm don't wake up again, Martin has always been difficult to wake.....

Ok thats enough about sperm and eggs, my lovely husband is now cooking me enchiladas in the kitchen, and then a nice night curled up together in front of crap Sunday TV awaits I think!