Fertility Journal completed and printed!

I am pretty excited about how this turned out.  I will start using it next cycle, want to keep using my current notebook so this cycle is all together.  It will be a lot less work for me on a daily basis a time-saver, gotta love that!

It has 50 double-sided pages that are a form (one form per page per day).  There are blanks for you to fill in all your TTC / health info... BBT, CM, fern, OPK, BD, meds, vitamins, as well as water, weight, exercise, foods eaten, blood sugar readings, symptoms, etc...

I am planning to use it for at least one cycle and contemplating getting a few volunteers to be "testers" and give feedback.  In the meantime, looking into the basics of how to offer them for sale at a reasonable price. Any advice?  Leave a comment if you are interested...

Testing mobile blogger. :)

Brief update

I just had a lovely chat with my Creighton practitioner.  I just love her.  It is so encouraging to hear that you're on the right track.  She is going to look into some things for me and I am also going to contact my Dr at the end of this cycle with all the info I have gathered (my bathroom looks like a lab -seriously!) and see about some more aggressive / long-term treatment.  Waiting is so hard and it seems we've been on this track forever - even though it's really only been since August since we've been actively pursuing this!  I am still encouraged with my temps, have only had one dip in the 19 days of this cycle - much more stable so far which is encouraging.  Still waiting for my peak this cycle but feeling much more positive thus far.  Tom has been doing my CrMS charting for me each night - somehow that helps my sanity lots!  :-)  That's it for now...

B12 and Metformin

This article discusses the malabsorption of B12 that taking Metformin causes.  I am planning to start a sublingual B12 supplement to be sure this does not become an issue.

Looking a bit encouraging

I am encouraged with this cycle so far (granted - only on day 9, but still)... my temps in the AM have been much more steady, haven't seen any peaks or dips showing hormone fluctuations.  I am hoping this continues, we will see.

I am upping my doseage of Metformin to 1500mg this evening which is where Dr. Yeung wanted me and we've gradually increased over 3 weeks now.  I am not noticing any side effects other than a bit of gassiness on the days that I have upped the dose.  Hoping that continues.  I need to get out more blood glucose test strips to check my fasting #s and see what kind of difference it has made.

We have decided to wait another couple months to see if the Met gives me a good strong ovulation before any further testing, etc... I am so anxious and excited, it's hard to be patient, but this is best.  :-)

Antibiotics done!

I am glad that is over.  I only had to take them for a week, but had several side effects that weren't horrid but annoying for sure.  I am praying that the probiotics that I am taking now will take over and repopulate my gut so I don't have any further issues.  I had a weird taste in my mouth, thick swollen tongue, sores on my tongue, burning/dry eyes, a strong sense of smell.  Looking forward to getting back to normal!

A new month, a new cycle...

Feeling a bit encouraged this morning.  I had a rough week last week, feeling very moody and overwhelmed and confused.  :(  However, last night that cycle ended - AND it was right when I predicted that it would come.  My peak day and probable ovulation was on day 30 which gives me a 12 day luteal phase.  I say probable because while cm and ferning support this, it wasn't a very strong shift in temps - you can see a gradual shift but the variance wasn't great and it's not a good indication.  Dr. Yeung thinks that I am ovulating but not very strongly or adequately.  The corpus luteum is not producing enough progesterone to support a pregnancy (build a lining).  The corpus luteum could be underdeveloped due to insufficient FSH or my ovaries not responding to the FSH... need to look into that more.  We will be doing progesterone blood levels on peak day +7, +9 and +11 of this coming cycle to confirm this.  I am taking the antibiotic during menses right now in hopes that it will clear up any other reason for the continuous cm and make identifying peak more clear.  Please pray for my ability to easily identify peak day this month!