Margaritas and a home cooked meal were indeed the ticket. Ideally, we will give it a go a couple more times over the next few days, but the pressure is off.
Now. So remember how last time I was worried that something else would go wrong, now that we have the ovulation problem fixed?
My new obsession is with how light my periods have been. Before I went on the pill, I usually had periods that lasted eight days. EIGHT. And they were often quite heavy and painful, to boot. (Clearly my teenage self was being punished for being such a smartass. And maybe for her bangs, too.) I remember one particularly bad period in college where I laid on my bed crying from the pain and took seven Advil in a row. I knew this wasn’t a good idea, but the cramps was so bad that in the moment I didn’t care what happened. I just wanted it to stop.
And yes, I know that if the pain was that bad it probably would have been a good idea to go to the doctor and go on the pill. Guess where I went to college? Notre Dame! So not done there. After college, though, I did go on the pill, and I was in a nice, happy place of four to five day periods with little pain.
When John and I started trying to conceive, of course, I had no periods, and I got pregnant without having one first. So now, following my miscarriage, is the first time that I’ve been ovulating since, oh, 2002. And the thing is, they are really light now. I usually have two days marked “medium” on Fertility Friend, and two days marked “light.” This is even lighter that when I was on the pill.
Of course, the worrier in me assumes that ZOMG I IS BROKEN and decides to inquire with Dr. Google. As far as I got was Dr. Google’s waiting room, which is filled with other women who have asked this same question. I haven’t found any real answers. But I’m worried that the D&C somehow damaged my uterus or something. Maybe the scraping was too thin. Or maybe there’s an adhesion or something.
Or maybe my body’s just changed with time.
Have your periods changed over time? Or are you just disgusted by an entire post about my periods and want me to talk about something else next time?
