Down but not out
Sep. 11th, 2008 11:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
twoweevilsArgh. My results from yesterday were not good. My estrogen level fell. The doctor isn't sure why this should be and felt it didn't make sense to continue with this cycle. I was very upset and ate an indeterminate number of white chocolate macadamia cookies. And they weren't even all that good.
I cried on the phone with K (who will be home today, yay!), emailed the sperm bank to cancel my delivery request, and went to bed early feeling sick. I was going to skip listening to the fertility meditation thingy because I was feeling disgusted with the whole process and thinking of just giving up. After tossing and turning for awhile (greatly disturbing Miss Ella), I decided to listen to the damn thing because it makes me sleepy.
It may have worked. When I woke up this morning, I was feeling much more serene. I'm going to book an acupuncture appointment for next week. I called the doctor first thing in the morning and asked if I can continue with cycle monitoring anyway this month as a way to get a handle on what else might be going on. She agreed that we can proceed with Day 10 blood work and ultrasound as a diagnostic cycle - minus the injections. I'm kind of surprised she didn't suggest this herself, actually. I mean, I haven't been monitored throughout my cycle in more than 3 months. It might be interesting to see what size follicles I'm producing, how big they get before I ovulate, if ovulate at all. Especially with the weird estrogen decline.
Plus, it will give me something to do and give the naturopathic treatment extra time to kick in.
And, on the off chance that I produce kick ass follicles and my hormones are looking good, there's no reason we couldn't call the sperm bank and have them do a next-day shipment. You just never know.
M.
I cried on the phone with K (who will be home today, yay!), emailed the sperm bank to cancel my delivery request, and went to bed early feeling sick. I was going to skip listening to the fertility meditation thingy because I was feeling disgusted with the whole process and thinking of just giving up. After tossing and turning for awhile (greatly disturbing Miss Ella), I decided to listen to the damn thing because it makes me sleepy.
It may have worked. When I woke up this morning, I was feeling much more serene. I'm going to book an acupuncture appointment for next week. I called the doctor first thing in the morning and asked if I can continue with cycle monitoring anyway this month as a way to get a handle on what else might be going on. She agreed that we can proceed with Day 10 blood work and ultrasound as a diagnostic cycle - minus the injections. I'm kind of surprised she didn't suggest this herself, actually. I mean, I haven't been monitored throughout my cycle in more than 3 months. It might be interesting to see what size follicles I'm producing, how big they get before I ovulate, if ovulate at all. Especially with the weird estrogen decline.
Plus, it will give me something to do and give the naturopathic treatment extra time to kick in.
And, on the off chance that I produce kick ass follicles and my hormones are looking good, there's no reason we couldn't call the sperm bank and have them do a next-day shipment. You just never know.
M.