February 06, 2006

Planning Planning Planning

The Period Fairy came roaring through a full day late, which is highly unusual for me as I tend to have cycles every 25-26 days, and they of course last for 5 days, to give maximum discomfort. The Period Fairy showed up, stinking like meatballs and yesterday's cigars, at about the exact minute I was kneeling and hugging Aidan's 4 year-old nieces as we met up with his family for Sunday lunch.

Typical.

Period Fairy has nothing if not a shitty sense of humor.

So I stood in the kitchen and did some counting on the calendar Aidan bought me for Christmas, a calendar of English firefighters. Since I started having my period at the tender age of 13, I have put a tiny "x" on the bottom of every day I have blood hampering my life. For this, I am able to count up when the next one comes. It's always just an anal-retentive action, and often something I can use to figure out when it will next come, usually at a highly inconvenient time.

My next period is no exception. It should be coming right about the time I ease myself in the water to swim in the Cook Islands. Either that, or it will be a few days late and hit me right about the time I am swimming with dolphins in New Zealand, thereby giving irrational Orca fears.

But the next period is important. It's all the start of the uphill crank of the roller coaster, the chain notching. This period I have now is hopefully the last of my free-lovin' meaningless periods. This is, please dear God, the end of the periods of inconvenience.

Because the next period starts the countdown to cycle. As of day 1 of my next period, in whatever body of water I am swimming in, I have 21 days to Lupron start. 21 days to the start of IVF. 21 days.

So close.

Posted by Vanessa at February 6, 2006 11:31 AM | TrackBack
Comments

Ok, hej once more! Is it Ok if I link your blog on mine?

Ha det bra!

N

Posted by: One Half at February 12, 2006 01:42 PM

Hej Vanessa. Another Swedish (maybe not Swedish but living in Sweden, like me) IVF blogger? Could that be true? That would too good to be true. You and Jenny (the one commenting above) are so "lucky" getting it going soon. I will have to wait even longer than u :-(....(note to self: MUST be more patient)

Countdown to cycle it is! Good luck to you and hope to hear from you. Not that many Scandinavian IF blogger around :-D

Take care!

N

Posted by: One Half at February 12, 2006 01:37 PM

Hi Vanessa - I soooo hear you about the end of usless periods. It is the same for me - next period is the start of the cycle and then 22 days later I start the synarel (just call me sniffy). I feel the same way, it's so close. It feels good to finally be working towards something instead of just waiting.
So do we name our gang?

Posted by: Jenny at February 10, 2006 02:25 AM

Despite the shittiness that is the Period Fairy, I'm very glad it came so that you can begin thinking about your next period and the all-important cycle that comes with it.

21 days...I'll be counting down with you.

Posted by: Ornery at February 7, 2006 07:37 PM

So incredibly close!

Thinking of you.

Posted by: April at February 6, 2006 05:43 PM