As many of you know, Mark and I are going through a difficult time with creating a family. As far as we know, this is due to me. (Of course, right?!) I have a condition called PCOS or poly cystic ovarian syndrome. Meaning, my hormones are all out of whack and always have been. This causes everything else to follow suit.
I sought out the help of a fertility doctor in December and have been traveling down a rough road every since. It all started with 8 or so trips to the doctor's officein January for various stabs, pokes, physical exams and tests all to determine what the OB guessed I had in the first place. After all of the running around and taking 1/2 days off work a couple times a week to figure out what exactly was going on, I met with Dr. Kopher, my new fertility doc. Since then I have been off and on taking Clomid to try to get things running right.
I am currently on round 4 of the drug, halfway through my doses. After last round was a complete failure I don't hold much hope for things working out well this time around, and I am hoping that when I go in for yet another 'follicle study' on the 25th, that we will be able to talk about what needs to happen next.
I spent a good portion of my morning looking up the next steps in treatment and it looks like I will be working my way to injection therapy in August.
Fingers crossed that this is drawing to a close because I don't think I can take much more.
The last 8 months have been some on the most emotionally draining and heartbreaking I've every had to face. I always thought of myself as a tough person but PCOS is determined to knock me down a few notches.
On a much, much happier note...
Congratulations to John and Chrissy Papagianopolous on the birth of their baby girl, Alexa, this morning! She is beautiful and I can't wait to meet her.
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