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I have a diagnosis
May 30, 2006
Well I don't know whether anyone is reading this diary yet, there don't seem to be many people on the diarys at the moment, but anyway, I am glad I have this diary, so that I can write down my thoughts and feelings, so that hopefully, one day, I will have a record to show my future child how wanted and loved they are. So here goes:
You already know my story up until now, so now I will fill you in on my latest news, at last I got to see the specialist/consultant.
I live in the UK, and things are done here very differently, than they are done in America. For starters, we don't have medical insurance, we use the NHS, which is paid for out of our taxes. I new that I would be waiting forever, about 6 months get an initial appointment, so I decided to take advantage of the special private health membership I have been paying into since I started working for the civil service.
My GP referred me to a place called Benenden, which is a hopsital run by it's members for its members. I got an appointment within 2 weeks of being referred, I was really suprised. Anyway, the Dr/Consultant was really nice and I immediately felt that I was in the right hands and that soemthing would be sorted out, so this is what I found out.
I have really bad Polycystic Ovaries, which has caused me to be Insulin resistant, which means that my food isn't all being converted to energy, but fat also. This is why I am overweight, and the extra weight causes the cysts to become worse, so it's like a viscious circle. The PCOS also causes me to have elevated Testosterone levels, which is why I have bad Acne accross my back and chest, and I always have greasy hair, so it's nice to finally know why.
So Dr H, wants to start me on a course of Metformin, to get my weight under control. We basically aren't allowed to TTC for 6 months, and then I will be monitored to see if I start O'ing, as I haven't been.
To top it all off, my DH Nigel is also infertile. His Morphology only came in at 8% normal sperm, which apparently isn't good enough to get me pregnant, even if I was O'ing. So, we have to do another SA, and if that comes back abnormal too, Nigel will have to go to London to have an in depth analysis. If it never gets better, we will probably have to go down the IVF, IUI route, so we are hoping the next SA comes back better.
In the meantime, we are keeping positive and looking to the future. We now know what is wrong and why we didn't get pregnant in a year, and I am sure it will all turn out all okay. What more can I do but stay positive?
Another interesting thing Dr H said, was that he didn't think I had ever been pregnant, and that's how I will be treated regardless. When he looked at the scan I had had. He said that the lining of my womb hadn't been thick enough to have been pregnant, but really am not sure. At the consultation, he said that my womb lining was only measuring hald the thickness it should be for that stage in my cycle, so I am wondering whether this was the case when I got pregnant. Maybe, it could not implant properly, if my wom wasn't thick enough. Whatever happened, I mourned and still mourn that baby, so whether existed in real life or not, it existed un my heart and always will forever.
So that ends this diary entry. I may not write that often at first, as I am not actively trying at the moment. I will keep it upto date with events etc, but not every week.
Baby Dust to al those in the world TTC, I hope everyone gets their BFP and have a Happy Healthy 9 months.
Helenxxx
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