The extreme dizziness, nausea, and terrible constant headaches have only gotten worse and I was pretty worried. When I couldn't reach the endocrinologist, I made an appointment with my fertility doctor.
He was shocked by the labs! My thyroid levels were fine at my last test two months ago and now are dangerously high. It's caused my heart to work really hard which caused my blood pressure to go way up to 157/101. He lowered my prescriptions and I'll be seen in a month.
On a fertility related update, I started using ovulation predictor kits at the doctor's request to see if my ovaries have started working again (you might remember they were showing to be *dead*). This kit thing it awesome! In perfect time with *normal people*, the kit is showing the increasing hormone released by the ovaries! That means... They are working! I very likely did NOT lose any eggs and have plenty left like other women my age... Actually a few years YOUNGER since they've been basically frozen in time for the last three years. ;)
I've had this problem in my cycle of a very short luteal phase (the time between ovulation and the 1st day of the next cycle). Mine is 4 -7 days while normal is 12-14 days. This is a huge fertility issue because those extra days is when a fertilized egg makes its way into the uterus (HAH! That word auto corrected to iris. Heehee!) and snuggles in. Without this timeline, the embryo is just quickly expelled with the next cycle. Without much hope, I asked the doctor today if there was some magical medicine to make this time a normal length. All the specialists over the last 11yrs said no. This doc said, "yes! Of course! It's just a simple progesterone pill. It'll make your cycle a normal length." SERIOUSLY?!?!? We've been infertile for over 11 years and now I learn there is a CURE for my side of things?!? SOOOOO....our chances of having a naturally conceived baby just jumped from .001% to about 5%. Hah! Hey! That's a number I can live with!
We're still weighing our options with fertility treatments and have decided to wait a month or two before moving forward again.
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