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Hi there, welcome to my blog. Yes I am a drama queen and yes I have been deemed “infertile” by a few of the medical experts in the great State of Colorado but that hasn’t made me give up my quest to have children quite yet. My husband and I have been on the emotional roller coaster of infertility since March of 2009 when I stopped taking birth control after being on it for ten straight years. I have been keeping a journal since the start of this process and thought I would share it with all of the other incredible women out there who may be going through the same thing or similar thing that I am. At age 28, I have been diagnosed with Premature Ovarian Failure (POF). With no history of fertility problems on either side of my family and normal periods before going on the pill, I was left to accept that I have this condition and that there is no medical explanation for it. Since receiving this diagnosis from a fertility specialist in May 2009, I decided I simply wasn’t going to accept that I wasn’t going to have children with my own eggs. I jumped into the world of Eastern Medicine, worked with an Endocrinologist and even went on a fertility diet trying to get my ovaries to start functioning normally. The conclusion I have come to is this…..having Celiac Disease (Gluten/Flour intolerance) and continuing to eat flour throughout most of my childhood and part of adulthood caused my body to produce anti-bodies that have now started attacking the organs/glands in my body. After a visit to an endocrinologist in December 2009, it was determined that I have ovarian antibodies which are essentially antibodies produced by my body that only attack the endocrine system. No doctor has actually confirmed my self diagnosis that the Gluten Intolerance caused this but Celiac Disease is an auto immune disorder and any auto immune disorder can cause your body to attack itself. I am currently waiting to see a Reproductive Endocrinologist to see what the next steps for me will be. I have read that doctors can try and stimulate the Pituitary Gland to get your Endocrine System running again or that you can be given steroids to help restore ovary function. I am hoping to receive one of these treatments in the near future but only time will tell. In the past 10 months, I have watched many of my close friends become pregnant while I remain a sad statistic. This blog contains my thoughts as I struggle through the process of figuring out what in the world is going on with my body and how I continue to try to stay upbeat and positive about my fertility and enjoy my life. I hope that my blog can help others would love to hear from other women going through the same thing, inspiring stories or anyone who just needs encouragement. I know and understand how difficult every day can be once you have received the POF or infertile diagnosis and want you all to know that I am here for you. Please note that some of you may feel I am sharing to much information (TMI) and for that I am sorry. If you want to read my blog…you get all the details. You never know what will be helpful to someone else right? God bless everyone and I wish you luck on your fertility adventures:0) Remember mind over matter!

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Infertile – a horrible word used to make women who are already feeling bad about themselves want to jump into a pool of chocolate fudge and eat their sorrows away only to realize that not only can they not get pregnant but now they don’t fit in their clothes. A word so easily tossed around by doctors that they don’t even realize they are saying it and a word that you never under any circumstances should google unless you want your brain to explode.

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Coming December 2012........

Today is Tuesday, April 3 and we received very good news! My beta HCG test last Saturday was around 240, they like to see the number double between the first and second reading. Today's reading was 1,348 which is way more then double. When the nurse called, I was out to lunch with my mom and my grandmother and I had stepped away to take my progesterone and asked them to answer my phone if it rang. Somehow they managed to miss the call which I was not happy about but I anxiously called Conceptions back and waiting for the nurse to get on the phone.  As she identified herself I took a deep breath and waiting to hear my results. She sounded happy...so that was good and I didnt know how to react as she told me my number was very high. I waited until she was done talking and then asked if the high number meant that it was twins. She hesitated for a minute and then giggled and said that she has seen one baby have high readings and two have low readings so she couldnt say for sure. She did say that she wouldnt be surprised if it was twins. I then asked if it was normal to have cramping and spotting still and she said that was perfectly normal and that with my high reading she would shocked if I wasnt having cramping and bleeding. That made me feel better because I had stopped spotting on Monday and all day today have been spotting. We scheduled blood tests once a week to make sure things were staying on track and scheduled the ultrasound where we will see how many babies we are having on April 23rd!!! I was so excited and overwhelmed with emotion that I forgot to ask her if I was allowed to travel which my boss needs to know so I will have to call back tomorrow.  I am 4 weeks and 3 days pregnant and my due date is December 9th. It is official I am pregnant!!! I have known for 5 days and it still hasnt sunk in...hopefully it will soon.
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Reading Materials/Other Items That Have Helped Me

  • Inconceivable
  • Making Babies by Sami S. David, MD & Jill Blakeway, LAc
  • pre-seed Fertility-friendly Intimate Moisturizer
  • restoring fertility - yoga for optimal fertility dvd - you can feel it working!
  • Taking Charge for Your Fertility by Toni Weschler, MPH
  • The Infertility Cure by Randin Lewis, Ph. D.