TTC Fustration

Oye Vey! This has turned out to be a very fustrating 4 1/2 months. I thought for sure we would be pregnant by now. I have had to be put on my 3rd round of Progesterone. I am not happy about this one bit. I have voiced to my current OBGYN that my old OBGYN in OK didn't use pills but gave me a shot of Progestrone, which worked wonderfully in getting everything jumped started. I am starting to think that the pills are part of the problem that I am having (my body is use to that one BIG amount of Progestrone not small amounts over a 10 day period) and why I have to keep going back on the Progestrone every 5 to 6 weeks. She did up my Clomid to 100mg which is 4 times as much as I took to get Pregnant with Edward. She didn't give me a refill this time though for the Clomid, so I am thinking that she is thinking if my cycle doesn't do what it is suppose to do this time through then she is going to refer me to a fertility specialist. Do to time lines and an agreement that Kirk and I made a long time ago about how far we are willing to go to get pregnant on this crazy infertility trip we are on, this would close all doors for us and Edward will be an only child. So basically now things are really up in the air about another baby. If you have been praying for us, please continue to pray that GOD's will be done in this situation. Thank You!

Here We Go!

Just wanted to give an update that we (well I) officially started Clomid today! Please keep us in your prayers during this time. I go back to see my OBGYN in June, if nothing by then, not sure if she will up me to a higher dosage or what.

Still Trying (UPDATE 3/14/09)

Well Kirk is off to another doctors appointment on the 20th (unfortunately that is the same day that Edward and I have a field trip with our homeschool co-op group....ugh I will be 650 ft under ground...talking about panicking) to see the specialist. I went for my appointment at the beginning of this month. I have to go back in 2 months to see my OBGYN again for a follow up appointment. She informed me that my PCOS is out of control and needs to be reined back in. I am following her recommendations to get things back under control. Please pray that I can get it back in order and that Kirks appointment goes well. This is agonizing.

*****UPDATED*****Jan 20,2009*****

Kirk had his appointment today. The Doctor declared him 100% A-Okay. So it is a problem at my end. We now wait and see what happens with my PCOS and if it can be gotten back under control by then. Please pray that it gets under control and we can get on with the program.

@@@@@ UPDATED @@@@ March 14, 2009 @@@@

Well, I went to my follow up appointment with the OBGYN on this past Monday. I haven't had my cycle since Jan, so I spent all of Feb wondering if a miracle have taken place. After 3 home test and a blood test, much to our disappointment...no we weren't pregnant. It was just my PCOS acting up. My OBGYN put me on a 10 day progrestrone therapy to get my cycle jump started. Once that gets going....it will be back to taking sessions of Clomid. We will start out on 50 mg this time (twice as much as we took to get pregnant with Edward). I am praying for Gods Will but have asked him for a girl, would love to get pregnant in April, so she would be born in Jan 2010...which would make me just over 37 plus no birthdays on either side of family in that month. So if you have been following this, please pray for us and God's Will. Even though this is what our hearts desire, that doesn't mean it is what is in God's Plan for our family. We have to trust that He knows what is best for us.

DH's Appointment

DH had his appointment today. Good news he isn't on the bottom of the pile so to speak but he isn't at the top...he is basically average. He has to go back in 2 months, the doctor wants me to go with him. So back to the Clomid we go. Of course the doctor told DH he wanted him to loose some weight and to go back to not smoking. Ever since his accident it has been hit and miss with the smoking thing. I know he is trying and that is all I can ask of him. It is that time of year for me to go see my doctor, so we will see what she has to say now that DH's been to the doctors and all. Will keep you posted.

Update on DH's Test (UPDATED 7/11/08)

I will try to keep this family friendly but let you know what is happening. We finally got DH's test results back after almost 3 weeks of waiting on pins and needles. Count is good, mobility is down and some are misshapen (this is called Sperm morphology...this is usually seen in guys who are smokers or drinkers). We have been referred to a specialist (I think that he might be a Urologist). DH and I will be discussing this. I don't know how DH will feel about all the tests that I have read that they will want him to go through. Men are kinda funny about that stuff, well at least DH is. He had a hard enough time going to get this initial test done. So I will keep you posted on what we decide to do and if there is even something that we can do about it. I think some of this ties to DH's Accident that he had. I guess the specialist is the only one who will be able to clarify this for us though. Well just thought I would let you know. I know that this is a touchy subject with some of my readers, while others are very supportive and want to know. Sorry if I offend anyone. Just want to put it out there because we sure can use the prayers for God's guidance and will for us in this situation.

*****UPDATE*****
DH has agreed to go to see the doctor. However the doctor has a long wait to see him, so the appointment wont be until Sept 30th. In a lot of ways this is good, DH seeing the doctor that is. This will get some of the MEN tests that he needs to have done any way for health reasons. It is a Urologist that he will be seeing. They will preform various tests on him and then we will have to wait for the results, I am guessing that the wait will probably be as long as the wait we had on the initial test that started it all. Of course I will keep you posted as to what we find out. Thanks to everyone who is praying for us.

Waiting on Pins and Needles (update about DH's test)

Well here we sit, waiting on pins and needles for DH's test results. He went a week ago tomorrow to get his little "soldiers" counted. I just called the OBGYN's to see if they have gotten the results yet and they said it can take up to 10 days! 10 days??? 10 days with all this hi-tech technology that we have. Oie Vey! I just want this part over with so we know what we are dealing with and if a 2nd baby is even possible. I just can't handle all the ups and downs that come with waiting every month to see if we were successful or not. I will let you know what we find out.

Still Trying for Number 2

Just a quick note to let you know that we are still trying for baby number 2. I had to go in a week ago today and have a sonogram done. It wasn't to see if everything was alright for us to have another baby but because I was having very bad stomach pains and issues. All is well it turns out besides some cysts in both ovaries but that goes with having PCOS and they will come and go all time. So I have been given a clean bill of health and my stomach issues were related to the cyst bursting. Since all is well there, we decided to quit dragging our feet and get Kirk into the doctors to have the count done that he needs to get done, in order for us to continue on with fertility treatments. Since he had severe bruising from his accident we aren't sure if there was damage done or not, that could be causing us not to be able to get pregnant with number 2. So I am asking that everyone keep Kirk in your prayers Wednesday, June 18th, that he will be able to produce a sample and they will be able to get a good count from him (thus showing nothing wrong). Also please pray that if nothing is wrong and that if it is God's Will for our family, that we will concieve baby number 2 soon and have a healthy pregnancy. I let you know the results of Kirks test.