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Hi ladies, sorry I couldn't update sooner, yesterday was jam packed and we've hardly had a chance to take everything in!
We were asked if the results of my last ultrasound were explained to us - this was done by our crap ex GP! - we said yes, he said there were very few mild follicles which were too mild to determine as PCOS and to warrant further testing til we'd been TTC for longer.
The consultant said he'd finally managed to view the pictures (he tried at our first appointment before all our tests but it was locked and he had no password!) and actually, those "few mild follicles" were CYSTS! My heart sank a little and I couldn't believe our old GP had fobbed us off!
Anyways, he explained that it looked likely to be PCOD rather than PCOS (not sure what the difference is) and then went on to say all my other tests were fine. He reassured us that DH's sperm sample was fine too but didn't mention numbers, all I could see was that the first sample was something like 69 million and second was 66 million. I can't remember which sample was which but morphology on one was 9 and the other was 10. I've no idea if the morph is good or not but the number of swimmers is good!
Then my consultant blew me away. I was genuinely expecting more tests but when they mentioned the cysts, I was wondering whether that would mean a drilling op? But he said that other than the fact I'm not ovulating, everything looks great so the only issue we need to solve, is the oving.
He's prescribed me Norethisterone to take for 10 days, 2 tablets a day, then to do a pregnancy test. If BFN, to start CLOMID from day 2 til 6, continue with my cycle then obviously at the end to see if we're pregnant and to take the Norethisterone again for 10 days then to continue my cycles like that.
I'm a bit confused cos he's given us a 6 month prescription and so wants my cycles to be 30 days each. I'm a bit confused with the timings of the tablets at the end of the cycles. Do I start taking Norethisterone at the end of 30 days? Wouldn't that mean there's 10 days between each cycle? What if the Clomid means I ovulate (if it works of course) later than suspected, therefore a pregnancy test wouldn't work cos I was testing early, then started the Norethisterone thinking we weren't pregnant but in fact it was a late ov?
If anyone could help me out, I'd be so grateful!
So today is day 2 of Norethisterone as we started this yesterday. I'm so excited but I am aware it doesn't always work for everyone, but I have no reason not to be optimistic - I really feel positive about things now that we know what's what.
Oh and he doesn't want to see us for 7 months cos (in his words) he's expecting us to not need to see him unless we come back pregnant. He also said if it doesn't work, we'd try something else. No idea what!
x x
We were asked if the results of my last ultrasound were explained to us - this was done by our crap ex GP! - we said yes, he said there were very few mild follicles which were too mild to determine as PCOS and to warrant further testing til we'd been TTC for longer.
The consultant said he'd finally managed to view the pictures (he tried at our first appointment before all our tests but it was locked and he had no password!) and actually, those "few mild follicles" were CYSTS! My heart sank a little and I couldn't believe our old GP had fobbed us off!
Anyways, he explained that it looked likely to be PCOD rather than PCOS (not sure what the difference is) and then went on to say all my other tests were fine. He reassured us that DH's sperm sample was fine too but didn't mention numbers, all I could see was that the first sample was something like 69 million and second was 66 million. I can't remember which sample was which but morphology on one was 9 and the other was 10. I've no idea if the morph is good or not but the number of swimmers is good!
Then my consultant blew me away. I was genuinely expecting more tests but when they mentioned the cysts, I was wondering whether that would mean a drilling op? But he said that other than the fact I'm not ovulating, everything looks great so the only issue we need to solve, is the oving.
He's prescribed me Norethisterone to take for 10 days, 2 tablets a day, then to do a pregnancy test. If BFN, to start CLOMID from day 2 til 6, continue with my cycle then obviously at the end to see if we're pregnant and to take the Norethisterone again for 10 days then to continue my cycles like that.
I'm a bit confused cos he's given us a 6 month prescription and so wants my cycles to be 30 days each. I'm a bit confused with the timings of the tablets at the end of the cycles. Do I start taking Norethisterone at the end of 30 days? Wouldn't that mean there's 10 days between each cycle? What if the Clomid means I ovulate (if it works of course) later than suspected, therefore a pregnancy test wouldn't work cos I was testing early, then started the Norethisterone thinking we weren't pregnant but in fact it was a late ov?
If anyone could help me out, I'd be so grateful!
So today is day 2 of Norethisterone as we started this yesterday. I'm so excited but I am aware it doesn't always work for everyone, but I have no reason not to be optimistic - I really feel positive about things now that we know what's what.
Oh and he doesn't want to see us for 7 months cos (in his words) he's expecting us to not need to see him unless we come back pregnant. He also said if it doesn't work, we'd try something else. No idea what!
x x
on cd 14.
