So as part of my diagnosis conversation, my doctor told me that some women naturally conceive with my condition, but it is very very rare.
He then said that someone women ovulate if you put them on the pill for a few months and then take them off. The clinic can then track the cycle with blood tests and tell you when to get busy.
He also said that I will need to go on the pill to make sure that I get the hormones I need. That or Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT).
My head is a Venn diagram of notes that don't jive!
So let me get this straight. I might be able to conceive if I ignore all his advise, but he thinks it would be helpful to go on the pill and then off for one month. Okay, say my ovaries return from their holiday while I'm on the Pill and magically remember how to do their job and that somehow creates a a great month of statistically possibility - why do we have to get blood work all month long - can't we just be clever rabbits and have sex ever 36-48 hours like we currently are? And speaking of statistics, say my odds of spontaneously getting myself “spontaneously” knocked up are shockingly low, then how much better does the pill withdrawal trick have to be since that is basically 1 chance in 4 months where currently I might have 3-4 chances to ovulate in that time frame. Okay maybe my ovaries are more dead than I realize, but still.... So lets assume they are really nearly dead and aren't tricked back into life with this whole birth control adventure, wouldn't HRT at least leave open the possibility of conception more than birth control hormones? I know there are other health reasons to take hormones, but that wasn't part of this discussions. Doctors have let me go on with failing ovaries for years without any action, so how much more damage could a few months now and then off the pill really really be. My bone scans are still fine. My sex drive is best its ever been. The hot flashes are rarer.
Really doctor I feel the best I've ever have, don't screw it up with hormonal cocktails – they aren't fun.
Or is he just giving me some time to 'try' very unlikely things while I come to terms that its really egg donor or nothing, then a life time of HRT/the pill.
About me
- Smiling
- As a teenager, I lost most of my ovaries during the surgical removal of bilateral dermoid cysts. I was left with a smiling scar just like my mother's Cesarean one. No one hinted that only ten years later I would be racing my mother through menopause! Well, technically its premature ovarian failure, but the hot flashes sure are the same! But while she gets to gracefully age, I have to figure out how to fit my twenty-something dreams into my new reality. This is blog is my space to less than gracefully start that journey. UPDATE: I post now over at circlesbecomeme.wordpress.com Email: Smiling.scar at gmail
1 comment:
I so hear what you're saying. I heard much of the same thing from my docs after we learned my one ovary shriveled and the other went missing. Honestly, almost the exact same words. I could never decide whether they were placating me, trying to give me hope, preventing me from asking any more questions, or honestly had some evidence to back their comments. I'm still not sure.
A lifetime of HRT isn't terrible - just think of it like this. Now you'll be able to set your watch to your periods. No more irregular flows. And I have been able to see a lot of positives in the egg donor route as well. Please feel free to email me privately whenever you want. I'll be reading...
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