There was good news, all of my hormone tests came out normal. My FSH was 6.6 so I don't have to worry about premature menopause anymore. Jon's SA was good. (WHEW). The only thing that was at all off was my u/s. There were several follicles in the periphery and the center of the ovary was slightly bright, which would indicate slight polcysticness (is that a word?) but the hormones don't indicate it. So that leaves us where? Everything seems to be in working order except that it is not working.

The doctor had me do more blood work for TSH and thyroid antibodies to rule that out. Part of me hopes that that is the answer. My mom and her brother both have thyroid problems and it would explain so many unrelated symptoms I have: extremely dry skin, brittle nails, exhaustion, the list goes on. But I think it is just wishful thinking that there would be a pill that I could take everyday that would get rid of all of my aches and pains. The doctor also gave us the option of getting a referral to a GYN at the local hospital. In this country you just have your GP and all OB stuff is pretty much taken care of by midwives, unless you have a problem, and all GYN stuff you have to be referred to. The waiting time is 10 weeks for an appointment. That puts us in the middle of June, which would be okay. I think all they will do is put me on clomid and I would like to try some alternative stuff for a while first, so I'm okay with the wait. But I have been to this GYN clinic before and I was the yougnest person there by about 40 years. I just wonder about the quality of care from someone who normally only prescribes HRT. Even more frustrating, four days ago the rules changed and before that my doctor could have referred me to any GYN clinic I wanted, so I could have done some research and picked one I liked, but now their hands are tied and I have to go to the local one. At least the antenatal clinic is on a different day so I won't have to run into any pg women while I wait, just women 10 to 20 years older than my mother.

On an aside, isn't it wierd that they call it antenatal care here instead of prenatal? I know ante- is different from anti- but they pronounce it the same way, and it always sounds like anti- to me. It cracks me up, except when I am feeling down, these big pg women going for "anti-natal" treatment.

Anyway, we are going back a week from Friday to find out about the thryoid stuff and schedule the GYN appointment. In the meantime I am just trying to come up with ways to cope with tomorrow, CD100. That was the other thing about the u/s, no maturing follicle, so again no O in sight. I am still taking my temps but it is hard to be enthusiastic about it anymore. I am only still doing it because it saves me money on HPTs. Speaking of that, I can end on a bright note. One of the big pharmacy/stores here is giving away HPTs from the end of April for two weeks for people who are testing for millennium babies. I am pretty much out of the running for that, but at least I can take advantage of it and stock up. I'll just get everyone I know to go and get one for me. :)