hello....i know i technically dont belong to this thread but i just wanted to pop in and say sumthing positive. sorry if my thread is a long
i'm 31 now...was 29 when i started trying...i had v irregular cycles all my life...sometimes as a teenager i used to skip entire 3 months! i sort of always knew that i would have fertility issue...so i was mentally prepared for it. I got married wen i was 27 (Feb 2009). Had decided to start trying in a years time so my first gynae put me on birth control pills..this regulated my cycle to a great extent...but after a year wen i decided to stop pills and start trying, i got diagnosed with a gall bladder stone and hence went back on pills for 6 - 8 months since i had to recover post op and could nt be pregnant then as it would cause problems
then in feb 2011, went back to same gynae to start trying seriously...got my LH and FSH and the results were LH 7.1 and FSH 5, prolactine 22.3 and testosterone 0.32...this was CD2 results on blood work...i'm putting in the details so that all u ladies can get a comparison chart. USG showed multiple tiny follicles....long story short, I was a classic pcos borderline case. DR told me to go on metformin for 6 months.I refused and went for a second opinion.
In March 2011, i went to the second gynae who said don't go for metformin. she did a manual examination and said i have a retroverted uterus so thats y it wud take more time anyway as compared to a normal couple. no medicines prescribed. try for 6 months and come back. during the 6 months i BBT charted, used OPK and could never figure out ovulation....so back i go after 6 months to report zero progress....she says try for 6 more months and come back...please note that i as 30 at the end of this 12 months!!! so i go back again in Jan 2012 and insist i want to try clomid and i want to be monitored for my cycles....so she refers me to DR no 3
so now in Jan 2012 on CD5, i go to DR no 3 who is a fertility specialist...he immediately prescribes clome 100 for 5 days (CD 5 - 9)and says to come bk on CD 10 for monitoring. he also says i do not have a retroverted uterus as per his scan!!! I'm putting down results of US monitoring for any1 who would like to compare
CD 10 - 14.5mm and 15 mm (2 follicles)
CD 12 - 19 MM (took LH strip test in clinic and it was -ve)...try sex on day 13 and 14
CD 15 - LH positive on test, no US, he gives me HCG shot 10000, try sex for next 3 days and come bk after 15 days
CD 19 - CD 26 - get period like cramping and decide that its not happening this cycle so on CD 26 have sex (a bit rough)
CD 27 - start bright red bleed for abt 1 hour...convinced period is on its way so call up doc for CD 28 appointment
CD 28 - do HPT before going to clinic and surprised that its +ve. Am dead sure its the HCG 10000 shot which is causing the positive
CD 28 - go to clinic. DR does US. bleeding has stopped and periods not started....i mention the +ve HPT and he insists i do it again in clinic...its +ve again...he sends me off for the HCG blood test for pregnancy
CD 29 - results in...OMG...its +ve...i'm pregnant:happydance
since i had a slight bleed and i did not tell doc it was due to sex, he puts me on HCG 5000 shots for every 3 alternate days for a 3 week time frame so as to prevent any miscarriage
at week 5 he tests for Heart beat and its not there so he increases frequency of HCG shots. at week 6 US, there is a HB.....no bleeding
as you can see from my signature in now 17 weeks + 3 days....waiting for my anomaly scan in week 20
so moot point.....clomid does work first cycle and miracles do happen
i know this is a very very very long story....but i hope it gives u ladies hope and cheer
PS- please pray for me that everything goes OK in scan