Agreement

I went to the doctor today and got some interesting feedback. At the suggestion of a friend who saw him for similar problems, she said to write out the history of my periods, miscarriages etc. As I did I realized again, how crazy my periods are! Anyways, we went and he read through it, explained some likely causes and then said that he really thinks that I have a problem not producing enough progesterone. Interesting. :) He said the reason why he thinks that is because my periods are irregular and because of my miscarriages (of course this is the watered down version). Basically he thinks I have a Luteal Phase defect. He also wants to check my thyroid (which I have had checked like 4 times), but a different test that would require different medicine etc. and also do a test to really find out if my adrenal gland has problems. So it comes back to progesterone. But he suggested something that made more sense. He is giving me a pill that stimulates my body to make more progesterone rather than just adding to my bodies store of it which I should take even before we start to get pregnant so my levels are already high. I also told him about the pain that I was having, but he wasn't worried about it because 1. anything that would be causing the pain (like a fibroid or cysts) make it hard for you to get pregnant (and I don't have that problem) 2. it is in the same place that my colon is and the pain always came right before I had to go to the bathroom (embarrassing... haha). He also said that I most likely did not ovulate when I had the crazy periods, which is another reason he thinks my progesterone is off. I had another doctor who said that, and she said it was a miracle that I got pregnant when I did because most of the months I wasn't ovulating. He seemed like an awesome doctor and he has a plan b, c, d...which is nice. Our other doctors just told me to not worry and keep trying and one would eventually work out. Yeah right!! Like I want to risk more miscarriages than I have to. He was proactive which I really liked. So who knows, maybe the journey is coming to an end and if not, I have a good doctor that will help us think of other things that might be wrong. I am trying not to get my hopes up, praying sincerely that I don't think this is the fix if it isn't which would hurt even worse. We are not certain this is it, and so I am just banking on the fact that it is not. Is this the right thing to do, or do I get hopeful risking more hurt from hoping? Who knows...

"Be grateful for tests in life. If you're not tested, it means you are not worth testing."--Theodore M. Burton