I took Clomid again (for the sixth time) in May. Last Tuesday a nurse from my dr.'s office called and said that my level for this cycle was around a 1. Not such great news as last time. But, my nurse said that she had a feeling that my doctor would go ahead and send me on to the fertility specialist to figure out what's going on (since it doesn't make sense that one cycle my level goes way up and the next one it does nothing). On Wednesday, I went ahead and called the fertility specialists' office to get an idea of the wait time to get in for my first appointment. They said that it's about a two month wait, so I asked to be put on the waiting list and told her that I can come in with little notice for the next two months since I am off for the summer. Thirty minutes later she called me back and said that they had a cancellation and asked if I could be there in an hour. Heck yeah I could! I feel like it was meant to be that I called and it worked out like it did.
Anyway, I went last Wednesday. I left feeling positive because Dr. Detti already seems to be coming up with a plan of action for me. But, I am also a little nervous because she came up with a couple new ideas on the cause of all this, which has me a little freaked out. I don't want to be permanently diagnosed with anything else! I've already got plenty of little labels from all this. I know it's all going to be worth it in the end. :)
2 comments:
Who are your doctors? How long were you trying before you got on Clomid?
I've been off birth control since December 06. For the first year and a half we weren't really focusing on trying. Our thought was just "We'll let it be and see what happens."
Then in 2008, I started getting more concerned and my ob/gyn suggested I go ahead and take Clomid. I wasn't ready to wrap my head around it then.
But, then when I had my miscarriage in Feb. 2009, I realized that I was ready (with some coaxing from my wonderful Dr. Joe that it doesn't mean I am a failure and that I am not playing God) to try the Clomid. So I began it May 09. At times my dr. has had me stop taking Clomid and to take just progesterone pills instead, thinking that will help. They also had me to take a cycle off from time to time to let my body "reset".
I think normally doctors want women under 35 to try for a year before they begin Clomid. But, I am sure all doctors are different and judge case by case.
I am going to Fertility Associates of Memphis (fertilitymemphis.com) and am seeing Dr. Detti. I really like how organized they are, that they are open on the weekends during the morning so that you can call or go in if needed, and that they seem to immediately jump into planning for tests to figure out what to do to help.
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