Well, I went to the obgyn today. First thing they did was take a urine sample. As I sat down and waited I saw them with test strips and a color chart like the one I used. So they seated me in a room, the midwife came in, I explained my symptoms, she asked how long I’ve been having them, I said “2 weeks,” she said, “2 weeks?!” Haha. The page on my chart had “UTI” written across the top of it. I peered over and said that my PCP told me I didn’t have a UTI. She stared. “What test did they do?” She said my sample had lots of protiens, white blood cells (knew that), and some blood in it… “We call that a UTI.” Ha. Haha. So she gave me a prescription for antibiotics.

I then brought up the blood tests and she was like “That’s a good question!” So she jotted down the list again for my chart, then started filling out a lab form, had me sign some stuff consenting to an HIV test (one of the blood tests she wanted me to get), etc etc, then some other nurse handed me the completed form and told me to go out into the building and down the hall. Apparently there’s a lab thing there. Woo. So I went, gave more information, sat down, gave more information, filled out another form… then they called me into the back to draw blood. Yerg.

Now granted – I’m a lot better about it than I was before I got blood drawn last year, that’s for sure. It’s a pity they couldn’t release any of that info to me, because I know they tested some of the stuff I wanted to know, like chicken pox immunity. (They wouldn’t release any info, because they were not functioning as doctors, they were functioning as government agents… had to sign a bunch of forms about that.) So she tied a tourniquette to my arm, tapped the veins, tapped tapped, turned my arm this way and that… tried the other arm… went back to my right. Decided on a vein. I hate the PINCH it feels going in URRGGG. I just kept telling myself it was my cat clawing me, lmao! I think that’s a new one. So she took vials and vials. I didn’t look. I can look at the blood just fine – I just start twitching when I think about/look at a needling in my skin. Not cool. So I looked away while she did all that. At the end she was tapping my arm and turning it slightly, like to coax more blood out. She took it out. Big BIG sigh of relief. Then she said, in a very very apologetic voice, “That last one only got half a vial, I need to do it again.” Waahhhh. So I suffered again for one vial. -.- But then it was done!! Yippee!!

I go back at the end of July to get the results – apparently they must give HIV results in person. *shrug* I’d rather talk with her about them anyways instead of get them over the phone from some nurse.

I really like this midwife, by the way. Hopefully, if all goes well, she can be my primary prenatal caretaker throughout my pregnancy, and deliver the baby. :) (Midwives don’t do c-sections, so you actually end up getting a better statistical chance of avoiding one.)

Well I think I’m out this month… my temp just took a dive this morning, and my boobs started hurting. :( The whole needing to pee thing is pretty much gone, as well. Sigh. Tomorrow AF should show up right on time.

Holy crud!! At the dr’s office they put me on the scale, I took off my shoes and then groaned as I stepped on it, muttering, “This’ll be scary.” It said 137.5!! :eek: I haven’t been that low… in MONTHS. Months and months. I don’t know if I trust it. LOL

Dr tested my urine, NOTHING wrong with it. So, no UTI. WTF? He’s sending me to my OBGYN to get a physical to try to find the cause of this constantly needing to pee. Dare I hope it’s pregnancy-related? (He said usually they put someone on meds for “bladder irritation” – but it would mean postponing TTC. Aagghhh.)

[The Fertile Window – Scientific Literature Review]

I’m gathering statistics, so that the next time some person who got pregnant after two months of trying tells me, “You’ll never get pregnant if you try,” I can quote statistics and make their head hurt, instead of simply picturing me throttling them to death.

[Early Pregnancy Tests]

[Pregnancy and Baby]

UTI test this morning was *faintly* positive for nitrates. Still positive for WBCs. Guess I’m calling my Dr.

I just read online that you can buy test strips at the pharmacy to detect UTIs. I ran out to get one! I almost didn’t find it, but after having someone point me in the right direction and reading every box carefully, I found the boxes of test strips. YAY! I quickly came home.

Now unfortunately I didn’t read the instructions first (they didn’t come out of the box so I didn’t see them, I just read the instructions on the bottle of strips) that say to wash your genitals thoroughly beforehand. I also couldn’t pee much more than a few drops, nor did I hold it for a few hours like suggested. But the results: the WBC (white blood cells) test was WAY positive, the nitrate test was negative. Their instructions (which I found afterwards) say that if the nitrate test is positive you have a UTI. If the WBC is positive, but the nitrate test is negative, test again later. Gar. So I guess I’ll wait until the morning and follow the directions properly this time and then see what I get.

I asked on the pregnancy/ttc thread on the wedding forum if any of the pregnant ladies experienced this constantly needing to pee thing while they were very early in their pregancies, and several said yes – one said hers started right after ovulation as well.

I’m hoping I’m hoping I’m hoping. Although on the other hand I’m hoping it’s not related so that I can get rid of it! Saturday it didn’t bother me while I was standing up, but yesterday it didn’t matter what I did. It feels like someone’s sitting on my bladder. Umph.

Yesterday at the club I so wanted a white russian. It’s probably too early to even have an effect even if I were pregnant – but I just couldn’t do it. I want to do everything right, to give us the best chances.

Didn’t seem to work, cause this morning I got a BFN. It’s early though. I sure hope this is the month.

I can’t believe how much my attitude towards children has changed. All day at the airshow today we were in the souveniers booth, so a lot of the customers had children. I was turning to mush every time. “AWWW what a cute kid!! Den, did you see how cute that kid was?!” I took photos of several. Then I’d look at him and say, “What’s wrong with me??” Heh.

At one point one of the guys who was working with Den asked us if we were planning on procreating in the future. We said yes, Den said, “Yeah, we’re trying.” The guy then went on about how you have to not “try,” that the only way to get pregnant is to give up. …. Thanks dude. ‘Preciate it. He was actually a really nice guy, but I changed the subject after that and simply refused to respond. I’m just going to tell Den to stop volunteering the info that we’re trying to people who don’t know us very well, simply because it irks me so bad when they say that crap. (It is crap, btw. It’s a fallacy of logic; just because B followed A does not mean that A caused B. It’s also a fallacy in generalizing a truth based on a few incidents which could very well have been a very small minority. But anyways. I don’t think people really care about that… when I try arguing/explaining based on fact they brush it off and repeat themselves. Ehh. Whatever.)