Hcas's WTT Journal

[HCas]

Hello all.

So my and DH have decided to offically go onto WTT while I have a few medical issues taking care of and we recharge after almost two years of trying.

So here's a little about us:
We're both 23 and have been married for 8 months, together for 5 years and 8 months. We started trying to conceive a year into our engagement due to my irregular periods and us realizing it would be harder for us. A few months after that we learned I had PCOS. And months after that I was started on metformin. After 15 months we finally went to an RE specialist. We were on our way to starting clomid when we were given the opportunity to adopt. Knowing we wouldn't be able to afford both we decided to hold off on fertility treatments. We are now happy parents of a 5 month old. She has been with us since she was born.

We never stopped trying throughout this. We tried many different things to try an conceive, but due to my medical problems it was hard to stick to anything more than a month and as a result we continued to be unsuccessful.

Last month my pain doctor informed me that my chronic back pain I have been suffering with all my life may be being caused by my facet nerves so I will be started something called a facet block, which pretty much means they will be taking long needles and sticking them in my spine to numb the nerves. If that takes care of the pain they will go in a kill off the nerves. During this time we realize it would be unwise to continue TTCing.

So now I have a rough timeline for our wait and starting back up.

Rough Timeline:
Facet blocks finished by end of November
First cycle after start Black Cohosh
Start ovulating around March
Start TTCing middle of March

Of course this all changes depending on those procedures and how long they take.

But anyways I thought I would make a journal to kind vent and all while waiting. Thanks for your time reading this and please join me. Talking to others helps pass time.

 

[HCas]

So yesterday I was finally able to schedule my appointments for the facet blocks. Due to some issues we ran into with insurance I am going in today for the first procedure. Yep, that's not nerve racking at all. Like don't get me wrong I'm happy that this is getting done, but if you've ever looked up a facet block like I have....and watched a video or two on who it's done, you would understand the panic.

The needles are longer than I am wide! Lucky I will be knocked out for this so yay for that.

My other two appointments are also scheduled. I will be done with this before the end of November. So my plan needs just slight revisions, but in a good way.

So all 3 procedures are two weeks apart from each other. The first two are just them numbing the nerves in my back to see if that helps my pain. The third one they kill off the nerves. Welp wish me luck. Hopefully this means everything will get better and we'll be on the road to TTC again a little sooner.

 

[HCas]

So yesterday went pretty good, but it was long and hard. I had my procedure at 12:45 and I was back for about an hour in a half. Lucky it did take care of most of my back pain. I only had a small band of pain about an inch above the injections for a few hours. After that the numbing went away and I felt horrible pain. /but the fact that it helped at all is a sign that it did indeed work.

My doctor is suppose to call later today to see how it went so we can plan the next step. As for right now I do have my next appointment on the 10th, where they will probably do the same locations again and add on right above to take care of that band of pain.

I'm really happy this is all getting done so fast and seems to be working. Hopefully after this is all done and some dental work is done so much stress ill come off of me that I can actually get pregnant. I don't know, but maybe between that and my medicine and herbs everything will finally start working nicely.

Oh and to kinda go off of that. My dad added dental to my insurance for me so I can finally get some well needed cleaning, whitening, and fillings. another thing that some people say could be interfering with getting pregnant. Who knows maybe this time next year we'll be getting ready to introduce a new member of our family to the world.

 

[HCas]

opps didn't even realize I put this in the wrong forum moving now