No not mine. I just needed a picture :)
Well, my friends, it has been awhile since I have written on this, I think.
This has NEVER happened to me before and it has me concerned. As you may have read earlier, it is the desire of both my husband and I to have a little one (or how ever many God would give us :) ) Read on...
Several weeks ago, we had our first appointment to see a fertility specialist. It was such a fun and personal experience. And I don't say that lightly. I really liked the doctor that we saw, she was not awkward at all. I appreciate the fact that my husband was there, I mean it takes two to tango, right? What we had been talking about had been made more clear when a professional came into the ring. For part of our appointment, I felt like I was back in the sixth grade taking sex education: "So this is what the female anatomy looks like...this is what the male anatomy looks like...this is what happens when you put those two together." Nice!
After that bit of education, she went into what our options were: A pill (Clomid)/sex; IUI with no medication, with medication (Clomid), or with an injectible; IVF; or donor egg. *Cough, cough* I'm sorry, but no. With our options she gaves us the possible success that we might have with each. The percentages were pretty low. I sat there not wanting to start sliding in the hole of depression. "Well considering your egg count being so low, not know the quality..Clomid might be your best chance....have you considered egg donation?"
So armed with that information, a prescription for a bottle of prenatal pills and instructions on how much iron I should be taking, laughing, we headed over to another room to have a transvaginal ultrasound done. I mean you have to laugh and I'm so glad that we can laugh otherwise, we would be at each other's throats (maybe that's for another blog entry. I really hope not).
It was kindof fun having my husband in the room with me. He had NO idea what some of us women had to go through when it came to PAPs. I'm sure his face was turning a shade of red as the doctor looked at my insides or was it because it was hot. I think it was both.
As the doctor was looking with her magic wand, she said that my uterus had a nice lining, it was thick..good, good. Oh what's that? A tiny fibroid but nothing to have surgery on. Oh, let's take a look at your left ovary (while turning the wand to and fro), hmm, don't see it. Well, let's go over to the right ovary. Oh look! There it is (turning the wand to and fro. by this time it was getting very uncomfortable). Okay, okay, it looks like you have two antral follicles. Finally! She found what she wanted. Exam over!
Afterwards, my husband and I made our way to the pricing room. The lady who talked with us didn't really go over pricing and I found out why later. She gave us a packet to look at that included pricing and procedures that we might want to look into, took our cute, adorable picture ;-P, gave me a sample of the prescription prenatal pills and sent us on our way.
Before we left the doctor encouraged me to eat my fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. We went to In-N-Out afterwards. I'm sorry, that was kind of my comfort for the day.
Fast forward to today. I am 5 whole days late for my period! That has NEVER happened before at least for that long. I did take a preggo test and they have come back negative thus far. I'm waiting until Wednesday to see what happens. By the way, to my knowledge I don't have PCOS. I'm regular between 25 and 27 days. I'm on Cycle Day 33.
My husband thinks its the Prenatal Vitamins or the increase in iron. If anything it would make my period heavy, I think.
As for pregnancy symptoms which come and go: breast pains, cramping, and bloating. Other than that I feel great!
Has this ever happened to any of you who have been trying? What is your story?
Love,
Mrs. M
