(Mis)conceptions and Great Expectations: distraction: fashion

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

distraction: fashion

Day 2 of the wait.

I have to go in to Toronto tomorrow for my CD3 stuff; I think I will go shopping to update my spring/summer wardrobe. Yes, spending money I don't have. Oh well. And buying clothing that I shouldn't, just in case this IVF works. Oh well. I've gotta keeping living in the Now.

The thing now is that I'm totally inspired by a few fashionista blogs I've found online, including this and that (though the latter one's quite a bit more conservative than I am, but I like the concepts behind the outfits). Thanks to these bloggers, I really want to work on mixing patterns, and I want to do more colour blocking.

I have a number of great separates I've picked up over the last few years - especially the most fabulous skirts (one is a peacock-motif piece from Anthropologie, which I got for $12 on Ebay!) - so all I need to pull it together are a bunch of accessories and 1 or 2 pairs of shoes, plus 3 or 4 tank tops in different colours. I think I can find most of what I want second-hand, so I'll take a look around at the VV Boutique (aka: Value Village) and a few consignment shops.

And I saw a soft black cotton sundress for sale at Le Chateau for $35 (marked down from $90), so I think I'll go snag that today, if it's not already gone. That would be a terrific basic - I can dress it up or down.

Good distraction. I've talked with my sister-in-law - who has amazing fashion sense - about opening a clothing boutique together, but I doubt it would ever happen. Neither of us has experience in fashion marketing, buying, business, etc. Maybe I could do it on my own, though. I do think that I could be successful at something like that, but then we'd have to live close to an urban centre, and that wasn't really in our plans, though I could talk DH into it. The government does provide support to new entrepreneurs... hmmm....

It's nice to dream.

Also more good news: I turned in another chapter of my thesis to my advisor, and she gushed all over it yesterday - she said it made for compelling reading - plus she gave me some great constructive criticism. Yeah! She is beyond brilliant and fabulous - her opinion means everything to me - so that made me feel good.

5 comments:

Britt said...: i LOVE shopping too! I've been trying to layer my clothes to give my outfits more dimension. I used to just wear pants and a shirt but that got old. I want to be a cute teacher! :P

Way 2 go on your thesis! It just gets better & better!!

Hope CD3 stuff goes well! Praying for you! :); March 18, 2009 at 5:37 p.m.
Victoria said...: It's great you're able to focus on your thesis despite all the fertility stuff.; March 18, 2009 at 10:17 p.m.
..al said...: My fashion sense is 'uber-basic', and I don't really have it in me to keep a tab on it. But yes, with whatever little marbles I use on it, I too believe in having simple pieces whose appearance can be changed through varying the combinations.

I am so glad that you thesis work is going so well. Lovely to know you have such a great research guide. Thumbs Up to that!; March 19, 2009 at 5:43 a.m.
one-hit_wonder said...: Britt: You will have no trouble being a cute teacher! I know what you mean, though, about the layering problem: I don't do it enough, even though it's cute, partly because I dislike wearing lots of clothes (like 2 tanks, or a jacket over a blouse and a vest), especially in summer when it gets so humid.

Victoria: I can focus somewhat. Not as much as I'd like. My secondary source reading is definitely lacking these days. But it helps that I love the work.

Wise: I would like to see your style!; March 19, 2009 at 6:50 a.m.
..al said...: Rest Assured, you will be seriously disappointed!; March 19, 2009 at 10:04 a.m.

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Hi!

I'm a teacher and an aspiring writer. I love reading, writing, watching good TV, photography, fashion, and great food. I just finished my graduate degree in Education.

My partner and I tried to conceive, on and off, for over 7 years. I have PCOS (so borderline that it was never really an issue) and the dude has severe male factor. We started this screwy trip by getting misdiagnosed (buddy, you're fine! - your wife has the problem!). I should sue that first clinic.

We had one IVF/ICSI which resulted in a miscarriage. We will not forget.

We got out of the IVF Funhouse over a year ago and my RE told me I was knocked up, but I didn't believe him. I still don't, even though as I type these words the most beautiful 8-month-old girl in the world is sitting on my lap.

Ciao,

One Hit Wonder (now literally!)

(And, thanks to my friends, also known as 'Our Lady of the Lost and Found' and 'Academia Whore.')

TTC c.v.

crap, i should update this list. i did have a baby recently.
Oct 2: Midwife appointment.
Sept. 1: Midwife appointment. Should get a booking for an ultrasound.
August 11: Started (very tentatively) to buy baby necessities.
August 7: Felt baby move!
August 4: Midwife appointment: emotional health check-up. She also says I'm measuring 2 weeks ahead.
July 22: Gp says I'm measuring ahead.
July 9: Told DH's sister, BIL, and 2 nephews. DH and I phone his niece, who's sick with swine flu, to tell her the news - she's in charge of telling the rest of DH's family.
July 7: First appointment with midwife; heard heartbeat. Told my family and then DH's mom. Got doppler in the mail.
June 30: Bought maternity clothes.
June 26: Second u/s and last obstetrical appointment with RE.
June 8: Phoned midwife with u/s news; will set up appointment after we've moved.
June 5: First u/s and obstetrical appointment. One heart doing 140 bpm. :)
May 21: Third beta - 824!!!
May 19: Repeat beta - 309.
May 15: Beta - 113.
May 14: The vaguest of positives, part deux.
May 13: The vaguest of positives. Midwife phones; I don't return the call.
May 12: Afternoon BFN on $ store test.
May 11: BFP! Scared! Already did an intake with a midwife.
May 8: A LOT anxious.
May 7: A little anxious.
May 3: Day 5: Transfer: 2 lovely blasts, already hatching. 4 blasts frozen for later. RE says I have moderate OHSS. Acupuncture.
May 2: Day 4. No updates. Take antibiotic.
May 1: Day 3. Still have 15; 5 are in the lead.
Apr 30: Day 2: 1 embie arrested; 15 developing well. Feeling ill.
Apr 29: Day 1: Fertilization report: 20 mature eggs and 16 fertilized! Speechless! Start Prometrium (3x/day) and Estrace (2x/day).
Apr 28: Egg retrieval. 21 eggs retrieved. Stop coenzyme q-10.
Apr 27: Bloodwork and acupuncture.
Apr 26: Monitoring. Full OHSS protocol. Trigger before bed.
Apr 25: Monitoring. OHSS protocol 'lite.'
Apr 24: Monitoring and acupuncture.
Apr 23: Monitoring.
Apr 22: Monitoring.
Apr 20: Monitoring. Afc 35+. Estrogen 1100.
Apr 17: Pre-stim assessment. Afc 20 and estrogen great. Start Puregon 125 units.
Apr 10: Last bcp. Woot!
Apr 7: Start medically induced menopause (aka: Lupron).
Apr 6: Endometrial biopsy (ouch!), cycle review, $11,070 due. Cyst aspiration cancelled - it burst and is disappearing on its own.
March 21: Start bcp
March 19: Day 3 u/s and b/w. B/w results excellent. U/s shows massive cyst on my purely decorative right ovary; RE wants $500 to aspirate it. wtf?
March 17: CD1 - we're back in the IVF Funhouse
March 11-16, 2009: Spotting. Come on, af!!!
March-May 2009: Second IVF/ICSI/AH (long protocol, plus endometrial biopsy). Hannam says no to Glumetza, as per new research. Waiting for af so I can start Marvelon.
March 2009: Follow-up with Hannam. All tests negative, plus DH’s DNA frag test comes out awesome – better than most men’s! (Though his morphology and motility are still abysmal.) I start extra folic acid again, as well as co-q10.
Feb 2009: Mf testing.
Jan 2009: Negative beta. Clinic says to go straight to IVF stims, no mf testing. DH and I argue about donor. We talk about separating. Switch clinics. Hannam orders mf testing and puts DH on new massive doses of antioxidants. I have karyotyping and SHG. I try a new TCM doctor, but it all COSTS so much!
Dec 2009: FET/AH with Grade 2 5-cell. Faint + on one test at 10 dpt, then nothing.
Nov 2008: WTF appointment - RE says male factor is the cause of our problem, and probably not the PCOS. I go off Glumetza, as per TCM doc’s recommendations, as it’s crashing my blood sugar.
Oct 8, 2008: M/c at 4 weeks 5 days.
Oct. 7, 2008: Beta 20. Start bleeding late at night.
Oct 5, 2008: BFP! Best day of my life. I go to DH's workplace to surprise him.
Aug - Sept 2009: IVF/ICSI (long protocol). 11 eggs, 5 fertilize. (Hardly any sperm at all after the wash.) 2 die on day 3. We transfer 2 average graders; freeze 1.
Summer 2008: At WTF appointment, RE recommends IVF/ICSI. DH starts vitamins. I've been taking vits all along, but now I start acupuncture and Chinese meds, too.
Spring 2008: Injects/IUI. Only 1 follie, for whatever bizarre reason. DH's mf discovered – less than 1 million survive wash, plus motility and morphology SUCK.
August 2007-March 2008: Move 2000 km, partly to find decent IF clinic; WAIT for provincial medical coverage to begin, and then wait some more for RE referral. In the meantime, on vacay in Central America, I o and again don’t get pg – I realize that a natural pg isn’t in the cards.
July 2007: Lap and hyst - ok, except my right ovary is purely decorative, which I knew. No injects yet – huge family issues.
Dec 2006-March 2007: Clomid 4x- BFN -s/a again ok, my bloodwork fine – I beg for thorough tests for myself –HSG is clear.
Dec 2006: First appointment with RE, who is out to lunch in every way, but since we’re in an underfunded and remote area, there’s no choice.
June 3, 2006: DH watches Big Daddy movie and decides that he wants a baby. S/a ok. Referral to IF clinic. I start charting. Am amazed that no one ever told me I could read my body’s fertility signs.
Sometime in 2004 – June 2, 2006: TTC on hold - DH not interested anymore, and I'm in a series of devastating car accidents (none my fault) that wreck my back. Start M.A. Go on Met at some point, even though my bloodwork is now normal and my ovaries don’t look that bad, but it does nothing for me.
Spring 2002- 2004: TTC casually. I don’t know what ‘ovulation’ or ‘Fertility Friend’ are. I never POAS, nor do I care.
Spring 2002: DH’s uncle dies. We think life is too short, so we toss the bcp.
2001 or so: PCOS dx (amenorrhea, right ovary anovulatory, LH:FSH out of control, hair loss, acne, fatigue). I spend the next few years bringing it under control with diet and exercise.
1996: Af always out of whack, so I get bcp (which adds 15 lbs to my frame). Doctors will not test to see what’s going on.

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