I knew I was right....

So the month before AF was not as long and or as heavy. So I decided that I would take the month off of my provera, thinking that maybe my body would take over and I would start on my own. So I waited and waited and September was almost over. The 28th rolled around and guessed who showed up on her own? So I guess we will contiune to see...

Pushing Pause...

Okay so AF arrived late Friday night/Early Saturday morning. So I called and am waiting for my call back.

So we have decided to put a pause on the baby making. I am starting Pastry School at the end of September and it will last 10 months so it doesn't make sense for us to get pregnant and me have to drop out. So we are going to start back at the end of November with the hopes of getting pregnant by January.

Will let you know what the doctor says.....

Waiting...again

Alright, so I finished my last dose of Medroxyprogesterone. Now we wait until AF visits and take it from there. *sigh*

Results 2...

Alright...so I went this morning for the second blood test and after having to vent on my mom I think I am ready to blog about it. They called this afternoon with the results.....*sigh*.

To begin with it is day 23 and I have not ovulated and my estrogen hormones look like I am not even going to. So I asked a few questions and come to find out and I may be borderline PCOS. BIG SHOT!!! Of course this may explain why I am not ovulating when I should be. I may actually be an irregular ovulator (lol...my word). So what happens next?

So it is going to be another round of medroxyprogesterone. I will call them on day 1 and they will do one of two things. One is that they will put me on clomid and we will just guess when to babydance. The other which I am sort of excited about is the study that Dr. Craig is doing. I actually already qualify for this study.

In this study, all the medication (clomid and HSG) is covered and there is a HUGE discount on all of the ultrasounds involoved. Instead of being $260 they would only be $100. Which is awsome because I would have to have one every cycle. $$$$

So I am trying to be positive about it and at least we know what is going on. Anyways, I am not feeling so perky so I think I am going to go bake...lol. Until next time.

Results 1

So after waiting with my phone attached to my person all day, I finally got a call back with my results. As of yesterday I had not ovulated yet. Now we wait another week and then I go in next Monday and try again....sigh

The waiting game....

Alright…we had another appointment at Dr. Hansen’s today. It was really just a meeting to go over some things and talk about our options.

We did find out for sure that the problem is definitely me and not Tim. So we went over my records and all of the blood test that he had done. All of my levels are good and normal. The only thing that concerns him is my progesterone levels. As I said previously he wants to make sure that I am ovulating and the progesterone levels last cycle showed that I had not. Of course because I have had a period every month for a really long time we both think that last cycle may have been just a freak cycle.

Due to the medroxyprogesterone I had to take earlier this month he is unsure as to whether I will have my normal cycle or if the medicine will reset my cycle. Because of that he had a blood sample taken today because normally I should have ovulated sometime last week or this past weekend. I should get a call with the results tomorrow. On the chance that the pill reset my cycle I should ovulate sometime later this week. So either way I have to go back in next Monday to give another sample.

So on to our options…there are two paths that we could follow. If last cycle was not a fluke and I don’t actually ovulate then that is pretty much an easy fix:

* One is that they will start me on a low dose of clomid and it will be a guessing game as to when I ovulate and fingers cross we “baby dance” at the correct time. And each cycle that we don’t get pregnant he will increase the dosage.

* Two is that we still do the stair step dosing of clomid but this time we will go in to the Dr.’s office and instead of guessing when to “baby dance” he will do an ultrasound to tell us exactly when to dance.

* And three, is that there is study that Dr. Hansen’s partner Dr. Craig is doing. She is looking into different ways to give clomid. What she would do is start me on a low dose of clomid and then on a certain day I would go in if I was still not going to ovulate, she would immediately put me on a higher dosage.

The second path has to do with if I do ovulate and we are diagnosed with unidentified infertility. If that is the case then there are actually four options:

* One, we will do 3-4 cycles of a clomid regiment and an Intra-uterine insemination (IUI). This is where they use the clomid to make me ovulate and then when I do ovulate they take Tim’s ingredient and put it directly into my uterus. Which has an 8-10% success rate. Which doesn’t sound like much but seeing as Tim and I only have a 2-3% chance of pregnancy as it is, 8-10 is a really significant difference.

* Two is the same as one but instead of using clomid I would be taking FSH. And I would still have the IUI done. This has a 10-15% chance of a resulting pregnancy.

* Three would be IVF. Self explanatory. This has a 60% chance of success. Of course our insurance doesn’t cover and it would cost us $12000-$14000. So it is definitely out of the question.

* And option four is a study. The federal government is doing a study on types of fertility treatments for couples diagnosed with unexplained infertility. If we qualify then we will get randomly selected and put into one of three categories. We will get 3-4 cycles of a certain infertility treatment at no cost to us.

So as you can see, depending on my results we have many different options to pick from. So….I guess now it is just the waiting game.

NO FUN!!!!

     For those of you who don’t know Tim and I are trying to have another baby. And after four years of trying and 2 very painful miscarriages we have had no luck. When we moved we decided that it was time for us to get some help. So we made our appointment with Dr. Karl Hansen at OU Physicians Reproductive Health. I am just going to say that that was the smartest thing that we have ever done.
     From our first appointment it has been nothing but results. The first thing that they did was do some blood tests. When the results first came back, I had not ovulated so I had to go back a week later and do it again. Those results showed that I still had not ovulated. Just in case you didn’t know, if you don’t ovulate then you do not have a period. So for seven days I had to take Medroxyprogesterone. Eight days after I took the last pill AF arrived. The day after my period ended I was scheduled for a HSG. A HSG is an procedure where a iodine die is put into your uterus and then x-rays are taken as the die works through your tubes. This is so that the doctor can actually see if something is wrong with your uterus or if your tubes are blocked.
     So….this procedure is NOT fun. I tried to be prepared…I did….I read all sorts of articles about a HSG but not one of them said anything about a shot. Not a normal shot…..they shot my cervix with some sort of novocain!!! OWWWWW!!!!! That was really the only thing that hurt, everything else was pretty much  uncomfortable. So, after that torture was done I actually got to see the results. My uterus is perfect and my tubes are clear. YEAH!!!! Now we just have to wait for the 20^th for our next appointment to see where we go from here. I am really excited. Hopeful and excited!!!