First Response

At my first Dr.s appointment (concerning conception, or rather lack there of), the nurse got my history, vitals, and all of the normal stuff. The doctor briefly looked over my information and immediately diagnosed me with PCOS, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (basically-I don't ovulate). It took Dr. P two minutes to diagnose me, no blood work, screening panels, just assumption. Oh, before I left he did do an ultrasound, which showed that my ovaries did in fact look polycystic. He wrote several prescriptions, one for a prenatal vitamin, folic acid which helps reduce the chance of birth defects, and good ole Clomid(induces ovulation). And if memory serves right I was given sample packs of Actos, which was supposed to help us get pregnant. I know that isn't the "normal" purpose of that drug, BUT if it can help us get a baby then hand in on over! My cycle had started the day I went in for that visit, so I quickly got all scripts filled. I was supposed to take the Clomid on days 5-9 of my cycle. I was very doubtful that this was going to work. About mid cycle I remember being in horrid pain, I thought for sure that AF was coming. I waited impatiently until the earliest day that I could test. I bought that First Response test since the box said it could show positive up to 5 days sooner. To my surprise I had a BIG FAT POSITIVE!!! Okay Okay, it was a very faint positive. I called the docs office and the said to come in the next day to confirm the pregnancy. The next day they had me pee on their stick and did an ultrasound. The ultrasound showed a ring of pregnancy in my uterus. And as I was leaving the Dr. was standing at the nurses station looking at something and he ask me if I thought the test showed positive too. Yes, the thing he was looking at was my pregnancy test.......eeewwww. It did in fact have a very, very faint positive.

The beginning of my future

This is my first post on my first blog so I'm not sure what to say or where to begin. I wish I had started this blog many years ago, I wouldn't be sitting here trying to figure out how to organize my history so that it would fit into one post. So I'll just start and see where I end up.

I met Jaime, my husband, in 2003. We started dating almost immediately. Boy had I fallen in love.... Maybe it was his blue eyes or his personality that got me hooked. We dated for two years before we got married. Yes we were both young, but it felt so right. The first year was a little rough, it was definitely a learning year. We decided to leave conception in the hands of God. After a year of just going with the flow. I realized that something was wrong we should have been able to conceive. I kept a closer eye on timing, did some research, and finally came to the conclusion that maybe I had infertility. Two years after getting married and ttc, we STILL had no baby. I made an appointment with a local OB/GYN to try and get some answers. The nurse got all of my history which at the time wasn't much, I had irregular cycles and ttc unsuccessfully for nearly two years and that was it. Really, that was all I had. No history of any illnesses or surgeries.

And that was the beginning of ONE of my many, many files!!!