Good News!!

Last night I went and worked out with a friend of mine...walking 1.5 miles in 20 minutes. I was very proud of myself. But today my legs and ankles HURT!

Regarding the good news. I called my insurance company to see if they would cover the HSG that the RE wants to perform next cycle. I was a little shocked to find out that all I have to pay is $30 dollars and the insurance company will cover the rest entirely! Finding that out was awesome!

So I am gonna go ahead with the testing to see if I am okay. Jai and I have decided to wait on getting him tested until May. It was a promise that I made to him a few months back...that he will get checked out if we don't get pregnant by then on our own.

Well that is the only news I wanted to share at this point.

Only 3 days left and I have to go back to work...: BLEH!

Tada....It's not PCOS!

Today was my visit with the fertility specialist...or reproductive endocrinologist. But I will get into that in a little bit.

Knowing that my appointment wasn't until 2, I decided to go back to my old child care center I worked at and visit. I knew that there wouldn't be a lot of people there because of it being a holiday week, but I really wanted to see most of my old kids. Man...most of them are two. When I left my center 7 months ago...there were barely 18 months. Now they are in the 2 year old rooms....and SO BIG.
I am very happy for two of my old coworkers as they are now pregnant. I can't say that I wasn't a little jealous...but it will happen.

Onto the good news...sort of.

I went and sat down with the doctor. He asked me several questions...mainly about my cycles and about my prior pregnancies (1). He asked me if I had been diagnosed with something and I told him that I was diagnosed with PCOS when I was 19. He asked who diagnosed me and I said that it was my GYNO...that she said I had it because of the extra hair growth.
After the question and answer session we did the internal ultrasound. IT was so cool!! I got to see both of my ovaries and uterus. He said the uterus looks fine. He showed me the left and the right ovaries. IT was really neat. He was pleasantly surprised to see a growing follicle on my right ovary. This means that I am gonna ovulate in the next 3-5 days.
After the ultrasound he sat down and talked with me. He said that our next step is testing. This means that Jai needs to give a seamen sample and I have to get a butt-load of blood work done. Because I am in the middle of my cycle, I can't do anything  until next cycle. I need to have a blood test done on CD3 to determine if my egg reserves are good. Then after that the doctor wants to do an HSM. This is where they inject dye into my fallopian tubes to see if there is any blockages. This would be done on CD 12 and needs to be done at the hospital.
He believes that because I have a normal cycle and ovulate...that I don't have PCOS. IT is more the fact that I am overweight that is causing something not to happen and for us not to become pregnant. So he suggested that I lose 25 lbs over the course of the next 4 months and from there see what happens.

So overall the news is encouraging. Even though I am still overweight...I will STILL be trying. I know women who have gotten pregnant at far greater weights than I have. :D

So we will see what happens...

Another step forward

Today proved to be a very productive day:
I went to the chiropractor where I was informed that I had a pinched nerve and that I would need to show up for the next for days therapy...at 40 dollars each time. Although the therapy helped today...I can't afford to keep going back 3x a week. So I am gonna go to my regular doctor and see if I can get a muscle relaxer to help with immediate relief.

I also went to the eye doctors and got my new glasses. They are AWESOME!!. They are blue and brown...my two absolute favorite colors!! They look amazing and I really like them.

Another thing that I am happy about is that I finally made an appointment with an RE (Reproductive Endocrinologist). This doctor was recommended to me by the mother of one of my students'. She herself has PCOS and had a hard time conceiving her son. This doctor helped her become pregnant with 2 rounds of clomid and I am hoping that they will help me to do that.

So right now I am preparing for my visit tomorrow by printing out all the research and self monitoring I have been doing for the past year. I want to make sure that I bring everything with me and that I don't leave anything behind.

Wish me luck for tomorrow!!

:D

An unforeseen setback...

Today we did the fertility test for Jai. We followed the directions and waited the allotted time.
The test is supposedly 97% accurate....however we didn't get the test result we were hoping for.

This still doesn't deter us from trying to have a child. We already knew that we had female factor infertility with me having PCOS...but I have to admit that I am a little disappointed to think that we might have male factor infertility too. The test is supposed to test to see if he has 20 million plus sperm in his sample. We didn't see a line  so this means that he isn't testing up to the 20 million count mark.

We are still gonna wait until our 5 year anniversary to seek medical intervention on his part...however I am going to go to the doctor to see what can be done on my part to help.

**Update**
There is a LINE!!...we looked at the test after the specific allotted time...and there was a line. :D This means that hubby is alright.

Off to a good start...

Well yesterday was Christmas and it turned out to be a great one.

Jai and I woke up and opened our presents...which really wasn't that much of a surprise. We had bought them together ahead of time :D However it was the fact that we had wrapped them and even attempted to keep from giving them earlier than yesterday...lol.

One gift that Jai did give to me early was the Ovacue Fertility Monitor. We decided after the last false positive pregnancy test that we would invest in one. It was either the Clearblue Easy Fertility Monitor or the Ovacue Fertility Monitor. Although the Clearblue would've been cheaper in the beginning, but after adding on the cost of buying the testing strips each month that swayed our decision towards the Ovacue.

Here is what it looks like:

I have been using it for the past 5 days and it is already calculating when my ovulation will occur. It has me pegged down as CD 17..which isn't that far off the usual. It will be about another week before I can test to see if it is accurate or not. SO far so good. 

Another thing that we are doing is utilizing the fertility test that First Response has put out for women. I got one in a pregnancy test a few weeks ago and decided with this cycle that I would try it. I was very excited to say that the test came out fine and it says I am okay. I took a picture of the test.

The test is read that if the line on the left is lighter than the line on the right...your level of fertility is okay. I was very excited to see the test come out the way it did. :D

Tomorrow we are using a home sperm count test to test Jai. It was actually his idea and I can't wait to see what the results are. Hopefully everything comes out okay. 

Okay...I wanted to make sure that I posted tonight. I really want to make this a way for me to share our efforts for conceiving.

Have a great night and Merry Belated Christmas to everyone. 

Our Story

Hello All!

I wanted to take the time with the first posting to share with you our story.

DH and I have been together since 2002, married in 2006 and started trying to have a baby in 2009. I met him online through Yahoo Personals (before you had to pay). It was a great conversation and a friendship quickly developed. We talked for 8 months before we physically met and after that it was LOVE...lol.

At that time, I was living in Ohio and DH was living here in Virginia. We were both college students and couldn't uproot ourselves to be together. He finished college in 2003 and we started to make plans for moving in together. Finally in 2004, he moved to Ohio and our life together began...officially. Due to the economy in Ohio DH wasn't able to find a job and a year later we decided to move back to Virginia. The economy here is much better and we were both able to find work in a matter of months.

In March of 2006, DH asked me to marry him and we were married in May 2006. Due to me being in school and pursing my Bachelors degree at the time we decided to put starting our family on hold. In August 2009, I graduated with my Bachelors in Early Childhood Development and we started looking for our first house.

In December 2009 we bought the house...so we decided that it was time to start our family. We knew that some challenges were going to be ahead of us. Mainly the one of me having PCOS. I was diagnosed in 1999 and have fought it most of my adult life. The main symptom that hinders our TTC is that I don't ovulate every month. I do however have regular cycles....but it is a guessing game if an egg is gonna be released.

After 6 month of trying we were blessed with a positive pregnancy test. It was a fluke that I had been testing and it came up positive. However as soon as our elation had started...it ended. We had a chemical pregnancy. This means that the egg and sperm meet, but does not implant into the lining of the uterus.We decided to put off trying for a few months and started up again in October. In December, we got a false positive and this has deepened our sadness and longing for not having the baby that we so very much want.

So with that said...we have decided to start TTC using a fertility monitor and herbal intervention. Over the course of the  next few days I will explain what we are using and how it hopefully will improve our chances for a healthy pregnancy.