So I decided as I was laying in bed last night that this blog is really for me to record thoughts and feelings. Sometimes I forget about this main reason for my blog and worry about what those reading it will think. But I need to forget that and I realized that if I write something people aren't interested in reading, then they can just skip over it to get to the part that they like. So if I write something you don't care to read then go ahead and skip it. But I am going to write things that happen and not worry that it isn't interesting to everyone else.
Well, on that note last month I decided that I wanted to chart my cycle using the BBT temperature format to get some information and hopefully more leads on what we should do before getting pregnant again. At the end of the month I looked back and realized that I indeed had a short luteal phase and therefore low progesterone. I did know that with BBT charts you need to have a trained doctor look at my charts to determine if this was the case. So I called the doctors office that I wanted to go to when we get pregnant again and asked to make an appointment with a doctor that is trained to read BBT charts. They were able to make me an appointment for the next morning which was a slight miracle in and of itself because that was the last appointment he had free until the middle of March! So I went in and saw him and made a plan to not tell him any of the conclusions I had come to through my research about the things that could be wrong and therefore treatment. I find that when I tell doctors about what I think is my problem all they do is tell me that is right and don't give me any other information and ideas. For most of this journey I have been my very own doctor. So to hopefully get more information, I just waited for him to draw conclusions from my last chart. He did confirm that I have a short luteal phase and this means that my progesterone levels are indeed low (which was confirmed by a day 21 progesterone check--they were SUPER low even though I ovulated). So with this in mind and something that was unknown before any other meeting with a doctor, he gave me a list of things that I can do that would be the most proactive plan that he gives to those others of his patients that have recurrent miscarriage. He gave me like 3 more very very proactive things that I can do to help prevent multiple miscarriage. He said that I can do the other things that the previous doctor who retired on me (the nerve!!) said I should do. But he was a little worried about me taking the Femara because he said that he usually only gives it to those who have a hard time getting pregnant and since we do not have a problem with that he said that our chances for multiples increase more than it does usually for those who take it and have infertility problems. The chances for multiples in our situation is higher than even how high it is in the first place...and I didn't even tell him that the previous doctor wrote me a prescription for a double dose that is now sitting on my refrigerator (I had it filled a couple months ago because I wasn't sure when I would feel it was ready to get pregnant again) so I wonder if that increases my chances even more! haha So needless to say, we are going to pray about that because he was pretty worried about that as he said it is a pretty likely thing. But if it isn't supposed to happen, then it won't. So far we feel good about it and so if we are supposed to have multiples then we will and if not, then we won't. :)
I do know that even if this whole huge proactive plan doesn't work that we are on our path to finding the answer. I have felt strongly I should get as much information and the most proactive plan I can before getting pregnant again. So that is a comfort. There is a chance that it will not work out this time around and with this pregnancy. But it sure is nice to know that I am doing everything I can and now I am placing it in the Lord's hands. It is so incredibly nice to have that comfort.
I do feel REALLY good about this new doctor and I am really excited to have a good doctor that I trust and is proactive. It's funny because I only met with him once, but I had such a good feeling about him as my next doctor. I had such a horrible experience with my last doctors who I was with during my 3rd miscarriage that I wanted to find someone completely new. So I am thankful to have a doctor all set up for when we decide to get pregnant! My other good doctor that I saw was only a specialist and wouldn't deliver babies, but this doctor is not a specialist and so he could deliver our baby(s) if we have them here while we live here. It was so nice that he has a really good plan and he did say that when he puts his other patients who have had a problem with recurrent miscarriage on this plan, it has worked really well for them. So we are glad to have more things to do and more proactive things to do before we get pregnant again. It is nice to have more plans because I feel that with this the time where I feel comfortable to get pregnant again is getting closer. Well I might add some more stuff later but I got to go.
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