Hello!
Welcome to International Comment Leaving Week, or IComLeavWe, or ICLW.
I am Curly Sue and this is my second month of participation in ICLW. A little background for any visitors: I'm married to M. My sister is J. J and I both have PCOS. J is very recently pregnant, so sometimes I will be talking about that (in case that's a painful subject for you at the moment). M and I are on a TTC break until I get back from a trip at the end of March. Somehow, I still find plenty of IF and PCOS things to whine about on a daily basis. Lucky you ::wink::.
So, the latest drama with my ovaries is this: EWCM last night and this morning. I'd like to take a page out of the Saturday Night Live book and say, "Really?!?!!" Really, body, *really*? We're gonna do this? Now? That's really cute and spiteful of you, but I'm not falling for it. I know this game, remember? We played this game for four fucking months while I suffered through hotflashes trying to get your stupid ass to work right. I know how this goes - you gear up to O, showing off all these signs and symptoms, and after I've made a fool of myself temping, and having sex til I'm sick of it, you fail to follow through! You drop the ball! You cease to work! *You* are an Ex-Parrot! Ok, I feel a little better... I suppose it wouldn't hurt to go along with it and schedule some extra sexy time... But I am *not* temping or doing anything else! I'll know in a few weeks if it was something or nothing. Stupid body...
Sometimes I like to engage the viewer with some questions. Such as, Does it weird you out when people share everything including the state of their cervical mucus and when they will have sexy time? Do you think there is a way to blog about IF and *not* over-share? All my modesty has long since gone out the window, but I often wonder if others in the ALI community are uncomfortable with excess sharing.
Share away my friend. Nothing fazes me anymore and sometimes have to remind myself that not everyone talks about their cervical mucus on a daily bases.
ReplyDeleteI agree, knock yourself out. I would be happy to share all of my CM and boom-boom timing (with preseed and without) with you, and would totally expect you to think it's normal. Maybe I'm the weird one?
ReplyDeleteI am almost never weirded out by oversharing! Maybe because I overshare at the drop of a hat, especially about things like cervical mucous. I have no idea how to talk about treatment without also talking about mucous and sex.
ReplyDeletePS - LOVE THE MONTY PYTHON REFERENCE!!!! <3 <3
Thanks for stopping by my blog! No amount of bodily fluid description can gross me out, but the only time I cringe is when I am compelled to share my experiences (I once had a whole post on boob tenderness) and there is that chance that non-IFers from real life that I've (stupidly?) given my blog address to may visit. They can't take it, for sure. My only hope usually is, if you use acronyms, they will hopefully, remain clueless :)
ReplyDeleteLoved your little diatribe to your body :) How much Vit D are you taking??
Jay ICLW # 2
Hi Jay! I'm taking.... 4000 iu of vitamin D-3 a day. I don't even remember why I'm taking it. My mom is a nurse and told me to start taking it, but I've forgotten the reason, LOL!
DeleteHa! Over-sharing doesn't exist in the ALI community. Here it's just sharing! :)
ReplyDeleteI really like this post :) I too have PCOS and can definitely relate. I think it is funny how you asked about over sharing. I often find myself writing a post and think to myself, "Are you sure you want to include this? I mean family and friends will be reading this, do they really need to know my cycle patterns?" But then I remember I am writing this blog for a reason and I think when it comes to infertility and loss, the subject itself calls for personal things. I think in an average, day to day blog, there could be posts that are considered TMI, but in this blogging community I don't think TMI posts exist :)
ReplyDeleteSounds like your EWCM and my EWCM are twinsies!!!! I thought my EWCM was the only one bitchy enough to show up for the party, drink all my booze, and then call the cops on me. Love your blog, and no--there is no such thing as TMI :)
ReplyDeleteSunny, I love your wording there!!
DeleteI'm so glad to hear I'm not the only one with this problem. My ovaries and uterus are bunch of lying bitches.
DeleteKatie's right, there's no such thing as TMI in the IF community! It is possible to blog about the feelings only, and I try to keep the TMI to somewhat of a minimum, but that's not for my IF sisters, it's for the fert friends that read (and just because I never track my CM). However, there's no reason for you to censor anything you're comfortable with!
ReplyDeleteAlso, where are you going on your trip?
ICLW #6
I'm going to San Diego for a conference! So excited :-)
DeleteNo such things as tmi! And if there is, I'm guilty of it!
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