Another egg sat lonely and waiting

Tonight I ovulated..... quite late in my cycle, CD19. It was a weird ovulation, very little mucous and no urge to hunt down sperm at all. Like until I ovulated tonight I thought I still had days to go as i had very little mucous and my cervix was kind of half heartedly open. Things didn't feel all that fertile....lucky we weren't a baby making this month then!
I had my last appointment with the herbalist/reflexologist on Thursday and she identifies a soreness related to my pituitary gland on the left side, meaning possible ovulation on the left, and sure enough, the pain was indeed on the left side! She said my feet felt different from the last visit....next visit is in a month and hopefully I'll get the green light to go make a baby!

Meanwhile, I think of that egg, floating down the tube wondering if it is gonna get lucky this month, slowly ageing and dieing in there, unfulfilled.....

Tangentially, Pony Gal lost her second tooth today! We were looking at it after dinner and commenting on how it has part of me in it and part of her grand mother and great grandmother. Poor thing, you could see it was a total mind f*ck for her! But still the amazing concept of all those women from times gone by sat in that little tooth!

Ouch!

As I type this I am ovulating. It hurts dammit! I always get pain with ovulation, ALWAYS. I don't know whether it is more common for women with PCOS, or just an across the board thing. At least i know I am ovulating, but geez it hurts. It also signals that the insane need to make a baby feeling that I have been having in the last 2 days is coming to an end. Come on body, get it together, it will be at least another year till we even go there!

A new cycle...early again

My bleed began today... Early. 33 day cycle, ovulated cd 22 and bled 11 days later. This cycle I am using a moon cup. I am feeling allot of cramps in my belly and lower back, and that uncomfortable full/swollen feeling in my vulva. Didn't get that last month. Not wanting to use my cloth pads though this month as we are away traveling on Saturday and the weather is a little too wet to guarantee washing will dry by then.
At least bleeding now means I wont be when we fly!

Finally! An egg!

So last night I ovulated! CD22. It was painful as usual, another egg from the right side, I think this time from around the top of my ovary (last month was the bottom at the front).
I was looking back at my period diary (which I have kept since April 1997) and my cycles seem to be following a similar pattern as they did after Pony Gals birth....about a week of heavy clear mucous before I ovulate.
I hate the pain of ovulation, I hate that my nipples are sore while I ovulate too, it makes feeding uncomfy. I wonder if there is a supplement or something that would help with the nipple tenderness?????

Oi, wheres my next egg?

Today is CD20 for me, ie 20 days after my last bleed and so far no ovulation. All the signs are there though, lots of EWCM, and sore nipples while feeding. I am bummed that I am not more regular at this point, and am concerned that my PCOS is flaring up.
I was also assuming that I wouldn't be bleeding on our first flight over seas.....looks like I might be now...bummer!

My first egg post childbirth!

I am one of those women who actually likes her bleed. I have no idea why, but I look forward each month to my cycle in all its fullness. I like watching for the signs leading up to ovulation (even when I'm not ttc!) and I get severe ovulation pain (AKA Mittelschmerz), so I can pinpoint ovulation each month...and then the count down begins till I bleed :)
Once my period starts I feel great. I use a moon cup that I have had for about 4yrs now, and cloth pads hand made by women around the world (well in the U.K, the USA and Australia). Before the moon cup and cloth pads I used sea sponges with my bleed.
I have a diary somewhere of EVERY cycle since I was about 21yrs old till I conceived my second child. He was born 18mths ago, and 2 nights ago I ovulated for the first time since he was born....so that means in just 2w I shall be bleeding again! I have so missed my cycles.
I also have PCOS (Poly Cystic Ovary Syndrome). One of the biggest things it does to me is mess with my cycles. I have longer cycles. When I was younger (I think the actual reason I started the diary!) I'd go 6mths between bleeds. I was very irregular. Over the years I have learnt to read my body well and can now tell the signs of fertility quite accurately without charting or taking my temperature. This comes in handy as both my kids were conceived using artificial insemination of fresh sperm at home. The fewer of those to do each try, the better IMHO!

So here begins my online journal of my cycles post baby #2.....