Ovaries on Strike: ups and downs

Tuesday, February 01, 2005

ups and downs

The good news was that yesterday my temperature rose to 97.9. (I'd been a steady 97.7 almost every day for the previous two weeks, with a couple of 97.6s thrown in for variety.) Yay! Ovulation! Maybe.

The bad news is that today it went back down to 97.7. It is possible that I'm one of those weird people with post-ovulation fallback-pattern temperatures (high, low, high, high... instead of high, high, high, high...), but in the meantime OvuSoft has moved my coverline from 97.8 to 98.0. And The Girls are probably laughing at me and chanting, "Fooled ya!"

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Just another Orthodox Jewish woman entering the world of infertility blogs. The name of the game is PCOS, but I've been told the rules may change at any time. Now - pregnant with twins.

I blog anonymously for a reason. You may think you know who I am, and you may very well be correct. However, I don't want to know about it. This blog is my "safe space" and I want to speak my mind here without accountability to friends and relatives. If that means that I end up insulting you on these pages, I'm sorry. Take comfort in the idea that you may be wrong about my identity after all. And, no, obviously "Ezra" is not my husband's real name.

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Our journey is only one of many that Jewish couples may face in the course of infertility treatments. Our decisions may not be appropriate for your situation, and under no circumstances should you assume that our answers apply to your own questions. If halacha (Jewish law) is a concern for you on this journey, please consult a competent rabbi or yoetzet of your own choosing.