Long Overdue Update

HSG - Normal. The ink shot right up through my tubes and out into the void. No adhesions, no polyps, no cysts. It was quite interesting to watch my own uterus fill with ink and for the ink to literally shoot up through my own fallopian tubes.

Afterward on to my next cycle which was a very short 21 days. My bloodwork for Clomid was again, off the scale. My Estrogen level was up near 400 this time. Though I had a rather heavy flow I was called right back in immediately for an ultrasound to insure I was not indeed pregnant.

No pregnancy. No Clomid Challenge this cycle.

I was put on birth control pills for ten days to stabilize/even out my hormones. I am due to return to WIFEM on February 2nd for more bloodwork. If my hormones have stabilized upon this bloodwork and into my next bleed- on with the Clomid Challenge, finally. If my hormones remain out of kilter, on to other avenues of which I shall report.

To say I am frustrated and disappointed with this entire process would be another gross understatement. But contrarily I am also very positive. It is a mush of mixed emotions, confusion, discomfort and irritation. I am so very tired of the bloodwork, internal ultrasounds, estrogen levels off the charts and uneven cycles of menstration that I feel like I just stepped on a carousel that was spun at high speed!

My husband and daughter keep me in calm spirits. Much hugging. Much rallying of friends and now, family. Doctors assuring me that this type of situation is not uncommon for women seeking answers to their fertility issues; it is what leads us to clinics such as WIFEM in the first place.

I have met 3 women at the gym I just joined each over 40 and in similiar situations; married later in reproductive life and not able to have children. One woman adopted a baby from Russia who will arrive in the spring at the age of nearly 9 months. Another woman and her husband adopted two girls from China. The third and her spouse adopted a baby girl from China about 3 years ago. The very day they brought the girl home, Marissa found out she was pregnant with twins. :) It seems everywhere I go I find how our situation is so much more common than I ever realized.

All I want at this point is to find if I have any viable eggs and if so what it will take to get the little buggers fertilized and implanted in my uterus. Clomid is the key to this and until my hormones level out we cannot proceed with the Clomid Challenge!

Life here is sane; I have become an even further introspective and patient soul. Two very useful attributes that will add to the joy of raising a baby!

Thank you who visit this page. As the process progresses more additions will be set here as entries...


**I will also update on my low Protein C and S when that bloodwork has returned from the hemotologist...**