Showing posts with label trying to conceive. Show all posts
Showing posts with label trying to conceive. Show all posts

Wednesday, 20 June 2012

A plan

So I've made a plan for the next month.

Reluctantly back to bc for the next month. Me and dp don't like condoms but were going to have to use them for a little while.
I can't take the pill, and don't want anything semi permanent since we want to ttc in a few months (otherwise I'd get a IUD). So that's it for now.
Basically we're going on holidays next month down the coast then up the coast, then overseas to Vanuatu (yay!!).
Only problem there's a small risk of malaria on the island. That means anti-malaria medication.
No way do I want to risk conceiving whilst on those pills - I've searched around and apparently there are too many risks.
Has anyone taken them while ttc/pg, or know anyone who has?
(I plan on taking either doxclycline or malarone, I've taken doxcycline before and had no issues but apparently it's the more detrimental drug...)

So as much as I want to let nature do its thing... not in July.
There goes the romantic notion of conceiving on a tropical island!
Anyway, 5 more days until i get my blood test results... Kind of want to ring up just to see, but i know they won't tell me over the phone!

Friday, 15 June 2012

What's wrong with my body?

When I first went to my gp (a few months ago) with no af she diagnosed me with secondary amenorrhea and ordered some tests... after a bfn of course...
Her first thought was that I had no af because I was underweight (I somehow, not intentionally, lost 6kg) and only weighed 46kg.
So I've been stuffing myself and still have only gained about 1kg...
She also did blood tests and the only thing that stood out was prolatin. Mine was unusually high at 919.... (normal levels are 85-500). This was over a month ago and I am re-testing tomorrow.
She thought this was due to stress (I didn't think I was stressed?) from working 3 days and having uni for 3 full days. Here I was thinking I could handle it, and I thought I was. Reluctantly I cut down my hours to relieve pressure on myself, sacrificing that extra money I'm trying to save for our house deposit.

I also had an u/s about a week ago and that just brought up more questions.
- No signs of a baby of course (still broke my heart a little.... I know I'm dreaming)
And talk about being uncomfortable? One thing I'm not looking forward to when pg, I'm prefer a pap any day over an u/s... lol

Wow where do I start? Talk about a lot going on down there??

Firstly I had or have endo... (probably why I use to have such painful af)
I have a slightly solid nonspecific nonvascular hyperechoic lesion? (Got to love that medical mumbojumbo)
I have more than 20 follicles on my ovaries and probably pcos (even though I'm under not over weight and don't have excessive hair growth?)

My gp referred me to a gyno which I have an appointment with at the end of this month.
So now the impatient wait for more answers!

Where i am today

So here's a catch up on my situation. I really want a child and would love one now but am not actively ttc until I finish my university degree. So although were not ttc were not using an bc because a miracle now would be fabulous and although I want to finish my degree, I know I can still finish it if I'm pg. However, no matter how much I want to get pg, I don't even know if that's possible at the moment... I have had amenorrhea (no AF) for just over 6 months. I don't even know if o is possible. I've looked it up online and supposedly it is possible without af, however I haven't charted anything as I think I'm scared if I do it might show that I'm not o and have no chance of being pg. Each day without af I hope that a miracle has happened and I am somehow pg, but I still don't know what's going on with my body.