Whirlwind weekends...

Well, last weekend went way too fast. My sister-in-law and one of my husband's oldest friends drove down from Ohio to spend the weekend with us. It was great! We had a lot of fun, except for the horrible sunburns we are suffering from. Never again will I forget sunscreen!

And, although my husband is in Ohio this weekend, which I thought meant I would have nothing to do (since I don't have many close friends here), my weekend is quickly booking up! I'm going to the outlets in Williamsburg tomorrow with a girl I met at work (whose husband is also in the Navy), and Monday I'm making a day trip to the Outer Banks with a girl that my husband works with (so, she is in the Navy). Sunday I hope to clean our closet, because it really needs a deep cleaning. Especially since we threw everything in there when we had visitors last weekend in an effort to make our bedroom look cleaner! ;)

Currently on day 4 of Provera. Which I nearly forgot to take. I need to set an alarm in my phone to remind me daily! And good news - my period has held off long enough to ensure that my husband will be home, so we don't have to worry about that. Whew! :) I guess God didn't laugh at me after all! hahaha

- Honeybee

God, if you're listening, please don't laugh...

Yes, I'm still here. No, I haven't given up on my blog already! :) I am currently waiting to begin my 10 days of Provera because my husband will be out of town for a week at the end of the month, and I was worried that if I had started my pills when the doctor said it was okay to start them (the Sunday after the ultrasound that showed I hadn't responded to the 2.5 mg of Femara), I would end up being on CD12 and CD13 when my husband was out of town. And if I do happen to respond to the 5 mg of Femara that I'm slated to take this time, I certainly don't want my husband to be missing in action when it's time for the IUI! Therefore, I am going to wait to start the Provera. I have it all planned out based on the slim chance that I could miracously start my period the same day I start taking the Provera, which would put me at CD12 the day after he returns, so we won't have to worry about him being gone for the ultrasound and possible subsequent IUI. And I doubt my period will start that day - I'm sure we'll have more time between when he returns and when we have to go in for an ultrasound to see if the meds worked. Although, it's always possible that my typically long irregular cycle length will be short this time around and my plan will be blown out of the water, but I'm hoping for the best! Be sure to stay tuned to see if God laughs at me for thinking I have this all planned out. :) hahaha....

- Honeybee

Hi, my name is...

Okay, so this is obviously my first post. I'm Honeybee, and my husband of nearly 7 years is Seabee. I am a customer service rep/data entry guru who wishes she was a photographer. My husband is a Navy Seabee (hence the nickname). We have two dogs we love, but we long to become parents. Unfortunately our dream of being surprised by pregnancy has proven to be next to impossible, since I don't ovulate, and my husband's sperm are swimming through jello, apparently. So this is our journey through infertility. I hope that having other people to talk about this with will help us get through it all! We are brand new to all of it, so it's scary and overwhelming and I'm sure many of you can relate to the roller coaster ride we are strapped into and ready to ride.


Here's where we are right now... My husband and I are high school sweethearts. We took all the right precautions in high school... birth control and condoms. We didn't want any surprises! :) Once we married, we waited a year before throwing out our birth control. At that point we weren't trying, but we weren't not trying either. We figured God would bless us with a child when it was time. Fast forward 2 years and I am baby crazy, but my husband's deployment schedule made baby making hard, especially since I have such irregular cycles (anywhere from 28 days to 120 days). We moved to our current duty station a little over a year ago, and decided that since we were looking at 3 years with no deployments (fingers crossed!) we would start TTC for real. I knew my crazy cycle would make things complicated, so I bought a ton of ovulation tests and started using them everyday (since I knew the wackiness of it made it hard to pick just 2 or 3 days to test on) and after a few months of not getting any positive ovulation results my suspicions were confirmed and I made an appointment with my primary doctor to get a referral to a fertility specialist. After spending the winter months getting all of our testing done, we discovered that I am not ovulating on my own (which I already suspected), because I have poly cystic ovaries, and that my husband's semen is "too thick." Our doctor has prescribed Femara for me, and an IUI once I have a mature egg and a lining that is thick enough. Currently I am CD4 (after taking Provera for 5 days and starting my cycle after 11 days), and I am on day 2 of Femara.


Feeling very anxious but trying to remain hopeful that this will be the year we finally become parents.


- Honeybee