So a lot has happened since I last wrote. My daily chronic migraines are back with a vengeance, I have had one nearly every day for the last month and a half. I went to the Neurologist and told him of our plans to TTC (Trying to Conceive) and he flipped out on me, told me I was too old and on too many medications to have children. Needless to say I left in tears. Yes Rob and I have finally decided to seek fertility help. I had my first appointment last Friday. I really like the Dr I saw, she is up at the University of Utah. She seems really familiar to me. So we started off with a bunch of testing and I got some results back yesterday. I have B+ blood :) I am immune to Rubella and I have less than normal eggs left for a woman of my age. She said not terribly low and we can work with it. So I have 4 more tests we have to do. I am waiting for my period to start (any day now :) ) to have 2 of them. On CD (Cycle day) 3 I have to go in for an ultrasound of my uterus and ovaries, she will also look for reasons as to why I bleed like freaking niagra falls the first few days of my cycle. Then on cycle day 7-12 I go in for an HSG test where they insert dye into my uterus and fallopian tubes to check for blockages, I've heard it hurts....not looking forward to that, but it has to be done. Then Rob and I are having some genetic testing done to see if we are carriers for certain diseases, if we are both carriers for certain disease she said we could do IVF (In Vitro Fertilization) and test the embryos and use ones not affected. Then my poor hubby has to go in for a semen analysis. Then we go in for a follow up appointment and to have a game plan as to what we will do as far as having a baby goes. Rob has EXCELLENT insurance as we are covered fully for Artificial Insemination and/or In Vitro. So that's where that stands. Oh on another note, my progesterone levels confirmed that I ovulated this cycle which is the 1st time I have ovulated in 5 months! I attribute it to the Inositol powder I started taking about 7 weeks ago. So doing the happy dance there, I won't need the ovulation inducing meds since I ovulate naturally. I have seen my Psychiatrist about staying on medications while pregnant. Rob has seen me off medications (a few years ago) and it was not pretty. I have bipolar, anxiety, OCD.......It's what lead to my suicide attempt and I was horrible to live with. So She said that I would have to go off the Topomax (using for Migraine Prevention) which I already knew, the Mirapex (restless leg syndrome), but I could stay on the rest of the meds during pregnancy. We also added in Lamictal which is a bipolar med since the Wellbutrin being cut in half (antidepressant but it increases my anxiety) doesn't help my depression much. She said the lamictal will help with the depression.
I have days like today where I am utterly and hopelessly completely wiped out. Anxiety was bad today, depression was in full effect and a migraine from hell.....I got home from work and our psycho neighbor wants to cut our tree back out of her yard because it bugs her that it hangs in her yard. And I bet the city contacts us soon for our tree hanging in the street because she casually mentioned that too.....she's a nutty nut nut.....but this is the first interaction we've had with her. She used to pester and yell at my sister who lived her all the time. We've almost been here 2 years....I think my hubby intimidates her. Should be interesting because she usually cuts the tree back to the trunk.....hubby will NOT like that. I told her she could cut it to her property line and no further.........we shall see....I have a feeling she's going to experience Grumpy Rob.......he's intimidating :)
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