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Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 15:17:32 -0600
Subject: Success Story for LizP
(Sorry if this is too long!)
I am 36 years old and married for the second time to my dear dh Chris
since September 98. No kids for either of us. I went off BCP in July
of 99, thinking I would be pg in a couple months, have a baby in the
late spring/early summer and have the summer off.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
(Sorry, just had to laugh at my ignorance!)
My periods became regular by September,
and I found this wonderful site
shortly thereafter. I started with the Green Tea,
and Geritol right away. I started temping and realized I O'd on day
16 of a 28 day cycle. We timed bd perfectly for three months
running and I thought for sure each time that was it.
Suddenly I realized this was not going to
happen like I planned. Major depression, obsession,
and a willingness to try anything. I added Robitussen to my routine.
I noticed no cm at all. I tried to find my cervix, but never did. I
even sent away for a mail order speculum and tried the "speculum, mirror
and flashlight technique". Couldn't see it. The next cycle
(December), dh and I both got the flu, I O'd 4 days late, and had really weird
temps the whole cycle.
I gave up and focused on the next cycle. I started taking EPO, 3000 mg
daily, starting at AF. By this time had forgotten
about the green tea and geritol. I had gotten these small stones with
words on them from a catalog. I dutifully put "hope" in my pocket and
carried it around each day. I made an appointment with a RE, but couldn't
get in until May 17. The appointed week arrived. I was due to O on
Saturday, day 16. I thought we would bd on Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday, since we had tried daily every other time and that didn't work.
I gave dh "TCOYF" to read, so he would understand what I was doing. BIG
MISTAKE. Dh got so paranoid and stressed out that he couldn't "finish"
the act. We tried on Thursday, but no luck, then Friday dh got bombed
at a party and passed out. Oh well, I thought, don't panic, we
still have tomorrow morning. Well, the next morning I woke up to find
my temp had already shifted...I had O'd on Friday. We hadn't bd since
Monday, so I knew there would be no hope. I was so distraught I got
up and left the house - I couldn't even stand to look at dh I was so
upset. Later that day, when I came home, I had a major meltdown, sobbing my
brains out cause I didn't think dh understood, and we had wasted a
precious month.
AFter talking it out, I decided I needed a break,that I would wait
until the RE appointment and not really do anything
until then. I was convinced that we would not become pg without
medical intervention. I stopped looking at the board every day, and went
about my life. My stress began to recede. Dh and I would bd just for
fun again, and it was much nicer. I decided I would work out every
day and get ready for my trip to Mexico at the end of February. I did
continue to temp because I thought the RE would want to see that. I
made an appointment with a new doc, since I wasn't really happy with the
one I had. That appt was for April 4.
Last Friday, on a whim, I decided I would go to the
current doc and ask for Clomid. I thought my estrogen was a bit low
(tested at 10 on cd 3) and I never had good cm. I made an appointment for
Monday, Feb 14, which should have been cd3, just in time to start
the Clomid. My temp dropped to 98.1 from 98.3 on Thursday, and Friday I
expected it to go below cl, but it didn't, it went back to 98.3. Then
it stayed up and af never arrived. On Monday, when I got to the doc, I
said, well, you'd better do a pg test. They did a blood test, which I
waited for, and to my complete shock and surprise it was positive.
They did a progesterone level to ensure it was OK, and it was. I still
can't believe that it's real. I should have had no chance to getting pg the
way we timed bd, but it just goes to show, you never know.
I will forever be thankful for this site and the
wonderful ladies on it - you made this possible, each and every one of
you!!!!
Good Luck and ++++++ to Everyone,
Elizabeth (LizP)
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