The Triplets

So we have an ongoing joke that we are going to have triplets. It just cracks me up. Every time we talk about next year and making plans, we always have to make a joke about having the triplets to deal with next year. For example... Mike ran a half marathon yesterday and ran it fast enough to qualify for the New York Marathon. I asked if that means we are going to New York next year, in which his reply was... "what about the triplets?". Or when I tried to convince Mike that I needed a new car because the triplets wont fit in my mustang. It is honestly fun to joke about it, but it really does scare me. Triplets would be incredibly hard. I wouldn't mind twins though.

Either way it is interesting to think that next year we could potentially have a baby. It is exciting to think about but just seems like such a strange idea. I guess it is hard to believe that after all this time it may actually happen. I guess we will wait and see.

So I am starting to get more use to the Metformin. I have finally come up with a schedule where it is spread out enough that I don't get horribly sick from it. I take the first pill with breakfast (which I was never much of a breakfast fan, but I have had to get use to eating it). The 2nd pill I take at 3:30 pm.... and the third pill I take before bed. The first pill doesn't seem to bother me... and the last one I take in time to sleep through any yuckiness (although it gives me crazy strange and vivid dreams). The pill I take in the afternoon sometimes gives me problems... but it is manageable. I still get horrible heart burn but learned that Tums just make me sick. Basically if I keep snacking through the day then I don't feel so yucky. So that makes me wonder how people can use it for weight loss. I have to constantly be eating...which makes me believe I will be gaining a bit of weight on this stuff. Besides that, I am on Birth Control right now which I hear can also cause weight gain.

Anyways it hit me earlier, that I may not be right in the midst of the IVF stuff, but I have started working towards that. I am excited! I know there is a lot of scary stuff yet to endure and go through, but I am glad that we are actually doing this. I like knowing that we are back in the game and working towards our goal.

I am also trying to stay positive. I believe in power of the mind. I honestly feel that if I keep positive through this and keep believing it will work... that it will help in the long run. So as scary as it is to let myself actually think about having a baby... I am letting those thoughts back in. It is fun to imagine it again. I just hope that I am not setting myself up for more pain if it doesn't happen. As crazy as it sounds, I actually WANTED to stop by the baby aisle at the store today. I In fact, as I type this Mike is looking at different running shirts and has actually been looking at some onsies for a baby that say cute things like "born to run", or "My dad is faster than your dad". It makes me happy that we can think about it... and that IVF is giving us renewed hope that we may very well have a baby, or two, or maybe even three next year.