Some of you know that Josh and I have been trying for about 3 years to get pregnant to no avail. Two years ago my cancer treatment put baby-making on hold for a while but otherwise we were always trying. I went to my OB/GYN three weeks ago for a pre-conception appointment to have some labs done to make sure I was healthy and able to conceive and carry a child. I got my lab results two weeks ago only because I called and aggravated the nurse to the point that she finally returned my call. When she finally did call me back her tone of voice was as if I called every hour for the past week…very annoyed & very unsympathetic. She told me that everything came back normal except my FSH/LH ratio was off. She gave me no numbers and no advice other than to go get an ovulation kit so that they could test my progesterone and to get on a weight loss program.
So, as always, if I want more answers than what I’m getting from the doctor, I do my own research. Needless to say, the answers I found were horrifying to me. Everything I found said that the FSH/LH ratio being reversed was an indicating factor of PolyCystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS). PCOS is the leading cause of infertility in women and there is no cure. This was the result I was most terrified of.
I called my mom who works for a chiropractor and she told me to have my doctor’s office fax them a copy of my lab results. She called me back and said the results weren’t as bad as the nurse made them out to be and Dr. Spann had ordered me some supplements that would, hopefully, help. I also called Dr. Phillips, who specializes in fertility issues & who I had heard wonderful things about. They got me in to see him the very next week.
So, this past Friday at 11 I posted a status on Facebook asking for prayers and that I would elaborate on the reason later. I was sitting in Dr. Phillips waiting room at the time. I instantly liked him and felt comfortable with him. He told me that after looking at my lab results that he did not believe that I have PCOS. Music to my ears! He also said that I probably wasn’t ovulating and that’s why I haven’t gotten pregnant. So he prescribed Clomid for me which forces the ovaries to produce an egg. He said if I’m not pregnant by May then to come back in and they’d run some more tests but that he expected to hear from me in a couple of months with a positive home pregnancy test. :)
So, there you have it. Another crazy situation in the life of Jessica. One doctor fired, one doctor hired and hopefully a baby on the way in the very near future. I ask for your continued thoughts and prayers as Josh & I try to add to our little family.
