So this blog is obviously going to serve one purpose. This blog will be about our journey trying to conceive our second child. To start off I already have one beautiful baby boy. His name is Tredon and he will be two years old this year in December. We couldn't be more blessed than to have him.
Very shortly after having Tredon we started trying for baby number two, with high hopes of having a large family. With no progress we finally went to see a specialist. I was diagnosed earlier this year with PCOS (Polycystic ovary syndrome.) I was told I was insulin resistant, which will in turn affect your ovaries and cause you to not ovulate or have regular periods. Immediately I was started on Metformin 1500mg a day. After doing three rounds of the Metformin I still was producing periods yet no ovulation. My Metformin was bumped up to 2000mg a day and she decided to refer me to a specialist.
I started seeing a Reproductive Endocrinologist earlier this year. He of course did every test on me under the sun trying to figure out what is causing me to not ovulate. Of course, he found nothing wrong. Doctor deemed me perfectly healthy yet, I cannot produce more children. I was started on the fertility drug called Clomid, after three rounds of that and still not ovulating he decided to go another route. He explained to me that basically my periods are pointless, they don't actually do what they are supposed to do. I bleed but it does not clean me out and then release an egg. So he started me on Prometrium 200mg a day for 10 days. At the end of the 10 days the Prometrium should force me to start a period and hopefully actually do what it is supposed to, in turn causing me to ovulate. Then, hoping that I ovulate, I will start a new fertility drug called Femara on days 5-9 of my cycle. On the 29th day of my cycle I will go in for blood work to see if I ovulated. If I ovulate on Femara my chances are much better. If I cannot ovulate still ... we have about three more options. The first option being surgery, they can drill holes into my ovaries. The second option being IUI, injections in the stomach everyday. The third being IVF.
So seeing as how it looks like we still have a very long and emotional road ahead of us, I felt that I would start a blog so that we could track our journey. I will list what new medications I take, what works for me, what doesn't. I will list all updates from doctor appointments, the cost of treatments and how many we have to do. I will try to be as detailed as possible to track this roller coaster we continue to ride.
I am very thankful for my son and if he is all god wishes to give me, I am ok with that. He is the best thing in my life. If however, we can have the possibility of a second little miracle, I will keep trying until I can't anymore.
Currently I am on my fourth day of the Prometrium. I take it every night before bed and my last day will be August 4th. No serious side affects yet, although I have had a constant headache everyday since I started so I do believe that might be a side affect. We will see if this works around the 4th of August and cross our fingers for some ovulation!!!!
Until then I am off to get some much needed rest...
