Long Story Short
Posted
Tuesday, September 25, 2007 4:39 PM
Okay, there is a LOT to share, so I'm going to give the 25% version...
Had blood drawn. OB/GYN told me to come in for an appointment to go over results because I would "have a lot of questions." So yes, start freaking out right away. Have to wait a whole week for my appointment.
Find out I have elevated thyroid levels, perhaps meaning I have hypothyroidism, but that is on the backburner for 6 months. More pressing issue is my LH hormone level. It's through the roof. It should have been below my FSH hormone level at the time when my blood was drawn, but it was way higher. That, combined with the thyroid level, she thinks I have PCOS. I'm not taking that as a fact right now, and we aren't confirming it with an ultrasound until we try a few things first. Mainly, my shit is out of wack. So there will be no ovulation on my own. Darnit, and I thought things would be so easy and lighthearted. Nope, we've entered the technical phase of TTC.
So I have to take Clomid to ovulate. Yikes. I so didn't want to take drugs, but she said even if I wasn't TTC, she'd want me on this because my hormone levels being this messed up is not good. Of course, in order for my insurance to pay for the Clomid, my husband has to have an SA (semen analysis) first, just to verify they aren't wasting their time fixing me if my DH's boys aren't even capable of getting to the finish line. When I called him to tell him this, he started cracking up laughing. I think he was not prepared for me to throw that one on him. Of course, his laughing made me feel better, so I didn't get too upset over this whole thing. Although I see it as "trying" now, and I really didn't want it to be about "trying" (wanted it to be more of a surprise, like "lucky us") - he said it's just the opposite. Now we know I'm not capable of getting pregnant right now, so that takes the hard-core trying part out of it. He now sees this as getting my body back on track, and if it results in pregnancy, awesome. If not, no big deal. It's a good thing he can come through for me every once in awhile and say the right thing.
Anyway, funny thing is, although the possibility of conceiving twins on Clomid is only about 5-10%, for some reason, with my doctor's patients, the percentage is 50%! Half of all her patients who are prescribed Clomid conceive twins! She didn't want to scare me, but she wanted to make sure I was made aware. Hmmm. Yeah, all I can even think about that right now is hmmm.
And lord only knows how my husband is going to handle masturbating into a cup in a clinic at 7 am on Friday morning!
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edmo
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