Yes, I am starting to blog

I have decided that I am going to start blogging. After reading some blogs of friends and family I thought why not give it a try? I feel that this will help me get some of the issues I have been having lately out of my system. I plan on blogging about the process we have been going through with trying to conceive.

Yes, Dan and I are trying very hard to expand our family by welcoming a baby into our lives. This started out as a very exciting journey for us, one that we can dream about and we didn't think that we would be where we have found ourselves today. They always tell you in high school how easy it is to get pregnant, not that I am condoning teenage sex it isn't by any means as easy as they say it is.

On to our process-- May of 07 we decided that we were ready to get off the pill and take the "not try but not prevent" route. We were going to put into the hands of God and see where that would take us. But as luck would have it I was having trouble getting into a "regular cycle" To back peddle a little bit my body has never seen a "regular cycle" not even while on the pill. I had my period in July, September and November and then not until February. I went in February for my yearly exam and explained what was going on the past year and that we want a baby but I felt like it was impossible with the current 90 day cycle. (Do you know how much $ goes into HPTs when you are waiting to start?) They looked through my history (two ruptured ovarian cysts both ending in surgery) and my irregular cycles and thought the problem could be lack of ovulation. So they told me once my cycle started to come in on day 21 for blood work to see if I had ovulated which the results showed that no, I did not ovulate that cycle. Which brings me to a few weeks ago.

After finding out I don't ovulate on my own Dan and I met with my Dr. to explore our options. He said that we can start with Provera and Clomid, I would have to monitored and they also wanted Dan to give a "sample" although this was not comfortable for him he was a trooper. After we got the results and found that his numbers are all a-OK we could start the meds. The Provera is meant to bring on my period 5-7 days after the last pill and is to be taken for 5 days. After waiting 66 days for my period (pre provera) the provera worked and I got it after being off the pills for 5 days. Once my period came so did the planning.

I started taking Clomid (which is to help me ovulate on my own) on day 5 (Monday May 19th) and I take that for 5 days. On days 12-21 is our "sex-a-thon" Day 21 I go to the lab for blood work to see if I ovulated and on day 30 I go for an ultrasound and to meed with the Dr. We will see if it worked, if not we will up the dose of Clomid.

Lets hope it works!!! :)