| Here it is...Cycle Day 23...and I have not ovulated. It looks like I am going to have one of the infamous anovulatory cycles, which I have heard so much about. To my knowledge, this has never happened to me before. I am worried that things are going wrong with my hormones. |
Monday, December 11, 2000
This has NEVER happened before!
Friday, December 1, 2000
Coming out of depression and a trip to the RE.....
| Okay....after that last incident, (I had TWO false positives and a negative blood test) I literally broke down. I could not stop crying for days and could not work or do anything. Actually, I have been doing a very poor job at work, and frankly, I am beginning to worry about the security of my job. So on Tuesday while I sat in my office and cried for a myriad of reasons, I began calling to find a counsellor to help me. I had to do something...I have been hiding away in my own world for months....my friends don't know if I am still alive and my poor husband and mother probably wish that I wasn't due to the way that I have been treating them. I was fortunate enough to find a counselor who would see me that night....and she was WONDERFUL! Don't get me wrong...things are not great, but I already feel a lot better. Sh believes that I suffer from Seasonal Anxiety Disorder (depression due to not enough melatonin being produced) and that the miscarriage and job stress pushed me over the edge. She encouraged me to talk to my employer and explain the cause of my lack of drive at work and to talk to our RE about helping us conceive which would hopefully take the pressure off Paul & I. I did talk to our personnel director as well as my department manager....I told them both everything and they were very supportive and nice. However, I know when it comes down to it, the only thing that is going to matter are my billable hours which are horrible this year...so I am still worried about my job, but feel like a weight has been lifted off me after telling them. Then yesterday, we went to see our wonderful RE...and what do you think he said? He said that he has no doubt that we will get pregnant...none and that because we got pregnant on our own, he wants to start with timed intercourse cycles! He said that despite Paul's count (5 million with 32% motility) that his sperm getting there is not the problem and that IUI's would probably not be anymore effective than timed cycles. It seems that my progesterone level is the problem. So...next cycle, I start Clomid at 50 mg. I go in or an ultrasound of my follicles on Day 14. Then based on the size of the follicle(s) Paul will give me a shot of Profasi (triggers ovulation in exactly 36 hours) and we BD EXACTLY 36 hours from the time of the shot. Then on day 21, I go in for a progesterone test. He said we will do this for 3 months and then perhaps move on to injectables. Nevertheless, we have HOPE!!!! Do you hear that little Baby to be??? |
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