The Nest

Bittersweetness

Posted Friday, August 31, 2007 11:22 AM

I did decide to take the Prometrium (progesterone) my doctor prescribed.  I did a lot of research on it first and it seemed natural and safe.  Their website says that it contains peanut oil so not to take it if you have a peanut allergy.  Nice, neither my doctor nor my pharmacist even thought to ask me if I have a peanut allergy (my husband does, so I'm acutely aware of the need to be asked that question).  Guess they weren't concerned about my possible demise.

So I took the tenth and last pill last night.  I should start my period (I'm currently on cycle day 48) maybe tomorrow or Sunday, then I have to have my blood drawn within two days of starting.  Hopefully I start on Sunday and can have my blood drawn on Tuesday.  If I start Saturday, because of the holiday, my blood can't be drawn until three days after I start (one day past when they told me to have it taken).  I don't know if that will influence anything.  I called the doctor's office but they were of no help.  Receptionists suck.  They never fully listen and have difficulty relaying info.

Anyway, the bittersweet part is my chart.  Because I'm taking progesterone which raises your body temperature, it shows on my chart that I ovulated on cycle day 38, since there has been a consistent temperature rise since the morning after I took my first Prometrium.  I swear I must look at my chart three-four times a day, just admiring what a chart looks like with ovulation.  I know it wasn't ovulation.  I haven't ovulated since I went off birth control in April.  It's just so cool to see how a chart is supposed to look.  But it's just an illusion, and that's a little sad.