Onward and upward

AF arrived today, so on to cycle 6. I have a call into my Drs office about doing a HSG next month to see if my tubes are open.

St. Gerard

Today is not only my birthday, but it is also the Feast Day for St. Gerard (He is the saint whose intercession is requested for children (and unborn children in particular), childbirth, mothers (and expectant mothers in particular), motherhood, falsely accused people, good confessions and lay brothers.

O good St. Gerard, powerful intercessor before God and Wonder-worker of our day, I call upon thee and seek thy aid. Thou who on earth didst always fulfill God's design, help me to do the Holy Will of God. Beseech the Master of Life, from Whom all paternity proceedeth to render me fruitful in offspring, that I may raise up children to God in this life and heirs to the Kingdom of His glory in the world to come. Amen.

I pray St. Gerard hears my prayers, intercedes on my behalf and that I receive the best belated birthday present next week.....a BFP!

Good News

Today, I'm 1 DPO. I didn't O right after my + OPK as I normally do, but thats ok because I got some good news! Yesterday, I had my quarterly thyroid checkup with my Dr. (I'm have Hypothyroidism) and while my levels came back in the normal range, they are still a little too high for optimal TTC (it was 3.6). I'm currently taking 75 mcg of Levothyroxine and while the next dose would be 88 mcg, we have decided to skip that one and go straight to 100 mcg to see if my TSH levels will go down to the 1.0 range. I will have more bloodwork in 6 weeks to see what my new level will be.

I also discussed with her the protocol that TR patients have to follow after getting a BFP. (HCG blood draws every 48 hours until levels get high enough to confirm placement of pregnancy via ultrasound). I could have the RE that did my TR surgery do it, but insurance will not pay for the lab work, so with having my primary Dr do it I will have a better chance of insurance paying for it. We also discussed doing a progesterone draw at 7 DPO just to see what my level is. (A lot of women, who never had progesterone problems before, usually do have issues with it after a TR.) My dr said just to call the office whenever I need blood work done and they will get me in. She said she'll order whatever I need. How awesome is that? A dr who actually listens to her patients! Well, she has always been awesome though. :-)

So now we're just waiting until next week to do my progesterone draw and go from there. Hopefully, there won't be any problems with it and that'll be one less thing we can mark off the list of things that could be preventing me from getting pregnant.

O-K

I got my + OPK yesterday so I should see a very nice temp spike tomorrow to confirm ovulation! TMI: I've been having a LOT more fertile CM than usual. Hope that means good things and we get pregnant this month!! Not much else going on at the moment.

Interesting tibit....if I do get pregnant this month, my EDD would be July 6th....and since I would have to have a repeat c section, the baby would be born at least a week prior (assuming all goes to plan that is....DD decided to come early even though we had a c section date with her too)...anyway, back to topic, the baby would be born at least a week early....my late Papa's birthday was July 1 and I can't help but hope we have a little July baby. Plus, we already have Jan, Feb, June, Sept and Oct covered, so why not add a different month to the mix. LOL.

Simply put...

Cycle 5

Cycle 5 finally started today. It took a few days longer than I expected since my temps have been dropping for the last 4 days. I've been trying to keep busy, but as each month passes, its getting harder not to think that something may be wrong....am I ovulating strong enough, are we BD'ing enough, do I have a progesterone issue, are my tubes blocked.....endless thoughts. Which is pretty silly jumping to all of those conclusions since it can take "normal" (ie no tubal issues) couples a year or more to conceive as it is. I'm trying to learn patience, but its hard when your DH has put a time limit on things. Maybe God is just saving this BFP for my birthday (I should be O'ing a few days before.) What a glorious birthday gift that would be!