Sunday, June 15

I didn’t take another test today. I decided it would do me no good and I only had one left. Tomorrow morning I will take it and then hopefully I can call the Dr with some good news. I’d REALLY like to see another little line – even darker this time. Then, I am thinking the doctor will give me a blood test tomorrow. I am heading out of town on Wednesday morning, so I want to try to get a second blood test on Wednesday, to look for the right change in hormone levels. Then I am out of town for eleven days!

I travel a lot for work. I have for a few years now and it doesn’t show signs of slowing. On Wednesday I am scheduled to go to our company headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, FL for a few days of training. Then on Saturday I am meeting Jeff at a layover in Atlanta on our way to NC for a week’s vacation with his family. It’s an annual trip me take with them every June to Emerald Isle, NC. Along the way I usually get to see a few friends and my parents as well.

My mom already knows about the news, but so far she’s the only one we’ve told. I want to tell my girlfriends. There are three girls I’m very close with – Kristine Thomas, Tanna Rae Manthe and Sarah Meskimen. Kristine recommended my infertility doctor. After issues of her own she’s finally got two gorgeous, healthy kids. Tanna Rae is the youngest of all of us, but has three kids already. They’re all done. Sarah had a miscarriage before having her son, Sam, and now she’s pregnant with their second child. We find out this week whether it’s a boy or girl. So, when we all get together there are currently 8 adults and 6 kids with 1 on the way. Soon the kids will outnumber the adults. Jeff and I are the last to go there.

While I find it therapeutic to talk to the girls about what’s going on, Jeff thinks it’s more difficult to tell them and then have to tell them it didn’t work out. So, he’d rather wait and make sure things are looking good before telling our friends. Normally we’re all drinking wine together so it’s pretty obvious why we wouldn’t be drinking. With the travels coming up soon, we may get away with waiting to tell them. As for Jeff’s family, I hope we’ll have some good news to tell them when we see them in a week.

There are so many things to do and not do while you’re pregnant. I am glad I ate REALLY good sushi last week, since it may be the last time I have it for a while. I also had a nice run of drinking lately, culminated by a gorgeous bottle of wine last Sunday night at an outdoor concert. It was a bottle of Paraduxx at the Cake concert at the Denver Botanic Gardens. Today I was sad when I couldn’t have a cocktail with Jeff while we watched the US Open. Then, after a VERY nice nap I went out for some shopping. On the way home I stopped at Sonic for a Diet Cherry Limeade. Halfway through drinking it I remembered I really shouldn’t be drinking diet things either. There’s so many “rules” to remember. Hopefully I can start reading up on all this again soon, but not quite yet.

Ahhh – the naps. This may be the best part so far. This weekend I have managed to squeeze in two REALLY nice afternoon naps. To top it off they’ve been really deep sleeps too. I wake up having had the most distinct and bizarre dreams. That’s kinda fun sometimes.