So, I got pregnant without medication, but later miscarried.  I didn’t go back to the infertitilty specialist because I decided to go back to school to work on my masters degree.  We weren’t going to activily try to get pregnant, but decided not to try to prevent it either. 

I got pregnant again.  But, again I miscarried.

I decided it was time to go back to the infertiltiy specialist after the 2nd miscarriage.  I wasn’t ready to go through the shots again so we decided to try clomid again for a few rounds.  Again- the eggs would mature but I would never ovulate.  So, once the eggs were mature I would go in and have an HCG shot so that I would ovulate. 

There had also been tests done due to my miscarriages that determined my thyroid levels were out of wack and I didn’t have enough progesterone to carry a pregnancy.  So, I had to take medication for my thyroid and my progesterone which were very carefully monitored.

I believe it was the 3rd round of Clomid and I got pregnant. 

This entire process was several years and was far from easy.  But today, because of that infertility specialist- I have a 2 year old happy and healthy little girl.  She is my dream come true.

So we were out of town to visit our families.  Both sets of grandparents live in the same town.  We always stay with my parents when we visit.  They have more room for us and it’s just my parents living there.  My in-laws have several grown children who live with them and not as much room, so it doesn’t make sense to stay there.

So, while we were in town we made arrangements to visit my in-laws so that they could see Peanut for a while.  They agreed, as usual.  Then the night before our planned visit my MIL sent me an email saying that we couldn’t come over because they were going to be busy.  They had to go car shopping.  Really?  A last minute car shopping trip?  Not to mention the cold and rainy weather.

I just don’t get it.  The in-laws don’t seem to want to be a big part of Peanut’s life and it confuses me.  She is the sweetest little girl and I can’t understand why they don’t want to see her.

So, George talked to MIL about it.  Because something like this happens almost every time we plan to go over there.  Apparently we don’t act up to her standards when we visit.  George doesn’t talk enough.  I sit on the couch and I don’t talk enough either.  Hmmm, I wonder if that has anything to do with the way my MIL and FIL always have the TV on and that it is always the center of attention.  My MIL does usually play with Peanut and pays attention to her.  But, I guess I feel like if everyone is watching TV- am I supposed to sit there quietly and watch so I don’t interrupt?  Or am I supposed to make small talk?

Apparently I’m doing the wrong thing.  Although the excuse is usually different each time, so I’m pretty sure this is just another excuse.

George and Crazy went to court.

I had prepared all of George’s documents.  Proof that Crazy agreed to the amount that George gave her.  She agreed that the money would cover an entire year.  She still denies it, even with written proof, and says she never agreed that amount would cover the whole year.  There was proof that George had given her additional money as well, when he could.  All of the income paperwork.  All sorts of forms that had to be filled out.  I think this was the main reason I didn’t want this whole thing to go to court- because I knew all of the paperwork would fall on to me.  I doubt that George even ever considered doing the paperwork, he just assumed I would take care of all of it.  Which annoys me to no end.

Anyways, the judge basically said that because George and Crazy had made their own arrangements outside of the court and decided to take care of things their own way, not using the court system, that he could not take into account any of the money that George had already given her.  Which basically means that the amount of money George gave Crazy that was supposed to cover 12 months, is now only covering 4 months.  And the judge will come up with a decision about how much George will have to pay from now on.  In the end, the judge did say he was going to keep in mind the money George had given even though he doesn’t legally have to.

We won’t know the decision for a few weeks.  But, in the end- I think it will be best this way.  Crazy won’t be able to use her usual threat of court anymore, so George won’t have to deal with that anymore.  The problem is that Crazy has really pushed a huge divide between us.  We had really worked out a lot of differences and everyone was getting along relatively well.  And she ruined it.