Saturday, July 30, 2011

Progesterone?

Alright, time for a quick little recap. On Friday I had an acupuncture appointment with my ND at the office where I work. It was great, but she told me she had not yet received my Day 21 progesterone lab results, which I was anxious to see. However, I had brought the mail in and saw a confidential letter that I did not open. Then, later in the day, I saw the opened letter sitting in her pile where I put files and things for her. And I couldn't help but notice that it had my doctor's name on it... and then my name. So, I did a quick peek and saw my PG levels. Now, I am not sure if she had not opened the letter before my appointment, or opened it but wanted to research it, or didn't have time to discuss it with me... but it was pretty significant! Normal levels range between 0.0 and 20.0 (roughly). To conceive, you need sustained levels at 20. It is not common to go much higher. MY RESULTS WERE 235! 235! Now I am on clomid and if there are extra eggs I believe you have higher PG levels, but that is ridiculously high!!! So, of course, I spent all afternoon researching and reading to see what it could be. There is speculation that high PG occurs in pregnancy, but it is not a marker of it. My BBT has been normal (not extra high), but I have wondered in the past if I have too high PG because it seems to take a long time for my BBT to come down, even after my period has started (normally it should drop right as menstruation starts). There are also a lot of posts online about high PG levels and multiple births! But it's not scientific and just more heresay. Still, I am kind of freaking out! And, when I told my DH about it later that evening, he "remembered" that the doctor's office had called for me. Ahhhh!!!!! But the office was long closed, and now it is a long weekend and I have to wait till Tuesday to find out ANYTHING! Ahhhhhhh!!!!

At least I know I did for sure ovulate, and I have enough PG to sustain a pregnancy. But is a pregnancy there? I don't know! I have been feeling slightly nauseous lately. And today after being out for quite a while I felt a bit shaky and like I was going to puke, and had to lie down. I've also had some CM discharge which is odd for this time in my cycle. And a few nights I have felt like "something" is going on in my uterus area. But this could all be in my head. It's not the first time! I could just be tired. It could be from the clomid or progesterone. Or it just could be my period coming early. I can't get my hopes up, although I really, really want to this time around. I feel like if this doesn't work, I don't know what will (well, IVF will but I would much rather not enter that route...). Please God, please!!!!

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