April’s Adventures

Today is cycle day 1. Tomorrow I will have my base line ultrasound and blood work and Thursday I should start the meds again. Other than that I have no clue when anything will happen. One thing I am certain of is that this time will be different. I am going to pray over every drop of medicine that goes in me and every doctor or nurse that I come in contact with. Not only for their care of me but also just over their lives.  I will not drink any caffine. I will take my vitamins every day. I am going to put my full trust in the Lord this time and know that He can do ALL things! Maybe it wont be this cycle but for now I am going to give up on doing it myself and allow HIM to work! He will be the one that gets all credit for this when the time comes because nothing is guaranteed in fertility treatments and I truely know that. This will be IUI #7 and I am ready to take it on!! I’ll post more when I have the next time line but for now Im enjoying the fact that my 71 day cycle is now over and we can get this show on the road!!!! I would LOVE all the prayers I can get over this cycle! I am SOO ready to finally be a MOM and HOPE more than anything that it will happen in 2010!

I had another blood draw yesterday. My progesterone level came back about the same so they decided that I can now begin the provera and take it for 10 days and then wait. So I should be starting my next cycle somewhere between now and 2 weeks from now. I am glad to finally get this 60+ day cycle behind me! I have all my meds and am ready to go! Please Lord, let this be the last time I have to post about a new cycle!!

So I got the progesterone level back from my doctor. Its 1.12. They dont want me taking the provera to get my freaking period till its below 1.  So I have to wait till tuesday. Go in for another stupid blood draw and then maybe I can take the stupid meds that I already went and got yesterday. GRR! Seriously Im on cycle day 53. Im pretty sure its been long enough to see if its going to come already! So much for even having a shot at January 2010.   I guess I just need to pray that it just magically happens on its own between now and Tuesday. Ha doubtful

I arrived at my doctor’s apt and they had me fill out some additional paper work and then the receptionist took my picture. They wanted to have a face to go with my name when I call. At first it was weird to me but after thinking about it some more I realized that it means they actually want to know who I am. First Impression: Awesome!

The nurse practitioner sat down and talked to me and went over everything that I have had done to this point. She was pleased with all the tests we have had run and that she thinks we can get started right away. She spoke with my doctor and he wanted to do an ultrasound because I still have not gotten my period. He also wanted to confirm the PCOS that was diagnosed to me previously. We got into the ultrasound room and went forward with that. He confirmed that there was really nothing going on inside that would show him where I was at in a cycle so they wanted to run some blood work and then will call me today to tell me to take provera to get everything jump started again. This wont be the first time this has happened. Then he took a look at my ovaries and pointed out about 10 follicles in each and said to me that a normal women has about 10 in each and he saw nothing that would make him think I had PCOS. It has never been clearly pointed out to me but now that I see and understand I really don’t have that. He basically said that the only thing he can find wrong with me is ovulation issues and that the only way to regulate this is with fertility meds. He told me that his goal is to make me “normal”. I “normal” women only produces 1 egg each month and has a 25% chance of getting pregnant. Of course with doing the meds and IUI there is a risk of becoming a little more than normal but I am ok with that. He really just wants me to get pregnant with 1 and I am perfectly happy with that as well. He seemed very optimistic that I will get pregnant and they will do everything they can to help make this happen. He also apologized for how things went at Mayo and that they would do everything they can to make this as enjoyable as possible.

As soon as I get the call today I take meds for 10 days and then hopefully my period will come and we can get started again! I will be on a slightly lower dose of gonal F this time. They decided that since the progesterones that I had taken in the past didn’t really work; they want me to take 2 different forms of it at the end of my cycle. 1 I will take every day. The 2nd I will take every 4 days which will be an injection. This injection is the same medication that I take to induce ovulation. I have heard of people taking this but was confused by how 1 drug can do 2 things. The 1st med they are putting me on for progesterone will be different then what I took in the past. The doctor thinks that my bad reaction could be that I have a mild peanut allergy since they were made with peanut oil. Kinda interesting but hopefully he’s right!

So overall I was highly impressed with the doctor. He didn’t give me any crap and was just straight forward with everything. I feel very confident in this practice and LOVE that it took me 20 mins from work to get there!!

Well that’s my big update. I am glad that all this stress is behind us and we can move forward! Thanks for all your support and prayers so far! I am defiantly still in need of them and am very grateful that I am able to share my experience and know that someday this will all make sense as to why I have to go through this.