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So what has been happening this past month and a half.....

First an update on the little guy in my life.  He is about to turn 16 months - I cannot believe that soon he will be 2!  He is running all over the place now, and climbing onto anything and everything.  Still a great eater, although there are times when playing with food is a little more interesting.  I think tooth number 7 will be cutting through any day now, and as always he is being a trooper on the teething front.  Words are few, but he definitely understands most of what we say - and obeys little commands (when he is in the mood of course).

He loves going out, and cries if one of us says good bye and/or walks towards the front door.  His cars are still a favourite - and now that he walks he sometimes pushes them while just bending down - a little uncomfortable looking I might add!  And one car is not enough - he needs to push 2.

Things at the day care are still going well, but I need to start looking and making plans for the next step.

My life has been busy, and I have been supporting the medical fraternity the past month.  And not even diabetes related!  Currently I am home with mumps - yes, mumps!  Who would have guessed I would be getting mumps in my thirties.  I took the little guy for his MMR about a week and a half ago, so now I am just hoping that he did not catch it.  Mumps ain't fun either - painful, and makes eating a little less interesting too.  A week ago I had an MRI for mystery headaches, and sudden loss of smell.  The MRI came back clear (relief!!), and I am now on some pills to see if it helps clear things.  Then after a month it will be reassessed.

Needless to say all of that has been playing slight havoc with my diabetes control, although I think things are still in an "okay" range.  It has been about 4 months since my last HbA1C, so I really should be heading for an appointment with my Endo soon.

After some discussion late last year we decided that we would like another baby.  We jumped straight into a FET in January.  Unfortunately it did not work, but in hindsight now with all these medical issues it was probably a blessing, as I would have been freaking out now, especially with the mumps!  During the cycle I was not as stressed out as I was in the previous cycles, I think because this time round I was trying for a second, and I already have my little miracle.  I guess in a way I had much less to loose, whereas before when I had no baby it felt as though there was a lot more at stake - if this makes any sense.  For now the treatments are on hold, and we will re-evaluate it again in a month or so.  We still have 5 embryos on ice, so probably enough for 2 more cycles if all goes well.

Oh, and did I mention that my little guy did not shed a tear or anything when he got his MMR - my big brave boy is growing up :)