I got my very first guest appearance on Mommyhood Mayhem's blog thanks to my post Maddy Story # 152.
Whooo-Hooooo!!!
Thanks again! Love putting smiles on other people's faces at my own expense! LOL
Showing posts with label period. Show all posts
Showing posts with label period. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Friday, August 27, 2010
Maddy Story #152
I was just reading Mahogany Way's blog about Her son, Her period, when I had a flashback to when Maddy was about 4 years old too. My sister was with me and it's one of the funniest and most embarrassing mom moments ever. Be ready for a little TMI on this one!
I was at a step show in Brooklyn with my sister and Maddy and I was a judge. During intermission I rushed to use the bathroom with Maddy in tow because she claimed she had to go. Of course, we get to the closet sized high school bathroom which was packed because steppers were also using it as a dressing room. Remember, that piece of info - packed!
Me: Maddy do you have to go?
Maddy: Uh, uh. You go. I don't want to anymore.
Me: Are you sure?
Maddy: Yup.
I didn't want to leave her outside the stall because it was so crowded, so I brought her in the stall with me. I had my period and needed to make a "change". I instructed Maddy to turn and face the door while I did this. Of course, she didn't listen, and this is what happened next:
Maddy: EWWW
Me: Shhhhh
Maddy: Mommy you nasty.
Me: No, Mommy's not
Maddy: Uh, huh, Mommy you doo-doo yourself. See! I see it right there on your panty!! Ewww Mommy doodoo herself!!!
Top of her frickin' lungs. The once bustling bathroom is now so eerily quiet, I know what's coming next - the laughter! Everyone in that bathroom is hysterical laughing as I try to explain to my 4yr old that "mommy has her period which is blood not doodoo and that it's not "on" mommy's panty but on a pad" that I'm now obligated to show her.
We have Period 101 in the crowded bathroom stall of Boy and Girls High School. When I walked out, a soror I didn't know put her hand on my shoulder, gave it a firm squeeze and said, "I have one too, and I'm so glad now that I left her home." I got a few more "you're not alone" before I got back to my seat.
So, Mahogany, that's when shared bathroom trips stopped for me!
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
First IVF cycle Appointment....
Day 3 of my period appointment at the Reproductive Specialists office (RS).
I arrived for my first Blood test (BT) and Ultrasound (US) at 6:25am, signed in at 6:30.
It's 6:45 and no one has been called yet. How am I going to get to work on time? (High School teacher)
6:50 myself and 6 other women get called into the inner waiting room where there are 4 women standing in the phlebotomy line for blood work. We 7 sit and wait.
6:52 I'm called to confirm IVF cycle and told to stand in the blood line. Will I get the order for BCPs? I pray to God so. It's time for my blessing, "LET THE PRAISE BEGIN!!" =)
6:55 the phlebotomist got the blood on the first try, YAY!
6:56 Called in for the intravaginal ultrasound. Why did I start crying the minute I walked in the room? The nurse said, "Bottoms off, gown at the waist". Seriously, I stood frozen. Even though I knew what was to happen I panicked.
Me: "Um, excuse me, silly question, but my period is really heavy?"
Her: "It's ok, we know, day 3 period right?"
I nodded and did as I was told. I had to keep saying to myself: "I'm ready for my blessing-LET THE PRAISE BEGIN!" over and over. (At least until my BFFL writes my IVF Motivation Song...long story short, last night I just couldn't get excited over the whole IVF process because there are no guarantees and I'm a realist and I was complaining to BFFL that DH wanted me to not stress and be hopeful. So BFFL said that she was going to write me an inspiration song to get me hype every time I have to go to the office. Her instructions were that as soon as she does it, I must sing it or at least hum it to myself to bring myself some "Baby Hope"! I bawled)
Back to my appointment...
Now it's 7:15, and I'm back in the inner waiting room to meet with my RS, BCPs?? I hope so! Never going to make my first period class.
When I sit down with the RS she explained that she was going to prescribe my BCPs (YAY!) and order my hormone medication (Lupron, etc...when I get them in the mail, I'll update on all the names. She also told me more about the possibility of another Ectopic despite the IVF, she stated that her stats are very low and to leave the worrying to her. That I need to keep thinking positive and she would handle the rest. She scheduled me for a few more appointments...saline sonogram and follow-up blood test once I start BCPs.
Needless to say, I barely made it to my first period class, literally ran in 10 minutes before the bell rang to assign homework, you know my students were thrilled to see me!!
I arrived for my first Blood test (BT) and Ultrasound (US) at 6:25am, signed in at 6:30.
It's 6:45 and no one has been called yet. How am I going to get to work on time? (High School teacher)
6:50 myself and 6 other women get called into the inner waiting room where there are 4 women standing in the phlebotomy line for blood work. We 7 sit and wait.
6:52 I'm called to confirm IVF cycle and told to stand in the blood line. Will I get the order for BCPs? I pray to God so. It's time for my blessing, "LET THE PRAISE BEGIN!!" =)
6:55 the phlebotomist got the blood on the first try, YAY!
6:56 Called in for the intravaginal ultrasound. Why did I start crying the minute I walked in the room? The nurse said, "Bottoms off, gown at the waist". Seriously, I stood frozen. Even though I knew what was to happen I panicked.
Me: "Um, excuse me, silly question, but my period is really heavy?"
Her: "It's ok, we know, day 3 period right?"
I nodded and did as I was told. I had to keep saying to myself: "I'm ready for my blessing-LET THE PRAISE BEGIN!" over and over. (At least until my BFFL writes my IVF Motivation Song...long story short, last night I just couldn't get excited over the whole IVF process because there are no guarantees and I'm a realist and I was complaining to BFFL that DH wanted me to not stress and be hopeful. So BFFL said that she was going to write me an inspiration song to get me hype every time I have to go to the office. Her instructions were that as soon as she does it, I must sing it or at least hum it to myself to bring myself some "Baby Hope"! I bawled)
Back to my appointment...
Now it's 7:15, and I'm back in the inner waiting room to meet with my RS, BCPs?? I hope so! Never going to make my first period class.
When I sit down with the RS she explained that she was going to prescribe my BCPs (YAY!) and order my hormone medication (Lupron, etc...when I get them in the mail, I'll update on all the names. She also told me more about the possibility of another Ectopic despite the IVF, she stated that her stats are very low and to leave the worrying to her. That I need to keep thinking positive and she would handle the rest. She scheduled me for a few more appointments...saline sonogram and follow-up blood test once I start BCPs.
Needless to say, I barely made it to my first period class, literally ran in 10 minutes before the bell rang to assign homework, you know my students were thrilled to see me!!
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