Hope, gatorade has been here for decades, but it's not the only brand. There are tons of brands now, but gatorade is the name brand that everyone calls all of these drinks. I used to drink them a lot for sports when I was in high school. They're really not necessary unless you're doing a LOT of heavy intensity exercising, otherwise they're just calories. I drink them on long hikes, and they're perfect for that.
I LOVE the differences in American and British English! I'm sure we have some funny ones, too, but I can't even think of any. Probably because they're normal to me. I do find that I start picking up some of yours just being on this thread though!
Regarding exercise, that's very interesting to know about exercising during stimming. I was planning on cutting back when it became uncomfortable, but man alive, altogether?!
I workout to remain sane! Plus, I was counting on at least doing yoga/pilates! Okay, maybe just some lunges and pushups or something...walking the dog slowly, just so I don't lose muscle tone. Who knows, we may not even feel like doing THAT!
Like you, Hope, the other part of me is like who cares?! We're hopefully going to be preggo soon, so we'll have to gain weight for that! And then the other part of me is like but I feel so fluffy NOW, that it's hard to just sit around and do nothing. Ugh.
Traskey, I love "Englishism"!!
I have a good friend living somewhere in England (I want to say it starts with a B? Anyone have any ideas?
I should really know this...) and she has a blog entry of all the differences, and some of them are HYSTERICAL!! Love it.
AQ, you are DR for a long time! I guess everyone is different. I started DR last night (as you know) and ER is Oct 7. I start stimming in 9 days. What an awesome sentiment from your mom.
That is so cool. Can you post a pic of it? I've never heard of that before, but it brought tears to my eyes.
Delly, oh hun. Spotting can mean anything, girl. Keep the pma.
Lots of women spot when they're in the early stages of pregnancy. This does not mean it's over yet. Hang in there.
Afm, shot #1 of DR went fine. I felt a small pinch, but it didn't hurt. I sure got worked up though.
My dh was getting the shot ready, making jokes, being his normal awesome self, and here I am, sitting right in front of him, with silent tears streaming down my face. He looked up and was like oh hun! It's going to be fine! This won't hurt! I'm like YOU DON'T KNOW! It wasn't only that though...it finally hit me. We're actually doing this. This is the only way we can get pregnant.
It was just overwhelming. Plus, it was 9 at night after a LONG work week, and I'm getting a cold, and so on and so on... Embarrassingly enough, the tears did not stop afterwards. I was so worked up. I listened to my zita west cd (shout out to Traskey!
) and felt much better. Went to sleep. Today, my sore throat is better, and I'm no longer afraid of the shots. I'm going to put on my big girl panties and take it like a man.
Enjoy your weekend! That sounds nice. Sorry that your first injections weren't so perfect. I hope I don't go crazy on the emotions...yikes.
for stimming! Wow you gals are getting closer to EC but he day - I'm so excited for you!
How was the first DR shot for you?
Plus exercise is good for stimulating happy hormones which I'm definitely going to need. What are you girls doing?
as regards day 3 being terrible on dr... im on day 5 today and not too bad ;-) everyone is different but all i have had is minor hot flushes, feeling really exhausted and rather narky! lol. No headaches or anything like that yet and im hoping i dont. As regards dr injections, we were told to do it a similar time each day/evening and try stick to that time within half a hr x
is here. I wish there was something that I could say to make it better for you. You must be devestated and I can't imagine how you must feel. 
