Ok so I know I've really been slacking here and I'm super sorry, but I don't feel like I've had a whole lot to say until my ultrasound appointment. Finally, my faith is back as far as concieving another baby.
Yesterday was my 23rd birthday (April 18th) and the day of my ultrasound. To give you a follow up, the last appointment I had for my OB/GYN, he had me go do the 2hr glucose test and it came back very high. Somehow, according to my Family Dr, the paperwork for the bloodwork never made it to his office, so he assumed its not diabetes (as my OB suggested) and scheduled me for a sleep study for sleep apnea. I made sure to schedule the sleep study after I seen my OB for the ultrasound to get his say. For the ultrasound, we were looking for polycystic ovaries... Thankfully, my OB/GYN does a follow up appointment right after the ultrasounds so I didn't have to wait. We did a vaginal ultrasound and sure enough, we found pearl like cysts covering my ovaries. I went back to talk to my OB to get the news about the cysts. I gave him a quick follow up to the Family Dr's theory and he doesn't agree at all and thinks he should have waited to see my numbers from the glucose tests before making a call like that. So, now he's refered me to an Endocrinologist to baically be the tie breaker and give the ok to put me on Metformin for my diabetes & Clomid to make a baby lol. I couldnt be more excited about this news because we're one step closer to making our baby since we now know I need more than my husband.
I didn't make it up today, but my OB gave me a copy of the results from my glucose test and asked me to personally see that he gets them. I plan to take them to him tomorrow and hopefully get to cancel this sleep study that he's convinced I need lol. Now I'm just waiting on the office to call me about my appointment with the Endocrinologist. YAY!!
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Friday, March 25, 2011
(day8)
Quick update on my CD:: I made it to day 128 :( but AF came 8 days ago! GO OVARIES!!
I am SO SO SO sorry for not posting anything recently. Things have been crazier than expected.
I went to the dentist and now I have an appointment to have my wisdom teeth cut out in a couple of weeks.
I went to my new OB a couple of weeks ago! I love him! He and his staff are so great.
After explaining to him after a very long cycle and the other symptoms, he agreed that it sounds like PCOS. He also seemed to have something else in mind, but being afraid that it was something a little more serious then I could imagine, I didnt ask for more details. He had me go in to do blood work the next day to do a blood glucose and even after fasting for 12 hrs, the initial prick read 120, and being that its not supposed to be over 90ish, they called my dr. He said to go ahead with the test to see what the other numbers read. I cant quote what they were, but I know it was still elevated. After my phone call telling me that I needed to go to my family dr to see about how he wanted to treat my alleged diabetes, I got no help from my family doctor. I told him I couldnt quote for sure the test results and somehow he didnt get the results my OB faxed to his office. He told me that he wasnt sure I am diabetic so he wanted to do another test (dont recall the name) and it would give us a for sure yes or no. I explained to him that my OB and I think its PCOS and she nodded and then asked if I would want to participate in a sleep study cause he thinks my sugar is elevated because I have sleep apnea. I dont agree with my dr because I asked him if my sugar could be slightly elevated because of the PCOS and not enough for diabetes, and he said yes. If this seems to be the problem, why are we fishing for another diagnosis? I'm going to talk to my OB to see if my FD is on a good track. If he thinks he's a quack, I'll be searching for a new one.
I have an ultrasound on my birthday next month to see if I have the cysts that generally come with PCOS. After this, I will go in to see my OB again and if I have cysts, we will talk about treatment for PCOS. I really had hoped my FD would have given me Metformin but he didnt, so maybe my OB will find it fit for me.
As far as starting a Vlog to accompany this Blog, I plan to do so once I am on a medication. I think thats a good goal for me to get a webcam as well lol.
(oh yea! and I have put all of my baby stuff on craigslist.org and I'm hoping for a buyer very soon. Husband says that we can always buy new for the second baby, like we did with our first.)
I am SO SO SO sorry for not posting anything recently. Things have been crazier than expected.
I went to the dentist and now I have an appointment to have my wisdom teeth cut out in a couple of weeks.
I went to my new OB a couple of weeks ago! I love him! He and his staff are so great.
After explaining to him after a very long cycle and the other symptoms, he agreed that it sounds like PCOS. He also seemed to have something else in mind, but being afraid that it was something a little more serious then I could imagine, I didnt ask for more details. He had me go in to do blood work the next day to do a blood glucose and even after fasting for 12 hrs, the initial prick read 120, and being that its not supposed to be over 90ish, they called my dr. He said to go ahead with the test to see what the other numbers read. I cant quote what they were, but I know it was still elevated. After my phone call telling me that I needed to go to my family dr to see about how he wanted to treat my alleged diabetes, I got no help from my family doctor. I told him I couldnt quote for sure the test results and somehow he didnt get the results my OB faxed to his office. He told me that he wasnt sure I am diabetic so he wanted to do another test (dont recall the name) and it would give us a for sure yes or no. I explained to him that my OB and I think its PCOS and she nodded and then asked if I would want to participate in a sleep study cause he thinks my sugar is elevated because I have sleep apnea. I dont agree with my dr because I asked him if my sugar could be slightly elevated because of the PCOS and not enough for diabetes, and he said yes. If this seems to be the problem, why are we fishing for another diagnosis? I'm going to talk to my OB to see if my FD is on a good track. If he thinks he's a quack, I'll be searching for a new one.
I have an ultrasound on my birthday next month to see if I have the cysts that generally come with PCOS. After this, I will go in to see my OB again and if I have cysts, we will talk about treatment for PCOS. I really had hoped my FD would have given me Metformin but he didnt, so maybe my OB will find it fit for me.
As far as starting a Vlog to accompany this Blog, I plan to do so once I am on a medication. I think thats a good goal for me to get a webcam as well lol.
(oh yea! and I have put all of my baby stuff on craigslist.org and I'm hoping for a buyer very soon. Husband says that we can always buy new for the second baby, like we did with our first.)
Thursday, February 3, 2011
(day88)
ive decided today that im going to sell all of our baby stuff that our daughter doesnt use. it doesnt make sense to have it all here if were not getting pregnant anytime soon. im gathering everything up today and taking it tomorrow. im just tired of being depressed over negative pregnancy tests. i still plan on seeing my dr because if anything, pcos can be dangerous to your body because of the risk of diabetes and we all know i could do without the weight gain that has come along with it lol.
i would just really love to have a monthly before i hit triple digits in my cycle days.
i feel like everyone around me is pregnant. a woman i know is pregnant with baby #6 and she doesnt see her other 5 cause she lost custody of them after being proven unfit. how is it possible that we're not pregnant yet? she had the nerve to say "youre not pregnant yet? it doesnt take me that long"... really?
im wondering if this feeling of defeat will go away once i talk to my dr? im gonna go talk to some of my ttc friends for some support...
i would just really love to have a monthly before i hit triple digits in my cycle days.
i feel like everyone around me is pregnant. a woman i know is pregnant with baby #6 and she doesnt see her other 5 cause she lost custody of them after being proven unfit. how is it possible that we're not pregnant yet? she had the nerve to say "youre not pregnant yet? it doesnt take me that long"... really?
im wondering if this feeling of defeat will go away once i talk to my dr? im gonna go talk to some of my ttc friends for some support...
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
(day85)
no changes as of yet. i would even love to say that ive gotten my monthly. i might even be excited to see it. atleast that would mean that my body recognizes an unfertilized egg. but im afraid there is no egg at all this time around. i just wish i could get into the doctor to know what my problem is. if we know what the problem is, we can fix it, right? maybe i am being a little pushy with complaining about not being pregnant after 6 "short" months but there was no problem concieving Bianca. whats wrong this time? and 6 months isnt short at all when you are planning an addition to your family. its become my own personal eternity. lack of patience hasnt helped me either. i think im done ranting online for now. ugh.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
(day 80)
Day 80 of my cycle... still no sign of a period. ive noticed in the past few months that my hair is thinning, too. i noticed it was falling out while brushing and showering but people lose an average of 180 hairs a day, so i thought nothing of it, but im starting to see a difference now.
grandpa (my only father figure) has lung cancer, we'll find out in the next 1-2 weeks to see how long we have with him. 3 weeks til my first wedding anniversary, lets keep things up beat :)
grandpa (my only father figure) has lung cancer, we'll find out in the next 1-2 weeks to see how long we have with him. 3 weeks til my first wedding anniversary, lets keep things up beat :)
Sunday, January 23, 2011
(day 75)
So today made day 75 of my cycle :( doesnt make me happy that its been a long one... Had to reschedule my OB app too. DH is going outta town on the original date, so now its set for a whole month later! March 8th. I'm gonna see if I can find another OB to go to. Might as well, its not like this is my original OB anyways. This app would put me 3 months late for my pap... yea, I'm gonna look into a new OB.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
(day 64)
I've called the new OB today. I go in Feb 8th. I'll be 2 months late for my semi-annual pap, too, and with the cervical dysplasia that's not a good thing. I'm sure everything will be fine. If anything, we'll just have to go through the same routine: pap comes back abnormal, go in for a colposcopy, everything looks ok for now, see you in 6 months.
I told the nurse that I would like to talk to the doctor about our problem conceiving a second baby. I almost feel selfish for considering it a problem that we want a second one when there are so many women out there striving for just one.
I told the nurse that I would like to talk to the doctor about our problem conceiving a second baby. I almost feel selfish for considering it a problem that we want a second one when there are so many women out there striving for just one.
Some thought before calling the OB (day64)
I've done a lot of reading about PCOS and I'm almost sure this is whats causing the hold up... Hopefully this doctor can tell me something I don't already know. Today is day 64 of my cycle and I don't think Ive ever prayed so much for a period. Just a simple sign of normalcy would be nice. Last month was 43 days, I believe, and the month before that was 59. I so grateful to have Bianca. I couldn't imagine what the women out there have to go through without even a single child. All I ask for is one more, then I'm done, I promise.
I hope I can get into this doctor. And I hope they're nice to me like my OB in Cincinnati. Lets give it up to hope... Its getting late, I should sleep but it seems nearly impossible.
I hope I can get into this doctor. And I hope they're nice to me like my OB in Cincinnati. Lets give it up to hope... Its getting late, I should sleep but it seems nearly impossible.
A Little About Us...
Jon and I, after a few short months of dating, found out we were going to be parents in January of 2009. Our daughter, Bianca, was born in September of 2009. In February of 2010, we made our family official and tied the knot. In July of 2010, we decided to go off of birth control and see what nature handed us. Its now January of 2011 and we have yet to have conceived a second baby.
We've tried to test for ovulation, but the tests always seemed to have showed an elevation in my Lh levels, so it would seem as though I was ovulating for a week straight, or none at all. Since giving up on OPKs, we've kept track of my cycle days on the calendar. My cycles vary from 40-60 days a piece. We've considered the temperature tracking but it almost seems pointless since my cycles are abnormally long. This was never a problem before giving birth to my daughter.
I plan to call the OBGYN tomorrow morning to see if I can get in and have a good long chat about this. Its obvious my worst fear is infertility. So, this is where I am today, and this is our journey...
We've tried to test for ovulation, but the tests always seemed to have showed an elevation in my Lh levels, so it would seem as though I was ovulating for a week straight, or none at all. Since giving up on OPKs, we've kept track of my cycle days on the calendar. My cycles vary from 40-60 days a piece. We've considered the temperature tracking but it almost seems pointless since my cycles are abnormally long. This was never a problem before giving birth to my daughter.
I plan to call the OBGYN tomorrow morning to see if I can get in and have a good long chat about this. Its obvious my worst fear is infertility. So, this is where I am today, and this is our journey...
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