Reproductive Endocrinologist

Today was my appointment with the RE, Dr. Stewart in Kansas City.  I was nervous and excited to see a specialist in reproductive medicine.  My mother was nice enough to come to the appointment with me.  Going into the appointment I knew that what Dr. Gleason had been doing had been working with me to get pregnant, but I wanted to know what the best treatment options were for me when I was no longer interested in getting pregnant.

Currently I am taking Clomid to "trick" my mind into making my ovaries produce eggs, in Dr. Stewart's words.  Since I am in the middle of a cycle prescribed my Dr. Gleason, they stated that my insurance may not consider it a consultation :( and that the visit may not be covered.  Insurance companies can be a little ridiculous if you ask me, but back to the appointment.

Dr. Stewart advised me that each month, when you ovulate, you only have a 9% chance of getting pregnant.  It is a miracle that anyone ever gets pregnant, but we all know it happens.  He made PCOS sound very simple and I guess in the long run, it is a very simple form of infertility to treat compared to other forms. I feel like he put my mind at ease.  Since I am on CD 15, he advised me that he would do an ultrasound and tell me when I would ovulate.  It is not covered by insurance but for peace of mind and to know when I would ovulate, we went ahead and did it.  I have never know when I ovulate and with PCOS it can be hard to know.  I feel like this gave me a peace also. 

God has a plan for all of us and He knows what is best for us.  He is teaching me a lesson in patience and humility that I need to learn.  I have been very blessed with Landon and every day I just stare in wonder at Landon and love him even more.

Through this blog, I have already received support that I would never have known about and am thankful that God lead me to start this.  I pray that through my struggles and trials that God will use me for His will.  There are many girls out there that deal with for many years and most people do not even know that they do. 

On a lighter note, when we got home and Landon and I were hanging out.  He started straining and I asked him, are you pooping?  He looked straight and me, smiled and stated loudly, "NO."  But I decided to check his diaper and in there laid a nice pile of poop :)  So funny