Dr's Appointment and other news

Well I called the dr's office and finally got ahold of the nurse after playing a day of phone tag with her.  I have another dr's appointment scheduled for November 3rd!  Hopefully good things come out of this appointment.  I've been having pain in my left side-which could quite possibly be ovary pain.  This is kind of exciting because what if it means they are working correctly! lol I'm lame I know-but it's possible. 

Also in other news.  Today marks 4 full days that I dropped sodas like a bad habit!  Not only did I drop them-I also dropped every other type of liquid.  I've been strictly on water and I am so proud of myself.  Me=world's biggest Dr. Pepper lover!!!!  While it's been hard (yesterday I had my first headache!!) I keep remembering how hard I want to lose the next 10 lbs.  I want to be able to buy a size smaller pants.  I know if  keep pushing and keep my eye on the prize I WILL see the results I'm looking for.  If losing weight is the first step to becoming healthy and getting my cycle on track I am all for it! :) Please send major vibes I can hold off for a while longer.  I lasted 8 weeks last time on no sodas-but I was also allowing myself tea, gatorade, lemonade....this time it's strictly water.  I can do this!!! 

And the results are in...

I called the patient line because I hadn't heard from the Dr's office about Thursday's blood work.  To my surprise I heard "You have 1 new message."  I shot up in bed and turned the tv down.  Turns out the meds leveled out my DHEA and the results are "we're very happy with your levels-please call us for an appointment for your next steps."  I'm super excited but very cautious at the same time.  I'm ready to hit the ground running on this-too bad im slowly crawling with a weight attached to my legs. :( 

Weight Loss and more tests

I weighed myself.  And while I'm not comfortable enough to say how much I weigh just yet, I am proud to say I've lost 12 lbs this year.  While I've lost 12 lbs I am happy to announce that I've kept it off up to date.  My next goal is 10 lbs-which will put me at 22 lbs for the total this year.  This will put me under a weight I haven't seen in about 5  years.  This alone is exciting and if nothing happens on the baby front, knowing I am that much lighter is such an awesome feeling.
Last week I started taking dexamethason.  1 .5mg pill every 6 hours for a 48 hr period.  Apparently I have a high level of testosterone in my body which is a major factor in PCOS and while I haven't been diagnosed in that yet-I'm thinking it's coming and soon.  I did blood work to see if those pills helped my testosterone levels and eagerly waiting for the results.  I'm ready to move on to the next steps and I'm hoping to find out soon.  I hate waiting.  It make me more and more restless knowing I am literally in a waiting game right now and will probably be for a while.

How it began...

I was never "regular" growing up.  I took it as I was very into athletics and supposably that was known to make you irregular.  Fast forward to the months before marriage and Edgar and I abstained thinking it was just "that easy" to get pregnant.  We didn't want an "oops" baby before the wedding.  So after the wedding we decided to give it a shot.  Man we were in for a rude awakening.  I had a cycle of 130+ days.  I went to the Dr to figure out how to make my period come.  She gave me meds to jumpstart my period.  I also got about 8 tubes of blood taken and my first ever pap smear!  Talk about being overwhelmed.
Those test results came back with my prolactin hormone coming up high.  This hormone is what you get when you become pregnant which my dr thought this was causing my body to think I was pregnant which is why I wasn't having a normal period.  She gave me meds to try to lower the prolactin count and sent me for an MRI.  Apparently if you have pituitary tumors in your brain they leak the prolactin hormone and so I had to get checked for them.  Turns out-I was all clear.  Luckily the meds worked and my hormone is on average level now.  I've never researched so many things in my life!
Thinking I was in the clear and that I "should get pregnant now" I was ecstatic.  Nope-not as easy as it seems.  I've gotten more bloodwork known to man and each time there's always a next step.  I'm getting so irritated and feel like its getting harder to keep going.  Hopefully we see the end and soon!

Introduction

My name is Laura and my husband is Edgar.  We were married July 11, 2009.  I've always been opened to having a large family with a lot of kids-heck, we both come from them.  In no way did it ever cross my mind that we would have the troubles in which we are having.  
*A little background*
I lost my Father in 2003, my senior year in high school.  Not long after I lost one of my older Sisters and my best friend, LeeAnn, in November of 2008.  In June of 2009 (just 1 month before our wedding) I lost my Mother.  Times have been rough.  My family is now half the size of what it once was and knowing that kills me.  Not having my Mother here to let me know things will be okay kills me.  Having to deal with fertility issues with no one really here to quite understand is the hardest thing I've ever had to deal with. 

I feel when I open up to people about different tests the Dr is running, or when I have to go do blood work, or the sadness and emptiness I am holding onto inside-makes them think less of me.  Like I am burdening them with things that really don't matter to them. This blog is to help me vent, share, and document everything going on in this stage of my life.  You are welcome to follow along if you wish.