Sandy's Pizza

I celebrated my birthday with G and my sister at Sandy's Pizza in Katipunan. I had a voucher for an 18-inch pizza and an order of chicken wings at 45% off.

First served was the Tangy Chicken. It was served in a plastic plate in the shape of a pizza slice with dip. It was flavorful and I would order it again (should there be a promo again).



I chose the 1/2 White Cheese and 1/2 Garlic Chorizo pizza flavors, the best combo in Sandy's, according to their menu. When the waiter served the pizza, we were surprised by the size of it! The slices were bigger than my palm! I also loved it!

The food was great. The service, not so. The three of us were left at the restaurant, all the crew were at the kitchen. We could have easily took some bottled juice and soda and they wouldn't have known it.

Happy Birthday!

Time flies so fast. I'm celebrating my _2nd birthday!

I pray for good health, a kind heart and to be a blessing to others.

Can't Wait!

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We'll be visiting Puerto Princesa soon!

Ovulating or Not?

Having a TVS (transvaginal sonogram) according to the cycle day when you are most probably nearing ovulation is like waiting for a falling star. You don't know when it will happen and if it does, you should be able to watch it. Last year, I always have it after taking the ovulating drug Clomid. It's stressful, not to mention, expensive.

Sister Regina asked me to have this ultrasound to see if the herbal tea and acupuncture made its wonders to my reproductive organs. The goal is to see a big and round egg in one of my ovaries.

Based on my BBT chart in the previous months, I usually ovulate on cycle day 18 or 19. I have to have TVS before these days. I decided to go to Dra. Aguilar on cycle day 17. However, in this cycle, it seems I will be ovulating earlier than that. I have noticed changes that lead to ovulation, days earlier than the previous months that I experienced them. I thought that maybe I would be ovulating on cycle day 16. So I went to Friendly Care on cycle day 15.

Before, I usually go to the clinic during lunch time to be listed as a patient, go back to the office to work for a couple of hours, then go back to the clinic just in time for my appointment. I don't know what came over me but instead of doing that, I thought of lessening wasting time going to and fro the clinic by asking for an undertime instead. I planned to take a few hours off to have me listed in the clinic and just wait for Dra. Aguilar. Usually, Dra. Aguilar is still in the clinic at 3pm. When I arrived at Friendly Care at 3:30, I was disappointed to know that she has already left! The horror!

I left the clinic disappointed and blaming myself for not calling first to check if Dra. is still in the clinic. I should have left the office earlier. I should have just went during lunch for the listing. Shoulda, woulda, coulda.

Her next schedule falls on my cycle day 17. I don't know what to wish for. Do I wish that my ovulation can wait till that day? Do I wish that I read my BBT chart wrong? Have I mistaken noticing changes in my body? Should I just skip having TVS and believe my BBT chart which is telling me that I am ovulating? Ovulation. You are such an elusive fella.

Having the TVS seems like a closure for me. The result will tell me if the alternative treatment I'm undergoing is working or not. I feel that it is but I have to be medically sure. But it's just stressful for me!

Update: My BBT is 97.6F this morning. This means I have ovulated. :) Do I still need to have medical evidence of this?

Evil Envy Strikes Again

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Last year when my husband and I started seeing a fertility specialist, one of the doctor's patients were husband and wife who were both my batchmate in high school. Being an awkward person in such situations, I tried not to notice them in the small waiting area as much as possible. That's just me. I'm socially inept when it comes to people I've known in the past. Also, I'm insecure of seeing a fertility specialist. Though I knew they were there for the same reason as we did, I just avoided the chance to open up the issue and make small talk about it with them. Good thing Hubby is the more social one when we're in the province, he and the husband was the one who chat.

The reason of the title. Hubby and I decided to stop in the meantime the fertility workup due to stress and he would be starting his contract overseas. A month or so after that, I saw on Facebook that the couple was able to get pregnant! I admit, I was saddened and envious of this. I shouldn't feel that way, I know, but that was the truth. I told myself to be happy for the couple, they've been married longer than us and like most couples, they also deserve to have a baby. I should be happy. I was sad for a few days.

Now, I saw pictures of the wife with her big tummy. If my calculation is correct, this is her due month. I can't help but think that if I was able to get pregnant at that time we were seeing the fertility doctor last year, I also will have a big tummy now, awaiting my baby's birth anytime soon.

Alas, it's not supposed to be and I have to not think about it. God has a different plan for Hubby and I and I shouldn't compare myself to her. I must be joyful for her baby's birth and not be envious of it. I, too, will have my time soon.