Bloodwork Results and Possible Hope....
I went to have bloodwork done this past Monday (on 5th day of AF) and here are my results FSH 5, Estrogren 292 and Progestrone - normal (can't remember the exact number), so my RE advised that I continue on with the Premphase (plus it does agree with me, no side effects and no more hot flashes like I was having this past summer...woo hoo) with hopes that the estrogren will come down and the FSH will go up alittle because normal is 10. She believes it was so high because I didn't get a period in the month of November. I am definitely ovulating which is a good sign, she says, so we will go from here. If AF comes next month, then I will go for bloodwork again.
I do ask alot of questions regarding these numbers and what exactly this means in terms of getting pregnant again because this all is "foreign" to me. I have never used an ovulation predictor. I wish I had started back years ago as I wish I had gone for this kind of help back then as well, but I thought my first miscarriage was nothing to worry about and that so many women have miscarriages the first time around. Then 4 years went by and I was back on BC and planning our lives together and when I decided to go off BC, my midwife at the time didn't seem at all concerned that we weren't getting pregnant after 6-8 months. But, then we moved back to our hometown and more stresses (passing of my Mom, moving into a rental, finding jobs, E going to school) came into our lives with that and making a baby went on the back burner for that first year or so. Who would have thought that on the second year, I would get pregnant (out of the blue, so to speak) and then miscarry at 7 weeks and now here we are almost going on a year (next month) since that time.
I am really feeling like time is running out...I will be 44 in May this year (can't even believe that number when I type it), but no one else seems to be concerned, but me. Maybe I need to not think about the number per se, but how I young I do feel instead and get a positive attitude instead of the dreading stress of it.
I am putting faith in God and this RE that there might just be a little "miracle" in our future and that my body hasn't given up yet.
I do ask alot of questions regarding these numbers and what exactly this means in terms of getting pregnant again because this all is "foreign" to me. I have never used an ovulation predictor. I wish I had started back years ago as I wish I had gone for this kind of help back then as well, but I thought my first miscarriage was nothing to worry about and that so many women have miscarriages the first time around. Then 4 years went by and I was back on BC and planning our lives together and when I decided to go off BC, my midwife at the time didn't seem at all concerned that we weren't getting pregnant after 6-8 months. But, then we moved back to our hometown and more stresses (passing of my Mom, moving into a rental, finding jobs, E going to school) came into our lives with that and making a baby went on the back burner for that first year or so. Who would have thought that on the second year, I would get pregnant (out of the blue, so to speak) and then miscarry at 7 weeks and now here we are almost going on a year (next month) since that time.
I am really feeling like time is running out...I will be 44 in May this year (can't even believe that number when I type it), but no one else seems to be concerned, but me. Maybe I need to not think about the number per se, but how I young I do feel instead and get a positive attitude instead of the dreading stress of it.
I am putting faith in God and this RE that there might just be a little "miracle" in our future and that my body hasn't given up yet.
I am hoping and hoping that this will be the case, my friend, and that you will see your little miracle this year.
ReplyDeleteI am praying that 2011 is going to be your year - I think that age is just a number and that you need to keep taking care of yourself - you are in good hands with your RE by the sounds of it! hang in there!
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