So, it seems I just can't win.
The herbs either help my LP and instead I O ridiculously late..
Or, I O on time but have a ridiculously short LP..
Or, my temps are completely unstable..
Can I not just have 1 month when everything works!?!
I am CD 21, 9DPO today and my temps are just all over the place.. They are not as high as they normally are in my LP, and they just keep going up and down..
grrrrrrrr
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Sunday 29 January 2012
Friday 27 January 2012
Poppy the dinosaur - our Furbaby
I thought I would post some pics of our beautiful little furbaby.
Poppy was abandoned when she was 7months old, in a cage at a shelter. Within 6 hours she was with her first foster dad, who then passed her onto us. That was after we had been in Taiwan for less than 2 weeks!! At first we thought that fostering meant it was only for the short term, that soon she would have a permanent home to move to, but 4 months later, she is still with us, very much loved, very much spoilt and very much the cuddle princess!
We absolutely love her. She has brought alot of fun and smiles to us. But at the same time we are really worried for her future.
It is quite apparent that Taiwanese people are not the best petlovers.. Every day "old" and pre-loved pets are dumped at shelters while the "new" puppy is asleep in their handbag..
And we just don't want the same thing to happen to Poppy.
But we can't exactly keep her either. We are only planning to stay in Taiwan for maybe another year, and then putting our backpacks back on and heading to new horizons - not exactly feasible with a dog..
So the feelers are out - we are hoping to find her a loving home in either Japan or Australia, or of course Taiwan. Apparently from Taiwan it is only 1 month quarantine for dogs to enter Australia (as opposed to the usual 4!!). She has had all her shots and has been desexed, so if we find her a home, it's all go really.
BUT, until then, she is very much our little baby and we love her!
Enjoy her adorable-ness!
Poppy was abandoned when she was 7months old, in a cage at a shelter. Within 6 hours she was with her first foster dad, who then passed her onto us. That was after we had been in Taiwan for less than 2 weeks!! At first we thought that fostering meant it was only for the short term, that soon she would have a permanent home to move to, but 4 months later, she is still with us, very much loved, very much spoilt and very much the cuddle princess!
We absolutely love her. She has brought alot of fun and smiles to us. But at the same time we are really worried for her future.
It is quite apparent that Taiwanese people are not the best petlovers.. Every day "old" and pre-loved pets are dumped at shelters while the "new" puppy is asleep in their handbag..
And we just don't want the same thing to happen to Poppy.
But we can't exactly keep her either. We are only planning to stay in Taiwan for maybe another year, and then putting our backpacks back on and heading to new horizons - not exactly feasible with a dog..
So the feelers are out - we are hoping to find her a loving home in either Japan or Australia, or of course Taiwan. Apparently from Taiwan it is only 1 month quarantine for dogs to enter Australia (as opposed to the usual 4!!). She has had all her shots and has been desexed, so if we find her a home, it's all go really.
BUT, until then, she is very much our little baby and we love her!
Enjoy her adorable-ness!
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| Waiting - one of her many skills! |
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| Passed out after her desexing... |
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| The poser! |
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| Asleep on the verandah in her dinosaur suit! |
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| Play with me! |
Friday 20 January 2012
2012 - make or break..
After having amazing friends staying with us over Christmas and New Years and really not having much time to baby make, I wasn't really expecting miracles. However, I was hopeful that my cycle would continue on its pretty path.
In my beginning of December cycle, I finally had an LP of a semi-normal length! 13 days in fact! Yay!
Then the next cycle (last cycle) I ovulated like a normal person on CD13! I was sooo excited! And soo hopeful that the combination of my new found LP and my new found Ovulation timing would give me my first beautiful cycle! But, alas.. my body had other thoughts..
Even though I O'ed on CD13, AF arrived on CD24.. Yes ladies and gentleman, yet another 11 day LP...
I wonder if this has anything to do with 11 being my lucky number since childhood because it really is quite ridiculous how stubborn my LP is..
Anyway, i was absolutely gutted.. sooooo gutted.. I just want a normal cycle.
I just want to give my body a chance to conceive.. I am taking my herbs, i'm doing my acupuncture, i'm eating healthy, i'm not drinking, I don't smoke. I've started yoga again..
REALLY? WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT?
Mr Man and I had a big chat about it, and we decided that if it's not meant to be, it's not meant to be.
We have decided that we will continue to give the herbs and acupuncture a chance until April. (It will be 2 whole years of trying then.) If nothing by the end of April, we will go to the hospital and get some Fertility tests done.
If nothing by the end of December this year, we will call it quits and stop trying.
We will be happy that we have each other, and be grateful for the amazing life we live and we will surrender to our destinies as Aunty and Uncle, and we will dote on our nephews (and hopefully someday nieces!) even more than we already do.
It was a hard decision to make. It really was.
But, now that it has been made, I feel so calm about it.
I am so relieved.
And I am soooo grateful for my man. He really is just amazing.
I am sooooo lucky I have him in my life.
So 2012 it is - make it or break it!
In my beginning of December cycle, I finally had an LP of a semi-normal length! 13 days in fact! Yay!
Then the next cycle (last cycle) I ovulated like a normal person on CD13! I was sooo excited! And soo hopeful that the combination of my new found LP and my new found Ovulation timing would give me my first beautiful cycle! But, alas.. my body had other thoughts..
Even though I O'ed on CD13, AF arrived on CD24.. Yes ladies and gentleman, yet another 11 day LP...
I wonder if this has anything to do with 11 being my lucky number since childhood because it really is quite ridiculous how stubborn my LP is..
Anyway, i was absolutely gutted.. sooooo gutted.. I just want a normal cycle.
I just want to give my body a chance to conceive.. I am taking my herbs, i'm doing my acupuncture, i'm eating healthy, i'm not drinking, I don't smoke. I've started yoga again..
REALLY? WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT?
Mr Man and I had a big chat about it, and we decided that if it's not meant to be, it's not meant to be.
We have decided that we will continue to give the herbs and acupuncture a chance until April. (It will be 2 whole years of trying then.) If nothing by the end of April, we will go to the hospital and get some Fertility tests done.
If nothing by the end of December this year, we will call it quits and stop trying.
We will be happy that we have each other, and be grateful for the amazing life we live and we will surrender to our destinies as Aunty and Uncle, and we will dote on our nephews (and hopefully someday nieces!) even more than we already do.
It was a hard decision to make. It really was.
But, now that it has been made, I feel so calm about it.
I am so relieved.
And I am soooo grateful for my man. He really is just amazing.
I am sooooo lucky I have him in my life.
So 2012 it is - make it or break it!
Dear 2012,
I know we have just met, but so far, I really like you.
I really hope you like me too.
You know what would be fun?
It would be amazing if we could have a baby together!
You, me, and Mr Man of course.
Just the 3 of us!
Wouldn't that be amazing?
I know you would be good at it, I can just tell.
I hope you think the same of me.
Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help you?
I am already seeing Dr Sun and being stabbed with needles every week.
And I have actually started to develop a taste for the herbs I am drinking too!
I have stopped drinking alcohol, and have started to make time to do yoga again.
I hope you are happy with our offer! We would really love you to be our best friend!
In return, I promise to be calm, happy, stress-free and loving, and to tell everyone just how wonderful you are. I also promise to accept the bad and not complain about it, and to focus on the good.
So if you would like to implant that little baby in me so it can start to grow, I should be ovulating in 2 or 3 more days.
Regards,
Babyinabackpack
I really hope you like me too.
You know what would be fun?
It would be amazing if we could have a baby together!
You, me, and Mr Man of course.
Just the 3 of us!
Wouldn't that be amazing?
I know you would be good at it, I can just tell.
I hope you think the same of me.
Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help you?
I am already seeing Dr Sun and being stabbed with needles every week.
And I have actually started to develop a taste for the herbs I am drinking too!
I have stopped drinking alcohol, and have started to make time to do yoga again.
I hope you are happy with our offer! We would really love you to be our best friend!
In return, I promise to be calm, happy, stress-free and loving, and to tell everyone just how wonderful you are. I also promise to accept the bad and not complain about it, and to focus on the good.
So if you would like to implant that little baby in me so it can start to grow, I should be ovulating in 2 or 3 more days.
Regards,
Babyinabackpack
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