This weekend had some ups and downs. One of my co-workers passed away from cancer on Friday night. I didn't know her well at all, but I have been praying so much for her. She will be leaving two young children behind. This will be the third funeral I have attended in the past 8 months that I will have to see young children lose a parent. There are no words for how much this breaks my heart. I want a baby so badly, and I pray so much for that. But I also need to pray that Mike and I will be around to raise that child.
Saturday was nice. I volunteered at an Alzheimer's event all afternoon and then went to a party with old Finelight friends. (Finelight was the agency I worked at prior to Power Creative). It was so great to see everyone. I probably stayed out too late, but it was worth it to hang out and laugh with everyone.
We had to get up Sunday morning at 6:30 for a doctor's appointment before church. Per usual, we got bad news and our doctor saying she was so sorry. The drugs we tried last week didn't work at all in getting me to ovulate. So we're going back to Clomid with another drug. The issue with Clomid before was that it took a while for me to ovulate and it can cause thinning of the lining in the uterus. This is probably more detailed than most want to hear, but basically we need 2 things to happen. 1) for me to ovulate...without that there will be no egg. And 2) we need a nice thick lining of the uterus for implementation. (When the sperm fertilizes the egg, then need a place to stick). After I take a weekly dose of fertility drugs, I go on a patch that is supposed to help that. Once we can figure out the right formula to get these to work, then maybe we can do IUI. That has been our plan since April when we first starting going to the fertility specialist. It has been a roller coaster of getting my body all figured out. But I really appreciate our doctor. She calls me and is available any time. I really feel like she and her staff are really giving us a lot of attention. I just hope we can get something figured out soon. This is not getting easier.
Is your doctor being flexible with how long it may take you to ovulate? Usually REs are, but my OB/GYN was not. With both of my girls, I Oed VERY late by standards, but did get pregnant. With Mae, it was CD 30! Supposedly unheard of, but it seemed to do right for my body and babies. Just a thought. . . .
ReplyDeleteYes, she is being very flexible and she's basically taking me out of a typical cycle. The Clomid can be taken any time after the first 5 days of the cycle. So with the drugs and slowly ovulating my cycles are lasting about 6 weeks.
ReplyDelete