Gasp. Wheeze. Choke.

It's Day Two of NaBloPoMo. I'm already out of things to write about. My hands are clammy. My pulse is weak and rapid. My blood pressure is plummeting. I'm never going to make it.

Hey, this was my first month on Clomid. I know! You all didn't even know I was trying to get knocked up, did you? I am full of surprises. Anyway, apparently my lithe 32-year-old body was much more responsive to getting pregnant than my withered 38-year-old self, so here I am. There's not much to report about it. Nothing has happened to me, except for hot flashes. These don't make me feel particularly young, but they do keep me toasty, which is nice. I could use one right now, in fact.

Hmm dee doo, what else. Oh! Here's my Wonderland post for this week. It will terrify and enlighten. It took me about five minutes to figure out why "teriffy" looked wrong. My brain is atrophying right along with my girl parts. Age is a cruel, cruel thing.

Comments

[Nicole]

Good luck! (With both NaBloPoMo and the getting knocked up. Not necessarily in that order.)

[birchsprite]

NaBloPoMo blues ... yep it's day two and already I'm at a loss. Hooray for babies though!

[RuthWells]

Yeah, this NaBloPoMo is a strange and incidious beast. I'm not sure now why I signed up either....

Good luck with the baby-making!

[Kris]

Clomid is much more friendly in the winter than in the summer! Good luck!

[dink(y)]

You are so not allowed to get NaBloBurnOut on DAY TWO!!

Buck Up already.

[jon deal]

There is some movie or TV show that has this great line:

"If you want to get pregnant, go out and get drunk. Worked for a bunch of girls at my high school."

That's going to eat at me all day. Must drop EVERYTHING and figure out where that quote came from.

[NJ]

That quote is from Friends. Phoebe's brother Frank said it.

[Karen]

It's scary that NaBloPoMo and Clomid are happening simultaneously for you. I predict a very interesting month! Clomid made me insane. Good luck getting knocked up, hope it's an easy journey for you!

[Erin]

Hey, that Clomid works - I'm living proof! I haven't used it, but it's how my Mom got knocked up with me!

I'm excited you're gonna post every day!

[angelawd]

What is it about NABLOPOMO that is shriveling up everyone's writing brain cells? I was looking forward to a month of fantastic posts.

[Summer]

At least the trying to get knocked up thing might help with the NaBloPoMo thingie. You could just post a jaunty little cryptic message every day a la TTC message boards... "TTC#2 c9 cd24 6dpo, 1st cycle clomid! Babydust! *********" That may be the wrong symbol for babydust. I've forgotten, it's been a long time since I've frequented a TTC message board (though not for lack of TTCing, dammit). I am beginning to suspect I have an allergy to babydustmites. Wishing you luck that's better than mine!

[Barbara]

Clomid is no friend of mine. Headaches, moodiness and weight gain, oh my. However, I think the er, coupling, of daily blogging and the need for the many of the sexing time is a great one; has anyone else claimed Erotic Blogging? NaBloPoMoChicaBowBow?

[jenB]

clomid can be a motherfucker. take care of yourself. wait, does your mom read this? sorry about the swearing. Best wishes to you, and seriously, take good care of yourself, keep ibuprofen handy.

[liz]

your blog is one of my top three favorites to read, so needless to say i was ecstatic to see that you'd be posting every day for a month...

i find it hard to believe that in that brilliant noggin of yours there isn't enough gold for each day of the month of November

[merseydotes]

Good luck with the babymaking. You seem very nonplussed by the Clomid. Or you are one hell of a faker.

[Mir]

You know, I thought bershon could only be demonstrated through pictures, but I swear I glimpsed some in your words just now. Everyone else is all "Ack! Must! Get! Pregnant!" and you're all "Meh, hot flashes. Whatev." You are one of a kind, Alice. ;)

(And I hope your Clomid adventure turns out to be terribly blog fodder -- uneventful and immediately succesful.)

[braine]

This should make Twitter considerably more interesting.

[Thursday's Child]

NaBloPoMo has made me see possibilities all over the place for entries. It's weird how it strikes some dumb and others with inspiration.

[Mauigirl]

OMG, I hope your Clomid adventures are successful - we look forward to cute things that the new baby will say once he or she starts talking. (I am way ahead of you here!). This is exciting!

[hollywood]

I love NaBloPoMo! I did it last year and it ended up being a lot easier than I thought. It helped me break down a bunch of my perfectionist writing tendencies and my blog has been a lot better ever since (in my humble opinion).

And way to go on the nomination for the 2007 Weblog Awards! You do know you were nominated, right? I want to make sure I'm fighting a fair fight here. Here's the poll:

http://2007.weblogawards.org/polls/best-parenting-blog-1.php

Good luck!

[BethanyWD]

Clomid sucks ASS. Fo sure. Thanks for keeping us updated!

[Ann]

I had to use Clomid to get pregnant with my son. Good luck!

[racher]

I almost wrote the same post on my blog today. Except for the Clomid part. So not really the same at all.
Anyway, you did a much better job extrapolating your blogging block than did I.

[Megan64]

I'm just excited about daily Finslippy. Trying for daily this month too. You've inspired me.

[Robyn]

Oh, Clomid. Clomid made me gain 20 pounds before I even got pregnant. Stupid Clomid.

Ok, sorry to disparage you, Clomid. You helped me get pregnant, so I have to love you. But I won't like you until I lose all this weight.

Hey - sorry, Alice. I was having such a tender moment with Clomid that I almost forgot you were there. Good luck!

[Karen (Misc Mum)]

Wishing you all the best with the Clomid.

Oh, and the NaBloPoMo too, but I think we all know which is the more important! :)

[Sue]

Y'all doing NoBloPoMo are nuts. NUTS.

[katydidnot]

nablopomo is good in septembe, bad in november. babies...good all the time.

[Magrak]

Be careful with that Clomid stuff. That's how I got my twins.

[Molly]

Oh, boy. I'm doing NaBloPoMo and trying to get pregnant too. Good luck with both.

[karen]

By about day 3 on a Clomid Cycle I started wandering the streets looking for innocent people who needed their heads ripped off their bodies...this may not be happening for you. A wise friend suggested a hearty breakfast like eggs and toast to start the day and freakishly it really helped!

[Waiting Amy]

Clomid is evil. I was crazed. But hey, if you 're in Cali, maybe no one will notice.

Good luck with that and nablopomo!

[schmutzie]

Babies are cool. Yay for Clomid!