Not a patient patient

Well, if you've made it this far in the blog posts, congratulations and THANK YOU!  I'm impressed that you're still reading and haven't decided that you could be spending better time elsewhere :o) 

Through the months of September and October I was taking my Metformin, taking my temp each morning and using ovulation predictors and we still were not having any luck.  I still wasn't ovulating and if I did, it wasn't until VERY late in my cycle which isn't good either.  Late ovulation usually results in a poor quality egg that either cannot be fertilized or isn't viable once it is...either way probably not going to result in a healthy pregnancy.  As more time went on, the less patient I was becoming.  The Metformin wasn't working the way I had hoped it would and I wasn't being very patient.  I knew that there was no point in calling my OB/GYN back because I already had an appointment scheduled for December, so that would go nowhere in October.  The more information I found on PCOS the more apparent it became that we needed more help than my OB/GYN could give us.  After much deliberation and insurance policy research, I decided to jump in with two feet and schedule a consultation with a Reproductive Endocrinologist (RE).  Needless to say I wasn't patiently waiting to see whether or not the meds would do what Dr. T thought they might.

REs are what are most commonly referred to as "fertility doctors."  Matthew and I discussed whether or not we needed to take that next step and the more we talked about it the more it became clear that we did need to get some additional help.  So at the end of October we had our appointment with Dr. H for the first time. 

Our first appointment with him consisted of A LOT of health history questions.  We spent a good 45 minutes talking with him about both of our health histories, family histories, etc.  After all the questions were finished I had an ultrasound (the first of MANY I would soon discover.)  After the ultrasound we discussed PCOS and his take on it.  He instructed me to increase my Metformin dosage every day and then began to discuss various treatment options. 

Since this post is starting to get long (like all of the others...again sorry!) I'll save the treatment options for a later date! 

If you've made it this far you can see that it hasn't been an easy process.  Just when it feels like we might be making a little progress there is another hoop thrown at us to jump through.  As a friend explained it to me one day, trying to conceive with fertility problems is a marathon.  I have to completely agree.  It's definitely not for the faint at heart and you really have to pace yourself while embarking on this journey.  If not, no one would make it to the finish line and finally have baby that they're so desperately trying for.