I know I have people who are interested in staying updated with this journey I'm going on. I'm sure there are others who don't care. I want to document what's going on because infertility is not talked about enough.
We went to a consultation with the specialist about 3 or 4 weeks ago. We are in diagnostic phase, which means up till now we've really not done any treatment.
I had blood work done the end of June to check my hormone levels at the start of my cycle. They came back normal, so that's good news. It was a process getting the blood though. I was poked 4 times before they sent me to a lab. Darn my horrible veins. I'm still a little bruised on my left arm.
The next step was to get a Saline Infusion Sonohysterography to see if there were any issues with my uterine wall or Fallopian tubes.
I definitely have PCOS. My ovaries are enlarged, and I have a lot of cysts from follicles that have tried to ovulate and been unsuccessful. Besides that, everything else was normal.
So, we'll have to wait and see what happens next. I get more blood work done next week as well as another ultrasound to check "mid cycle" stuff. (With 5 - 6 week cycles, mid cycle is kind of hard to pinpoint.
Infertility is a lot of just waiting. It's difficult and not fun at all. Hopefully something will come from it, though. Now to just try and lose at least some of the weight that PCOS has brought on.
Happy Independence Day!
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