Yay!!!! and Boo.....

So it's been almost a year since we did our last fertility treatments. As most of you know we tried the whole domperidone/birth control routine to try and breast feed but that didn't work out either.  So it's technically only been about 3 months since I've taken medications of any kind. 

And now my body decides it's going to start acting normal.  For the first time in, well, ever. 

Over Memorial Day weekend I got a period.  The first natural period I've ever had in over 2 years.  It was a little amusing, definitely made me wonder what's going on down there.  I took a pregnancy test, it was negative of course.  So I just passed it off as a "glitch in the system" so to speak.

Well imagine my surprise when I saw some spotting today.   Exactly 28 day after I started spotted last time.  Would you believe my friggin' luck?  I'd actually be ecstatic about this news except for the fact that we're leaving for Peru in just 3 days.  And it's not my idea of a great time, you know, having a period in the jungle.  Where there's only solar electricity, no hot water, and no A/C.  Heck, you don't even flush your toilet tissue down the toilet there, at least we didn't at all on our last trip.  We had to throw it in a wastebin nearby.  So having a period under those circumstances isn't that great.  I can only hope that it will be over and done with by the time we actually go to the jungle, which won't be till Thursday.  The first two day we'll be living in a hotel which won't be that bad.

And while we're on the subject of medical issues, I think I forgot to mention that I went to the doctor recently because I've been feeling...off.  While my grandparents were here I nearly passed out twice.  I had to sit down and eat something before I started feeling better.  But usually after lunch I feel dizzy, almost like my blood isn't pumping normally.  When I stand up and walk around I feel faint, like I could pass out at any moment.  I thought I had diabetes or something.  And my fingers and feet get puffy easily, if I'm not drinking 6+ glasses of water a day.  So the doc ran a ton of tests.  Most of the results came back normal.  No diabetes, no anemia, no wonky thyroid.  But my overall cholesterol was a tad above normal (206 when it should be under 200) and my triglycerides were through the roof (420 when it should be under 150).  I got all this info over the phone, my actual follow-up appointment is on Monday so I supposed I'll find out whether they want to put me on medication.

Funny thing is, though, with high cholesterol and high triglycerides you supposedly don't have symptoms with that.  So if that's the case then I'm still left wondering why I feel faint all the time.  Maybe I should just chalk it up to my weight and the fact that I need to get busy with my diet and exercise again.

So there you have it.  I have high cholesterol cause I'm fat (probably all tied in with PCOS) but at least now I get a regular period.  Yay.....and boo. 

6 More Days and Other Random Thoughts

In just 6 short days we'll be on a plane to Peru to spend 9 days in the Amazon rainforest. I'm beyond excited but I'm trying hard to stay calm.  I don't want to build this trip up in my head and then get disappointed if it doesn't meet my expectations.  I tend to do that on major trips.  Even though I have fun on all of them, they never quite turn out the way I had planned it all in my head.

This past weekend we got an iPad.  Well, I should say I got an iPad.  My husband is waiting till our 2-year contract is up with our cell phones and then he's going to upgrade to an iPhone so that will be his little toy.  We bought a heavy duty case for the iPad and plan to take it with us to Peru, mostly to stay connected in the jungle.  My grandmother is feverishly praying for us that we won't die on this trip so at least I can provide a little comfort by popping online every few days to let her know that we're still alive.

I got a call from our homestudy agency yesterday.  It's that time of the year again, time to update the homestudy.  We've got an appointment set for August 8th but we have to take care of our physicals before then.  So that's an upcoming $700 expenditure that we'll have.  Well worth it, though I hope we'll get matched this year so we won't have to go through it again.

Other than that, things are running pretty smoothly in our household.  I'll try to write again before I leave but if not, I promise that when I return I'll tell you all about my adventures in the jungle.  I just hope there will be plenty to tell!

Back in the Saddle

Yesterday Brandon and I went active again with our agency. We took the past couple months off so I could transition into my new job and so we could figure out whether adoption was something we really truly wanted to do. In the end we decided we definitely wanted to do adoption, it was just a matter of when. Brandon wanted to wait till he got out of the military in December 2014, when we would be living in Washington and own a house. I agree that would be a good idea and would allow us to save a ton of money and travel a lot. But that was all in my head. My heart was saying "Don't wait". So I was struggling for the past week with whether to go with my heart or my head. In the end the heart always wins. So we're active again and hoping we get matched soon. Brandon is supposed to get a new duty station next year and we're shooting for WA. If we're not matched with a birthmom by the time his orders come in (it could be as soon as December) then we're going to go with Brandon's plan and put our adoption on hold till he gets out. Sounds like a pretty good solid plan to me!