"Ouch" Results

News was good that the biopsy ordered by the RE came back clear of atypical/abnormal pre-cancer cells. Whew. However, it did confirm something that has been noticed in many of my IF tests in the past... mild hyperplasia. It adds to my body's out of whack hormones, but it's not a reason that I can't get pregnant. I found another blog today with someone who has a very similar background to mine & we both took the de.po prov.era shot in the past. She's about to go through her first IVF cycle. I've always had suspicions that this shot has a lot more to do with my lack of ovulating than any doctor will admit. In fact, one nutritionist said to me that he wished he could throw out that shot & that I had come to him years ago with my cycle issues. I wanted to say- You and me both!!!
Something exciting for me to think about... PC & I are going to take a baby-step (not IF related!) and meet with a builder tomorrow to get some ideas & input on building a house. We've been enjoying this rental house & not thinking about it, but we're also not getting any younger- why does everything remind us of this- and need to think about our future home:]

TTC Naturally

In this time between treatments, of course there is always the hope for one normal cycle & the chance to conceive without IF treatments. I've had 2 friends lately, one deals with IF due to severe endo, to email about something they have heard. I'm always open to trying things... what can it hurt? So, the first piece of advice was to purchase pH sticks from any pharmacy and use them (POAS) to test your body for acidity/alkalinity &, depending on results, change your diet to reach a state of alkaline. The second was to have a test for celiac disease for an intolerance to wheat, again depends on results, that requires a gluten free/casein free diet. I'm still finding out more about this. So, here are my goals for this time of TTC naturally...
1- get more exercise
2- try to eat healthier & check into above tests
3- continue acupuncture
4- take vitamins
5- ovulation monitoring
and...put some fun back into it!

Ouch!

Had a day 5 endometrial biopsy today as part of the final tests before getting the greenlight for IVF. OMG. On the infertility pain-o-meter, this would be 2nd only behind the tubes test. When I first started IF treatments, I dreaded the needles... now I'm like... "wish it was just a shot!" The results from this will come in next week. I wrestle with why I'm going through all of this when I could be pursuing adoption... & don't have a great answer except for it always comes back to those darn "I wonder/what ifs!"

Infertility Vent 2

Yesterday I had 5 vials of blood drawn for various tests, had 1 orange drink to test Glucose, had to wait 2 hours to get 1 more vial of blood drawn. Then, I had 1 ultrasound where 1 cyst was seen & 1 additional vial of blood was drawn and the end results: 1 pack of birth control pills! Good Friday didn't start out so great! BCPs put the whole IF process in neutral (or reverse) but the intention is to regulate hormones for one cycle and try to reduce the cyst. On the bright side, the day was spent with PC and later in the evening with a good friend and... we're one weekend closer to a much needed vacation!