31w4d

I haven’t been posting much because

a. I have been so tired

b. I’m not sure anyone needs updates on exactly how much more or less tired I am on any given day, and I can’t seem to get any of the more substantive posts I am thinking about out of my head and onto the blog.

c. I am getting too anxious about other things I should be writing (the ones I get paid to work on) to be able to write here very much.

Anyway, since I can’t resist the pregnancy symptom update:

I am still tired. I have various aches and pains. The past couple of days the hip discomfort at night got better, but I started having more little pains in the pelvis (cue trains of thought about whether that pain counts as a contraction and should I be wondering if it is just Braxton-Hicks or not and so on). I still wake up at night, but somehow the sleep seems better overall. I thought I was done with the crying but it came back this week.

The best news is that, according to the glucose tolerance test results, I do not have gestational diabetes, so I can stop worrying about that and start eating better again (the prospect of having to make big dietary changes made me crave a lot more sweets than usual the past couple of weeks).

Most importantly, at my checkup last Thursday, the doctor said everything (blood pressure, weight, measurements, and so on) was good. Just when I think I have reached a disinterested stance on my weight, I start obsessing again, but I won’t go into that now. I am still wearing my normal clothes.

Welcome

I have been writing elegant introductions in my head, but nothing profound enough to post. Since once of my reasons (excuses) for starting a blog is to see if I can just write every day, blogwriter’s block is not a good start.

I am just going to accept lack of profundity and say hello. I don’t have time for more, since I have to run off to my gynecologist’s office to get a couple cultures and a few blood tests that my ivf clinic needs repeated because I had them done more than a year ago. I did my first ivf in July/August of 2005 and my second in May/June of 2006. Yes, one title I considered for this blog was “slow and steady.” I am doing IVF3 now, so I am moving a little faster at the end. For a number of reasons, this will be the last ivf, whether it is successful or not.