October Sticky Beans!

[Angel5000]

Teachers go back to work this week, Wednesday. I'm so not ready for this. I"ll be in on Monday and Tuesday anyway to work in my classroom and work on my curriculum for next year but either way I'm definitely not ready mentally/emotionally. I think this is going to be a long semester.

 

[cupcake.]

I hear you jess.. It's almost 8am for me now and i've been awake since around 3.30 and just couldn't fall back asleep! I have 5 weeks left at work so the end is in sight but we've had such a big heat wave and our bedroom gets so hot at night, plus i'm definitely starting to get big now so sleep is extra hard these days...

But oh well. Happy 21 weeks to you and happy 27 weeks to me according to my app that's third trimester now!

 

[cupcake.]

Also, i just got my blood results, i passed the 1 hour glucose test! yaay

 

[krissie328]

Fabulous news Heike!!

Jess- I feel ya!! This is my fourth week back. I am still not feeling it.

In other news I took my femara last night but today I am so nauseous. I don't know if its a side effect or what but I do not feel very good.

 

[Angel5000]

So I woke up today at 1:45am, and couldn't go back to sleep until after 3:30. Then woke up again at 4:30, dozed until Dh's alarm went off at 5, and then dozed off and on until my alarm went off at 6. It was the first day of teacher inservice and it was a long day, but now I am so very very tired.

Another day tomorrow, then I have a few days to get stuff together and students come back Tuesday. I can't believe it's that time already!


Cupcake - Congrats on the glucose test! Your day sounds like the start to mine today. I'm definitely concerned about how well I'll handle students once I'm not sleeping. I can't believe you only have 5 weeks of work left! So exciting!

Krissie - Oh no, that's not good. Hopefully it's not a side effect that sticks around.

 

[krissie328]

Jess- it is amazing how well our bodies actually do handle sleep deprivation. I am always amazed at how well I function on as little sleep as I have got since DS was born.

Afm, I am pretty sure the femara likes me less than the clomid. But maybe all these side effects will be good and mean ovulation will be timely. I leave September 14th so just need it by then. That is CD 20 so I am optimistic it will happen before that.

 

[Angel5000]

Today we got news that a student of ours who graduated last year was in a fatal car wreck today. He was my TA last year. I'm never going to get used to losing children. Our first day of school with students is Tuesday, and it is going to be so very hard for our kids. In my 10 years of teaching, I've had four or five instances where students in my school passed away. I've always worked with small schools so even if these weren't students in my class we always know who these kids are. I'm so very sad today.


Krissie - FX it works better for you!

 

[krissie328]

I am so sorry hun. It's definitely never easy.

 

[todmommy4568]

So sorry Jess, that has to be hard. Especially since you were close last year.

I think we hit a day. I did it intentionally of course yesterday I couldn't get enough sugar and junk food which usually happens around O for me. I'm more PMS like during o than during my period lol. And then I got these cramps and I just thought "it's happening" so I opened my FF to see what cycle day I was and sure enough cd 19 which is about the right time so we dtd. So I guess we will see, not too optimistic but luckily I have been so busy that I don't even think about ttc

 

[Angel5000]

Thanks ladies. Things are getting easier, the kids at least had the weekend to grieve before school started, although we have had to keep grief counselors on campus this week just because kids are having a rough time (obviously).

I've been back in the classroom for almost a week now (TGIF!) and I'm happy to be back,and loving my kids, though my feet are KILLING me and I'm really sore at the end of the day. A lot of my former students are stopping by to say hi and say how they miss me and wish they had me again for math this year ( teachers favorite thing to hear ). I cut all my hair this summer to very short so I'm getting a lot of "OMG You're Hair!" and then I stand up or turn around and the follow up statement is "OMG You're pregnnat!!!?!?!!" Word spread pretty quickly after the first two days and a lot of kids stop by just to see the bump. And then of course they're like "ooooh now we know why you missed so much school in May/June". Apparently there was a rumor I might have cancer Glad I Set that straight!


Tod - FX!!

How's everyone else doing?

 

[krissie328]

Angel- when I was teaching and pregnant I was able to keep a stool at the front of the room to sit if needed. I did a lot of lessons sitting. I did have the advantage a lot of mine was direct instruction so I could do that though. Math might be more difficult.

 

[cupcake.]

I actually never had a teacher that was standing during all of the lesson i don't think.. Not during my high school year in the US and definitely not during my school time in germany.
But good to hear the new school year is starting well for you

I only have 3 more weeks of work left!! Can you believe that? I'll be able to enjoy 8 weeks at home before my due date! I'm definitely looking forward to that

 

[krissie328]

That's pretty crazy Heike. Enjoy your break. I had a month before ds was born and while we were moving it was nice not to go to work.

 

[todmommy4568]

Okay here is some of my weird pee porn for you ladies. This test was about 11 hours old when I took this picture. I have a test from a couple days ago that didn't dry with any sort of line. Not planning on getting excited or anything But thought I would share the weirdness. Uploading a black and white after this

 

[todmommy4568]

Here is the black and white.

 

[krissie328]

I definitely see it. Fx it's not an evap!

How is everyone else doing?

Not looking like I will be oing this cycle. I leave Wednesday early morning and I still haven't ovulated. So pretty well out now.

Gonna take a med break for a couple cycles and just refocus myself. I have a list of supplements I'm gonna start taking and trying to get my diet under control.

 

[todmommy4568]

I'm sure it is haha, this has happened about a billion times in the past year, that's how it feels anyways

That is seriously such a bummer that it doesn't look like you will O. Especially considering the side effects of the med

 

[krissie328]

Yea, I'm really disappointed to say the least. I'm just hoping I stay motivated and can get healthier and hopefully have better success next time. Or the lydia pinkham will work again during my break.

 

[cupcake.]

Something's definitely catching my eye!
And i totally read the test was 11 hour hold and i was thinking woooah how can you hold so long?! Hahaha
I hope it's not an evap!

And i'm so sorry krissie, that does really suck! I always found not ovulating way harder than "just" not catching the egg.

 

[Angel5000]

Unfortunately my difficulty with sitting is that I actually need to work out the problems. But I have a document camera, and so what I might do is get a stool I can set up at my document camera and work on the problem on the paper there that projects to the board. Then they can see what I'm doing and what I'm pointing at without me having to stand all the time. I'm going to try to stay on my feet as much as possible, but I'm sure that in another month or so I'll be having a really hard time. I spend a LOT of my time walking around. During the lesson and then afterwards I am moving around helpings kids who are working on assignments. I think I'll just have to make them come to me for that last bit, but I still walk my room a lot during the lesson to help with classroom management and to help kids when I ask them to try a problem on their own during the lesson.


heike - that's crazy that you've only got a couple weeks left. I couldn't imagine getting the full 2 months before birth! Wow! If all is scheduled correctly I'll take off just the week before. But of course I only get 12 weeks total from the day I stop working and I want as much of that with baby as possible. How long will you get off after baby comes? Or are you planning to stay home?

Krissie - I'm so sorry. Hopefully the supplements can help.

Shan - FX!! I can't see anything (but that's certainly not a sign of anything ), but I believe it if others see something. Hoping it's not an evap.