Getting through

My good week has carried on pretty nice.  I have been meaning to write every day, but never found the time.  Today we even went for a strenuous snowshoe, straight uphill for an hour and a half.  It was beautiful!

There was just one hiccup in the week when DH and I had a big fight.  It wasn't fun, but it led to some openness and communication.  He is feeling pretty stressed about the upcoming IUI.  I really had no idea.  So far, he's been really positive about it and hasn't said much.  Just shows that guys are slightly different than girls.  This whole time, I've been keeping him posted on ALL my thoughts about the whole process.  I do ask him what he thinks about things, but I think he is more cautious to share because he worries about me.  Also it is harder for him to be vulnerable about these things.  He will be fine, but it is helpful for me to be aware that it will be a hard time for him.  Luckily, we have kept busy and been having some fun, so hopefully the week will fly by and soon it will be over with (and hopefully successful so we don't have to go through it again...).

We have been having some fun times.  It was a great idea to take today off since DH has to work a bit tomorrow.  We slept in, had a nice brunch, and went for the snowshoe.  We've been cuddling up in the evenings since the work week has been long.  We are slightly addicted to the show Downton Abbey and that has been a nice distraction.

Other than that, the clomid crazies have not kicked in yet.  I don't know why... I feel sure that the last times I did notice a change by now.  My only thought was that maybe the gluten-free diet is helping?  I haven't been sticking to it religiously, but trying to cut it out where I can.  I've also been alcohol-free and trying to limit my caffeine (some days harder than others).  I'm planning to go in for my bloodwork tomorrow to see if my LH surge is on the way.  It's only day 10, but they will be closed on day 11 and last time I was just starting to surge on day 11.  So, we'll just get things going and see where we are at.