Oh the hideous pain! Yikes - I don't think I'm very brave.
Unfortunately when the dentist took out the last tooth a large piece of gum came with it leaving the bone exposed (where's the puking icon?) So he had to pull the gum down from above and sew it up apparently - have to see him again in September as apparently he doesn't have a clue how he will fix it and I may have to go to hospital for a surgeon to correct it! I don't recall any of this being said but Bev reliably informs me that is what he was saying whilst I was merrily slumped on the sofa in the recovery room!
How how I love that IV sedation lol
Rest of teeth beautifully fixed now - but the throbbing is driving me nuts and I have anti-biotics to take because of the really large hole in my upper gum.
Started down reg for ICSI today too and the last of the pill - which was some consolation as the pill really seemed to be affecting me this time. Just waiting for my period to come now so I can ring the Lister and book my baseline scan.
The embryologist rang on Tuesday when we got back from the dental clinic to talk donor sperm to me - it was really hard to speak but I think I conveyed what I meant to. No blonde donor sperm available at all at the moment so had to go with a light brunette with blue eyes,slim, proven fertility, graduate, sporty and some scarily intelligent past times. Can't really remember what else she said as I was still half out of it!
Thursday, July 28, 2005
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Off for my dental surgery in a bit - so scared about the pain afterwards especially as I start down reg for the IVF/ICSI on Thursday too! I've taken the week off sick as I know the pain is going to be awful - it was bad enough last time - 3 weeks of taking painkillers daily - and I only had about 1/5 of what I'm having done today.
Anyway, here's hoping that this is the last appointment - I think it is - but my dentist isn't very forthcoming - and my teeth will at last be all fixed.
Got my stack of flannels ready for the car as expecting loads of blood again - bleugh!
Home ed may be on hold for a few days now.
Anyway, here's hoping that this is the last appointment - I think it is - but my dentist isn't very forthcoming - and my teeth will at last be all fixed.
Got my stack of flannels ready for the car as expecting loads of blood again - bleugh!
Home ed may be on hold for a few days now.
Friday, July 22, 2005
The day started with a lovely cuddle in bed with Charlie - he is loving the chance of co-sleeping again whilst Bev is away - unfortunately for him she is back tonight!
This morning he has done a huge amount - totally willingly and without fuss! He started with Sonlight and did the read alouds and readers and finished off Archiologists Dig for Clues - which he loved. He zipped through the comprehension/narration questions and then we caught up on a load of map work which he loved. I deviated from the Sonlight norm here by printing out relevant maps and asking him to colour in the relevant countries and he then numbered them and made a key. He really enjoyed this, and we looked all the way back through the Study Guides and did all those we had missed in previous weeks. Works better for us than using the markable map because the pen marks on it seem to disappear! Took him a while to do but he loved it and didn't even complain about writing the key!
This is the way we are going to deal with all the map work from now on - its also a way of stretching it a bit for his ability as just putting a dot on a map isn't enough for Charlie - he loves Geography.
He finished off with a couple of pages of Miquon.
I spent last night checking out Childs History of the World and Story of the World and its accompanying activity book. I've printed the chart that correlates the two books, and had a look through the introduction of each - ready to start when we reach that point in a day or two. Charlie is so looking forward to starting the main history parts of Sonlight. I decided to buy the extra books suggested in SOTW from Amazon, so last night I duly ordered the Usborne Internet Linked History of the World, Kingfisher Encyclopedia of British History, Usborne Internet Linked Encyclopedia of the Ancient World, The Kingfisher History Encyclopedia and the DK Animal Encyclopedia (not related to history!)
So easy to blow £80 on books!
This morning he has done a huge amount - totally willingly and without fuss! He started with Sonlight and did the read alouds and readers and finished off Archiologists Dig for Clues - which he loved. He zipped through the comprehension/narration questions and then we caught up on a load of map work which he loved. I deviated from the Sonlight norm here by printing out relevant maps and asking him to colour in the relevant countries and he then numbered them and made a key. He really enjoyed this, and we looked all the way back through the Study Guides and did all those we had missed in previous weeks. Works better for us than using the markable map because the pen marks on it seem to disappear! Took him a while to do but he loved it and didn't even complain about writing the key!
This is the way we are going to deal with all the map work from now on - its also a way of stretching it a bit for his ability as just putting a dot on a map isn't enough for Charlie - he loves Geography.
He finished off with a couple of pages of Miquon.
I spent last night checking out Childs History of the World and Story of the World and its accompanying activity book. I've printed the chart that correlates the two books, and had a look through the introduction of each - ready to start when we reach that point in a day or two. Charlie is so looking forward to starting the main history parts of Sonlight. I decided to buy the extra books suggested in SOTW from Amazon, so last night I duly ordered the Usborne Internet Linked History of the World, Kingfisher Encyclopedia of British History, Usborne Internet Linked Encyclopedia of the Ancient World, The Kingfisher History Encyclopedia and the DK Animal Encyclopedia (not related to history!)
So easy to blow £80 on books!
Tuesday, July 19, 2005
Finished HP6 this morning before starting work - seemed much "slower" that the previous 2 or 3 and I just *don't* see how the last book is going to work properly after that character's been killed off - just doesn't make any *sense* to the story line to me. Will be *very* interesting to see how she pulls it off I think.
The first of my IVF drugs have arrived today - the evil sniffs - or down reg drugs and by coincidence Charlie's new psoriasis stuff came too. The Omega 3&6 oils smelt and tasted disgusting but he took them without complaining, despite being put on twice a normal dose bless him. The scalp oil for night time and the new cream also came so he's been creamed up for the first time today. Poor mites' got quite a regime now - 2 teaspons of the oils 3 times a day, 2 tablets 3 times a day, the m-folia cream 3 times a day and the scalp oil at night time!
We've had to make a chart to remember it all and tick it all off - but he never complains bless him. Its all natural stuff and he realises that it will help him in the long run. I'm really hoping the new regime will do the trick as the guy said.
Add to that my drugs too - I've also got a chart - and the dining room wall looks like a nurses station! I got some pregnancy/conception vitamins yesterday that included folic acid and iron so I don't need to take three different tablets, just one of those a day and my pill.
The shelf in the dining room looks like a pharmacy now - especially as all Bev's diabetes medication is there - as well as her injections she takes a whole load of pills everyday for various things connected to the diabetes.
We rattle as we all walk together!
We've had to make a chart to remember it all and tick it all off - but he never complains bless him. Its all natural stuff and he realises that it will help him in the long run. I'm really hoping the new regime will do the trick as the guy said.
Add to that my drugs too - I've also got a chart - and the dining room wall looks like a nurses station! I got some pregnancy/conception vitamins yesterday that included folic acid and iron so I don't need to take three different tablets, just one of those a day and my pill.
The shelf in the dining room looks like a pharmacy now - especially as all Bev's diabetes medication is there - as well as her injections she takes a whole load of pills everyday for various things connected to the diabetes.
We rattle as we all walk together!
Monday, July 18, 2005
Weekend catch up
Friday - Woke up feeling *really* terrible with a non-migrainous migraine (!?) so tried to sleep it off rather than working, but Charlie refused to stay downstairs and kept coming into the bedroom.
Was feeling slightly more human by the afternoon although I still didn't do any work so lazed on the sofa instead and talked to Charlie about what he'd like to do next. He asked to do some African animal pictures so we came up with the idea of drawing a map of Africa and sticking them all on. This necessitated a visit to Hobbycraft and I swear I can *still* hear my bank manager screaming. Charlie is *dangerous* in that place and we left £70 lighter.
We arrived home and Charlie started drawing the animals using his draw write now books.
Saturday - We had a lovely long lie in and then spent a while deciding on some house rules which Charlie was keen to write up. I can't blog what triggered this but suffice to say Charlie had attempted to do something pretty terrible to himself the night before. We also decided to re-jig the chores as he just refuses to dry up anymore without a huge fuss - so he ended up with *loads* of smaller daily jobs and a few weekly ones - all chosen by him and so far he is doing them without complaining.
After this Charlie set about completing his African animals project and the finished result looks pretty good (will blog a photo later) and he is really proud of himself.
After lunch we went to do some shopping. I needed to change the charger for my bluetooth headset for my V3 - absolutely loving my new phone and I also wanted to buy Harry Potter 6. Managed to buy four rolls of christmas wrapping paper which I was pleased with as I needed to wrap all the presents I have bought so far.
Came home and filled up the new paddling pool and Charlie and I lounged in it whilst Beverley ordered and fetched the chinese take away. Contemplated having dinner sat in the pool as the water was so warm but one look from B sorted that idea out!
Sunday - I had to finish my work today due to not having worked on Friday. Charlie and B played in the garden, read and generally mooched and then after lunch we all went to the local shop and had an ice cream. More laying around reading by all of us.
After dinner we wrestled Charlie into the bath - freezing cold with no hot water in at his request - nuts!
He didn't fall asleep until 11pm! I spent the evening wrapping his christmas presents - how organised and righteous do I feel?
Was feeling slightly more human by the afternoon although I still didn't do any work so lazed on the sofa instead and talked to Charlie about what he'd like to do next. He asked to do some African animal pictures so we came up with the idea of drawing a map of Africa and sticking them all on. This necessitated a visit to Hobbycraft and I swear I can *still* hear my bank manager screaming. Charlie is *dangerous* in that place and we left £70 lighter.
We arrived home and Charlie started drawing the animals using his draw write now books.
Saturday - We had a lovely long lie in and then spent a while deciding on some house rules which Charlie was keen to write up. I can't blog what triggered this but suffice to say Charlie had attempted to do something pretty terrible to himself the night before. We also decided to re-jig the chores as he just refuses to dry up anymore without a huge fuss - so he ended up with *loads* of smaller daily jobs and a few weekly ones - all chosen by him and so far he is doing them without complaining.
After this Charlie set about completing his African animals project and the finished result looks pretty good (will blog a photo later) and he is really proud of himself.
After lunch we went to do some shopping. I needed to change the charger for my bluetooth headset for my V3 - absolutely loving my new phone and I also wanted to buy Harry Potter 6. Managed to buy four rolls of christmas wrapping paper which I was pleased with as I needed to wrap all the presents I have bought so far.
Came home and filled up the new paddling pool and Charlie and I lounged in it whilst Beverley ordered and fetched the chinese take away. Contemplated having dinner sat in the pool as the water was so warm but one look from B sorted that idea out!
Sunday - I had to finish my work today due to not having worked on Friday. Charlie and B played in the garden, read and generally mooched and then after lunch we all went to the local shop and had an ice cream. More laying around reading by all of us.
After dinner we wrestled Charlie into the bath - freezing cold with no hot water in at his request - nuts!
He didn't fall asleep until 11pm! I spent the evening wrapping his christmas presents - how organised and righteous do I feel?
Friday, July 15, 2005
Results are in.....
Pre-ICSI screening ones that is and I *still* don't have any nasty lurgies so that's thankful! Gp says my haemoglobin is low though so just off to grab some of those pregnant women vits online which are on 3 for 2 at Boots atm - rather handy!
Thursday, July 14, 2005
I'm not Mummy anymore....
.....but "mistress" according to my beloved son, and he is my servant and Bev is my head servant - oh the irony! He absolutely refuses to call me Mummy now - might have to remove all his roman books as he seems to have got into the whole mistress/servant thing from those!
So far this week he's had his first ever dentist appointment and despite him shaking with fear and us having to drag him out the car it went well. His teeth are excellent although the dentist said he will need a brace in a few years to sort out his top two teeth and if he is to play any contact sports he'll need a gum shield. Thank god he's not at school! The yellow spots on the bottom two were caused by damage done to the baby teeth when he was a baby/toddler and fell apparently. But thankfully he hasn't inherited my weak teeth - I am so relieved.
Charlie was diagnosed with psoriasis about 12 weeks ago and has now gone from 4 patches on his arm to a whole spread across his back and shoulders and patches on his leg. Spent a very interesting half an hour on the phone to the director of the m-folia company trying to figure out why it has suddenly got so much worse and what else we can try. He is kindly sending some free cream and advised some omega 3&6 oils too along with the scalp oil so we bought those and are awaiting their delivery.
Pregnancy tests arrived today from the clinic (?!) but bizarely no down reg drugs - talk about jumping the gun! Started the pill yesterday and within a few hours of taking it, hideous nausea arrived. I really *really* despise taking the pill - its horrid. Thankfully only 14 more of them to take and then I start the down reg drugs instead - oh the joys of the evil sniffs.
Bev and I were discussing how weird it is to imagine that in 5 weeks time this cycle will be over and we will be in the 2 week wait.
Charlie has done some miquon this week with a sprinkling of English - he still hates writing though and its not easy to persuade him to do any. I've tried everything including "quick writes" but its just not happening.
Behaviour was improved yesterday although there was still a tantrum about something or other - doing the drying up I think.
We bought some fans yesterday as ours had broken and its really important to keep Charlie as cool as possible atm. Seems to have worked - his skin wasn't red at all this morning.
So far this week he's had his first ever dentist appointment and despite him shaking with fear and us having to drag him out the car it went well. His teeth are excellent although the dentist said he will need a brace in a few years to sort out his top two teeth and if he is to play any contact sports he'll need a gum shield. Thank god he's not at school! The yellow spots on the bottom two were caused by damage done to the baby teeth when he was a baby/toddler and fell apparently. But thankfully he hasn't inherited my weak teeth - I am so relieved.
Charlie was diagnosed with psoriasis about 12 weeks ago and has now gone from 4 patches on his arm to a whole spread across his back and shoulders and patches on his leg. Spent a very interesting half an hour on the phone to the director of the m-folia company trying to figure out why it has suddenly got so much worse and what else we can try. He is kindly sending some free cream and advised some omega 3&6 oils too along with the scalp oil so we bought those and are awaiting their delivery.
Pregnancy tests arrived today from the clinic (?!) but bizarely no down reg drugs - talk about jumping the gun! Started the pill yesterday and within a few hours of taking it, hideous nausea arrived. I really *really* despise taking the pill - its horrid. Thankfully only 14 more of them to take and then I start the down reg drugs instead - oh the joys of the evil sniffs.
Bev and I were discussing how weird it is to imagine that in 5 weeks time this cycle will be over and we will be in the 2 week wait.
Charlie has done some miquon this week with a sprinkling of English - he still hates writing though and its not easy to persuade him to do any. I've tried everything including "quick writes" but its just not happening.
Behaviour was improved yesterday although there was still a tantrum about something or other - doing the drying up I think.
We bought some fans yesterday as ours had broken and its really important to keep Charlie as cool as possible atm. Seems to have worked - his skin wasn't red at all this morning.
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