Prescription tampons are a girls best friend.

2009 October 27
by sassy

Sunday was my wedding anniversary (6 years – eek, I’m an old hag!) and the Hubs and I had a rather non-eventful day, laying around the house in a zone, since my body decided that 3 am would be a good time to wake up, we are too broke to go away for the weekend, and, uh, there are lots of other things like IVF and having my period and not getting that Brazillian wax (due to said period) that made me think, nah, let’s just put off the party a couple of days.

We did however, do brunch before brushing our teeth and exchange gifts, at which moment I got a ring I have been drooling over and shamelessly hinting à la “That’s what I want you to buy me for our wedding anniversays, got it?” I haven’t been wearing my wedding ring (fat hands, eergh!! it doesn’t fit anymore) and I don’t have the heart to get it enlarged, since that it kind of akin to admitting that I will always have fat hands, from this day forth, and oh, did I tell you I’ve actually been jogging? For about 2 months now. Yeah, for real. But my hands are still fat.

So you can imagine the SURPRISE when I opened the tiny box, and THERE IT WAS, the ring I’ve been brainwashing him to buy me perfect gift from an, oh, so thoughtful man.

I bought him a bottle of cologne so he doesn’t smell funny.

I also celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary by stopping the BCP’s and using my prescription tampons, prescribed to me by my lovely RE. I still don’t know exactly what they’re for, except that it says ‘probiotic’ on the tiny can, that they have progesterone in them (interesting) and that you can get them without a prescription from Mexico if you want to be as priveledged as I seem to be.

Other than that, I also celebrated my wedding anniversary by recieving an unsolicited email from my mommie telling me in about 10 000 words what en evil person and terrible daughter I am. I retaliated by googling Amazon and ordering this book.

((insert awkward subject change here))

In other news, I start my stims on Wednesday, and have once again, neither hope nor ambition for this cycle, at least for the time being. Let it be what it is but I guess I just feel like my little heart can only take so much. So I’m trying not to hope, or to think about it. We’ll see how easy that proves to be once the needles come out.

Oh and one last thing, I am going back to school. It’s official, I’ve registered and will be doing 4 classes by coorespondance this year. So I am eagerly awating my acceptance package (please don’t regect me!!!!) and my coursework. Sadly I won’t be going to the school I spoke about, since it is WAY too expensive, and I am ineligable for any aid, but we’ll see how things work out in the future. For the moment I’m taking some general classes and then next year should I continue, I’ll have to choose a field of study. I’ve got some ideas rolling around in my mind but we’ll just see what happens between now and then.

18 Responses leave one →
  1. 2009 October 27

    Happy Anniversary Sass! May this cycle bring you an even more wonderful anniversary gift!

    • 2009 October 27

      thanks. I think surviving it without going insane would already be a good gift. /:

  2. 2009 October 27

    Happy Anniversary. You know, neither hope nor ambition is a very zen approach to this cycle (or to anything in life for that matter). I should have you guest blog on Zen and the Art of Peacekeeping “How I gave up hope but still kept trying and thereby became a Zen master”. Not having hope doesn’t make it any less likely to happen, in my humble opinion.

    PS: Thank you for indulging my intense curiosity about prescription tampons

  3. 2009 October 27

    I love the humour you had in the post..esp since part of it was dark…(your mother’s thoughtful Happy Anniversary e-mail).

    You done six years? Great….I would be finishing six in November…

    I am sure you would do fabulous with the coursework. All the very best…for the coursework and the cycle at hand.

  4. 2009 October 27

    No, somehow the image on your post refuses to show.

  5. 2009 October 27

    Happy Anniversary!

    Will keep fingers crossed for the acceptance letter to come very soon.

  6. 2009 October 28

    Happy anniversary! How thoughtful of your beau to buy you the ring. Do we get to see a photo? (Have I ever mentioned that I really love jewelry? Which is kinda funny since I so rarely wear it. But I have a weakness for the shiny and the sparkly.) (This weakness, however, does not extend to objets de plumbing. That photo is hilarious.)

    Cool beans on the school business! Four courses seems like a lot to me. What kind?

    I wish you sanity and fortitude throughout this cycle.

  7. 2009 October 28

    Happy Anniversary! Glad to hear manboy got the ‘hint’ and bought you your ring. I’ve never heard of prescription tampons. I hope they would as well as Le Tampax or whatever they have there in France. Sorry to hear about the poor timing with your mom’s email. I hope the book gives you some insight. At least the title is appropriate considering you are stimming for eggies. Good luck with school.

  8. 2009 October 28
    barrenness permalink

    Congratulations on six years of marriage! In this day and time, I think every wedding anniversary is cause for celebration. Sorry you’re having to deal with your mom. It sounds like you’re taking everything in stride. I hope you get accepted, and I wish you the very best for this cycle!

  9. 2009 October 28

    Happy anniversary! =)

    I just started stimming for IVF #2 last night. I know how you feel about not having much optimism/hope for this cycle. Maybe we’ll both be proven wrong?

    ICLW

  10. 2009 October 28

    “I bought him a bottle of cologne so he doesn’t smell funny.”

    OMG… I just busted a gut laughing at this! I actually tried this little trick on my Beloved, but he didn’t like the scent.

    Happy Anniversary!

    ICLW

  11. 2009 October 29

    Happy Belated Anniversary!

    I’ve never heard of prescription tampons. Are they extra absorbent or something? Interesting!

    Happy ICLW!

  12. 2009 October 29

    GFY on running!! I too want to get back to where I was at cardio in-shape wise :/ Our treadmill’s been broken way too long…

    Happy Anniversary! a ring would be a nice addition to my others…you know to complete the set :) )

    Glad you got a ring again.

  13. 2009 October 29

    Happy Anniversary and thanks for visiting Holli’s Ramblings! Good luck with everything (IVF, your mom) and congrats on the excellent brainwashing – I mean on the beautiful gift from your hubby! :)

  14. 2009 October 29

    Alejna : I’ll try to one up. Four courses : French (as a first language-eek!! spelling!!), English (as a foreign language -EASY!!!!), History and Geography. I have to do the basic stuff this year before getting into the interesting classes next year. Oh, and I may enroll in some private French spelling/grammar perfection classes, but I’m still trying to find something that suits me.

    Sonja : Nice to meet you Cyclebuddy, best of luck to you!

    Mrs Gangee : I’m mean, he wanted the cologne. Still, he’s been spraying Febreeze on himself for a couple of weeks so Chanel Allure is a welcome ‘wind of change’.

  15. 2009 October 29

    You’re hilarious!

  16. 2009 October 30

    Happy Anniversary Sass, thank you for stopping by my blog.

    Being new here, can I ask do you live near those beautiful grapes that make my favorite wine?

    Try to be positive about your ivf cycle. I have gone through it twice and although it is rough the outcome is amazing when it works.

  17. 2009 October 30

    Happy Anniversary! I’ll be thinking of you on your upcoming cycle. And for what it’s worth, my mom’s mom has BPD, and my mom has the book you purchased and found it to be helpful. Sorry you’re having to deal with that, but very glad that you are recognizing that it is a reflection of her, not you.

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