Welcome to my dear old friend

Well, my long lost (and sometimes not so trustworthy) friend Aunt Flo has eventually made her appearance. I missed you so much Aunt Flo (not!). Those of you who don't circulate in infertility circles (and are Afrikaans) you might not know, but Aunt Flo is a little nickname we use to refer to our period. I must say I am quite happy, because this marks the first of the six cycles we are planning to "waste" before we start trying again. This coming month will be one down, five to go.

You might ask why 6 months and not the regulatory 3 cycles, but you see I have quite some pregnancy weight that I need to shed first (so 6 might just become 7 or 8 or 9) and I would really like my body, mind and heart to heal properly first. But as you all know I am also a bit of a POAS (pee-on-a-stick) addict so, yes, when AF first didn't show I had an incredible urge to run and get some HPT's. BUT I DIDN'T! Hooorrraaayyy.

It is also is a very good sign, because I used to have very unregular cycles before and AF sometimes took months before showing her ugly head. So yesterday was CD1 (Cycle day 1). It's going to be interesting to see how many days this cycle will have. We also decided not to go back onto BCP (Birth Control Pills) because we would like to track my cycles lenghts and make sure all is 100% before we start to TTC again. I am however back onto the Glucophage so hopefully that will keep my insulin levels down and help with the weight loss regime. I have been bad this week, because I didn't go to gym yesterday, but with the whole PMS thing and some cramps I just took some pain pills and got straight into bed.

Hope you all have a lovely Wednesday... and because it's payday for me today I will be off to do some grocery shopping after work. (Just love shopping even if it's for food)