Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Yuck and Happy National Infertility Awareness Week!

So, most of you know that the last time I took Clomid, I did not tolerate it well.  I started it yesterday and my stomach is not happy.  This sucks.  I'm only on half of the dose I was before and in most cases, it doesn't work until after a few cycles and not until between 100-200mg.  I have to try it though, because we have to use this step to go on to the next ones.  I did my progesterone and it helped me, but I had a really weird, emotional 2 weeks.  I wonder if I made the progesterone I am supposed to, if I would be like that all the time?  Or, maybe my body isn't used to it?  It also made me very hungry...I didn't like that much.  Not much else has been going on.  I had some PCOS labs taken on
Friday, but chances are I won't know anything until I go back at then end of May.  I am hoping my chloesterol has dropped a little and my other hormones have evened out a little from last time. 

Happy National Infertility Awareness Week!
Educate yourself!  Not only for awareness, but it could help you learn to support a family member or friend better!  It is okay to talk about infertility and it is okay if you have these issues yourself.  Infertility is nothing to be ashamed of, it is not your fault. It can be very hard to deal with, so the best thing you can do is just educate yourself and be a better person for it!

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Another Recheck

This morning I went back to Dr Crawford. My labs were not too bad, but my LH and FSH are still bad, but better. He said on top of PCOS, I definitley do have Luteal Phase Defect. John got his tests back, and he is just fine. I have been taking progesterone for 3 days now. I am to take it days 17-30. I get more labs done in about 10 days and then next cycle I am to take half of a Clomid tablet days 3-7, Estradiol days 8-12, and then Progesterone days 17-30 again. I go back in 6 weeks and then we will go from there and see what happens. I've been really feeling good with the progesterone! That is all for now.