Its not as easy as it looks.....

Well, I went to the lab on Friday, ended up having to take baby as she was awake, and wouldn't leave her with dh because I am breastfeeding so he would have nothing to feed her should she decide she was hungry. I waited 30 minutes at the lab for them to even see me (seems like alot of people there) and she asked if I had fasted for 4 hours. Ummm.. nope. At my dr appt on thursday when he told me to get the test done, I asked him if I needed to do anything like not eat or drink before hand and he told me NOPE! So needless to say they turned me away and told me to come back on Saturday ( I couldn't return later friday) So I get there right after I put baby down for a nap, I wait 10 minutes this time, let her know I haven't eaten yet and starving and she tells me that they can't do the test as they have already used up all their breath kits that morning!!!! Can you tell I was mad? She could lol. She explained that there was alot of people in that morning for the same thing and that they could not do it for me too and I would have to come back another day. She even had someone else come and explain that all I needed to do was fast for 4 hours and could come back another day. I explained I was breastfeeding, that I needed to eat, and the only time I could really do it was early in the morning. I left the lab really upset.

I now can not go until TUESDAY because they are closed on sunday and monday out here is a holiday. So today is like day 12 or such of having this "issue" and it hurts and seems to be getting worse. I actually went to the pharmacy to see if I could get anything at all that would be okay while breastfeeding. He gave me two things which are supposed to be safe while pregnant. They helped a bit, but also, the baby seemed to be burping and puking alot more (spitting up!) and I dont think that its good for her and wont take it anymore even if it did provide slight relief. So still have to go back on tuesday morning, as well as take my daughter to her first day of school! ITs going to be a busy morning. So wish me luck to hang in there and put up with this ache/pain for a bit longer, and hopefully its easier to solve than it has been to get the test!

For the ask jeni questions below, I have let her know that they are there, she will make her way to the blog and will respond right in the comments section for you. For those who emailed, I have already forwarded her the emails as well:)

Hope you all have a great weekend!

ASK JENI

Now that my friend is a bit more settled with baby (her son is around the same age as my baby - 3 months!) I am pretty sure that its safe to offer the "ask jeni" segment again on this blog.

As you all know (or might not know) my friend Jeni is VERY knowledgeable in the fertility area, shes got allow of knowledge and experience to back her up. Shes suffered her own m/c and able to conceive right after as well with facing her own fertility problems. So with this blog post, you can either post in the comments section your questions about fertility, something you might have heard and want to double check, or ask for advice in regards to your own situation and she will answer you in the same comments section. If your a bit leery about posting your info (this can be done by anon though in the comment section) You can email me cheri22@gmail.com and put in "Ask Jeni" in the subject line and I will forward her your email. She will try to answer as many as she can.

For me, I am heading to the lab today. For the past 10 days now I have had a really bad stomach ache (cramps/gas) and because I am still breastfeeding I can't take anything for it (like pepto!) So headed to the dr yesterday and it "might" be an infection in my stomach. I have never had anything like this last more than a day, and here we are on day 10! Wish me luck that its something "simple" and this test can just prove that. I have to make a dr appt next week as well to get the results!

Does money grow on trees?

Gosh do I wish it did. I know my dad used to ask me this when I was a teen, asking me if I thought money just grew on trees (I am sure you can all relate). Funny thing is, there is actually a tree that is called a "money tree".

This storey is to show you what the power of positive thinking can do for you. A client of mine took up on the challenge of using this to gain more money to come here way, here is her storey to hopefully inspire you to try it yourself and see what type of results you can get!

My story is fairly simple. I have heard of the power of positive thinking, and your blog have inspired me to try the money exercise. I started by selecting an image - $20 bills coming towards me from all directions. I tried to concentrate on this image a few times throughout the day, just by taking a few seconds and forcing myself to believe that it is possible. That same weekend I had $300 in $20 bills in my purse. With a little success, and still wondering how much of it is just a coincidence, and how much of it is universe responding to my exercise, I e-mailed you, Cheri, and you encouraged me to continue, and to try "the winning ticket" image. I couldn't quite make myself believe it, so it was important to find something I could believe coming my way... I now chose an image of a check with $4,000 - 5,000 written to either myself, or my beloved. I'd have no idea how it would find us, but a check is easy to imagine, and for some reason it worked again! My beloved got 7K raise today, very unexpectedly. He's only been on his job a few months, and was most certainly NOT due for promotion. How does such a miracle come along? I don't know, but here it is.

Now, I am going to try a higher number. It's somewhat easy for me to believe seeing a check with our names on it. I try not to think of how it will happen. I'm shooting for $40,000. Sometimes I have to relax, and remind myself that anything is possible! And then just picture it, and imagine how excited and relieved I would be to have such a check deposited into our account. The image "Check in my hands, and I'm depositing it. Excited.".
Thanks again *hugs*

P.S. Right now I'm also working on visualizing myself getting pregnant.P.P.S. I have also begun "sending love" exercise with my step-daughter to be. She is at a tough age (15), and I try to imagine her wrapped and protected by my love. Surprising thing - it feels like work, it's hard to stay concentrated on these images. I try to hold them for as long as I can (10 seconds? 30 seconds?) I try to remember to do it a few times a day. Some days I forget, but others I remember to do it 3-4 times. Every little success makes me a little bit more of a believer!

I am so excited and I just can't hide it.....

Well, got some exciting news...well for me anyways! After pestering my friend yet again for her amazing storey of her ups and downs with ttc (you will all love to hear her storey!) she told me that she was getting some software that you can speak and it types what you say.... can you believe that! I guess she has hurt her thumb and its hard for her to type, so she is waiting for the software to be up and running and then will send her storey along for everyone here.

Now here is the exciting part!! I spend literally, anywhere from 3-5 hours TYPING out the predictions, doing my replies, scheduling....etc... see where I am going here!!!! I just ordered this software yesterday and should be arriving tuesday. Now i have to get my sound card working first apparently, and my mom's husband is just the computer whiz to hopefully help me out!

I talked to my mom ages ago telling her how I wished there was a program out there that could do something like that, and most have not been thinking, as I never looked into it. I found out that people speak about 120 words per minute and the average person typing about 40 words per minute. Me, I am closer to 60 words per minute, but with spelling mistakes of course. I guess this program will be able to fix that for me too as it knows how to spell the words! lol.

So, by using this program to help type out my predictions, not only will this go faster for me, save my wrists and hands (they do get sore) but I can include alot more information as I can certainly talk faster than I speak!

So just keep an eye open, I will announce this on the blog when its up and running!

A very touching message

Now as mentioned in previous posts that I do believe in "a" god, but not necessarily to the same extent as others, but I just found this message to be really touching and heart warming and so linked with babies! lol. My friend Jeni (as in ASK JENI) sent it to me and thought others might like to read it as well. I am not normally one to post it, but hopefully gives you all the "tingles" and tugs at your heart strings as it did mine.

A baby asked God, 'They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow, but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?' God said, 'Your angel will be waiting for you and will take care of you.'

The child further inquired, 'But tell me, here in Heaven I don't have to do anything but sing and smile to be happy.' God said, 'Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you. And you will feel your angel's love and be very happy.'

Again the child asked, 'And how am I going to be able to understand when people talk to me if I don't know the language?' God said, 'Your angel w ill tell you the most beautiful and sweet words you will ever hear, and with much patience and care, your angel will teach you how to speak.' 'And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you?' God said, 'Your angel will place your hands together and will teach you how to pray.'

'Who will protect me?' God said, 'Your angel will defend you even if it means risking its life.'
'But I will always be sad because I will not see you anymore.' God said, 'Your angel will always talk to you about Me and will teach you the way to come back to Me, even though I will always be next to you.'

At that moment there was much peace in Heaven, but voices from Earth could be heard and the child hurriedly asked, 'God, if I am to leave now, please tell me my angel's name.'
God said, 'You will simply call her, 'Mom.'