So I've decided to start a blog. More for myself than anything else. I feel like if I can write out what I'm feeling as we travel this road, I might stay a little more sane.
We are currently on our 11th cycle trying to conceive our first baby. Our jouney has not been easy so far. I've had major spotting issues from the beginning, with spotting starting a few days after I ovulate until AF shows up. At first my doctor thought I would be totally fixable. He gave me a couple months of Provera in an attempt to hold off AF, so that I would not spot and when she did show up it would really clean me out...like a chemical D&C, he said. This did not work. I still had spotting every month, I was getting so frustrated.
When we hit the 6 month mark, I called my doctor and set up an appointment. He decided to check my progesterone, which was low (7)-but did indicate that I was in fact ovulating. He prescribed Prometrium for me to take after ovulation until 18DPO, or if we were lucky I would be taking it until I was 10 wks pregnant. It didn't work, I started spotting earlier that month than I did the month before.
The next cycle he switched my medication to progesterone vaginal suppositories...fun, right? It did help some, I didn't officially start spotting until a few days before my period. We kept the same plan for the following cycle, and had the same results...no baby.
I called my doctor to see what our next step would be. I didn't get the news I was hoping to hear. My options were to either have an endomitrial biopsy to try to figure out why my linging is not holding up, or be referred to an infertility specialist. I was really just hoping he would give me some clomid and in a few months I would be pregnant. That night we talked it over and decided to see the specialist, I have an appointment on July 22nd.
In the meantime we had my husband see his doctor about having a semen analysis. In the back of your mind, you always worry that the results will be bad...but I really thought he would be ok. His results were not good: count, motility, and morphology were all low. I'm not sure what our next step will be. We are planning on taking the results to the specialist and seeing what he recommends.
My worst fear, that both of us are the problem, is coming true...and I'm scared.
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i think you'll enjoy the blogging. it's a great additional outlet. i can't wait to hear how it goes with the RE!
ReplyDeleteOh hun! :( I'm sorry you're going through all this.
ReplyDeleteOn the bright side of things, I think you're doing the right thing in blogging about all this. Not only does it help you vent... but it's a great way to document the journey.