Friday, September 18, 2009

Where Do I Begin?

I'm 30 years old, I have PCOS and all of it's wonderful symptoms. I'm overweight, hairy, I have diabetes and I can't ovulate on my own. Sounds shitty, right? It is! I've had numerous tests done including endometrial biopsies and HSG's. Everything comes back okay. I've tried Clomid years ago and gave up on that. I'd all but given up on the idea of conceiving until a few weeks ago when my Mom brought up the fact that she'd like more grandchildren and Chad said he'd like to start trying again. So we talked it over about trying one last time. He still thinks deep down inside that we have a shot at this, and who am I to crush his dreams. So we made a trip back to Dr. Trolice together on Sept 9th. I was very nervous about the appointment because in previous visits all I'd ever heard was that I needed to lose weight first. Who wants to be told that? Dr. Trolice was impressed that I had lost weight and had had 2 periods ( in July and August). He recommended a few things. One, that I start taking prenatal vitamins, two, that Chad comes in for a semen analysis and finally he wants to see my bloodwork from Dr. Smolen's office. He ordered bloodwork for me to do on cycle day 21-24 to see if I've ovulated. Well, that answer was a no-brainer, still a little disappointing. Today I dropped off the results of the bloodwork Dr. Smolen had ordered a few days ago. What he wanted to see was an A1C of less than 6.5 (mine was 6.3) and a fasting glucose of 90-100 (mine was 99). It feels like I will start my period soon and I'm praying I do. If I do start, I need to call his office on day 1 or 2 to schedule an ultrasound. It's been so long since I've had one done, I'm not sure what he looks for, but I'll probably start Clomid again.

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