Maybe Good News
I can’t believe it’s been 3 days since I’ve updated my blog! What’s wrong with me?? I feel like a bad Mom or something. This week just seems to be escaping me. Quickly!I did go to the doctor for my 7 day post iui blood workup yesterday. Actually it’s just my Progesterone levels they tested. No sono, no meeting with the doctor. It was literally a 3 minute visit, I was floored. Usually there are a handful of women in there and I’m in and out in all of an hour or so, but not yesterday. I was actually the first / only one there. They told me they would call in the afternoon by 3pm if anything to report. This is usually protocol.
My phone rang around 2:30. The nurse told me that the doctor wants me on Progesterone supplements…intra vaginal suppositories to be exact. Mmmm. Fun. The nurse also made it very clear that this does not mean that I AM or I AM NOT pregnant. Point taken. I’ve read horror stories from women who are on these things. But, I gotta do what I gotta do. So I get instructions that the pharmacy who distributes these little fun pockets will contact me and deliver them tonight. I get the call, go through all the insurance b.s. and they got here around 9:00 last night. They aren’t as bad as I’ve read…yet. The instruction packet warns of side effects such as abdominal pain and swelling, extreme fatigue, depression, mood swings, amongst many other really scary things you wouldn’t want happening to your body/ mind. Besides the depression, I have all of those NOW! Can these things actually make it worse? Because honestly, if I get any more tired, I probably shouldn’t leave the house because I’d be a threat to society out on the road!
Despite the instructions and graphic details on how to administer the meds…I wonder how many people actually still try to swallow them…LMAO!!!
So now we wait until the tail end of next week for anything more. In the meantime I saw my acupuncturist this morning for a support session to help raise my progesterone levels as well. Besides it is uber relaxing! Ahhh, I love it.
Otherwise, nothing new going on ’round my hood. Things are status quo.
February 6th, 2008 at 11:54 am
Dude.. you so don’t live in the hood.. Though u are missing a back porch.. hehehe..
Can I say how happy I am.. you can come join me in my state of depression.. maybe we can come up with a plot to take over the world? or maybe I just watch way to much Pinky and the Brain this weekend while tending to my sick wee one.
February 6th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
still have my fingers crossed for you.
February 6th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
I was on those progesterone supplements for the first 14 weeks of my pregnancy. In fact, I believe they are what saved me from miscarrying my molly girl. I really hope this is it for you.
Good Luck, hon.
February 8th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
Yeah…progesterone supps aren’t fun. I was on them for the first 14 weeks but I got to do the very fun progesterone-in-oil injections through a 18-gauge needle to the arse. Have you seen an 18-gauge needle? It closely resembles a coffee stirrer. You can almost see through the doggone thing. For real. The “inserts” didn’t deliver a big enough dose for my pathetically insufficient system. I did use them for a few days before that determination was made, though, and they were yucky.