What a whirlwind the last 4 months have been. After the aforementioned move and the holidays, we've finally been able to take a deep breath. While enjoying our new home, we decided that one thing was still missing... a baby. There are countless posts on my blog about us trying, experiencing loss and taking (massive) breaks.
We've been on a 'break' since the end of 2014, but now feels like the right time. If you ask anyone when the 'right' time to have a baby is - they will say never. There's never a right time.
But this feels like the most right time ever (for us).
Obviously giving it the good ol' college try didn't work so we started at a new Reproductive Endocrinologist.
My new RE had to have the following attributions:
1 - don't tell me that IVF is the only way that I will be a mom.
2 - please, act like I'm a person.
3 - understand me and my past and how it shapes me and my decisions now.
Our new place succeeded and met all of my demands (without me making them, of course).
We did the meet & great, talked about the past, talked about the future. It felt great. They wanted to re-test EVERYTHING - 8 vials of blood later we know the following:
- my prolactin is elevated (we knew that already)
- my TSH (thyroid stimulating hormone) is elevated (we did NOT know that)
What now:
- medications to regulate my TSH, then back for bloodwork
- then ultrasounds, meds, syringes -- the whole kit & caboodle.
Thanks for reading. Thanks for being a support to my dude & I. Just, Thanks.
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