Feeling a bit Lucky

My appointment went well, I was right and I did ovulate this cycle which means that this dose of Clomid works for us – I know we are lucky with that. My obstetrician reviewed my blood work which came back beautiful and showed that I don’t have PCOS, although the ultrasound last spring showed poly-cystic ovaries, I do not have the syndrome which is good because there are so many struggles that tag along with PCOS and I think we have our hands full already. He is not entirely sure why my body will no longer ovulate on its own, although I have a feeling it may be residual shock/stress from the ectopic pregnancy. Who knows, but I have a feeling we're going to look into it after we have a successful pregnancy.

Since my period came along all nice and regular we were told to start Clomid tomorrow and carry along just as we did before. If my period is late and I'm not pregnant then I can either wait for it to start or take another round of progesterone pills to induce it, then Clomid and well, you know how it goes. I have a total of three cycles (I've just started my second) before I need to take a break from Clomid as consistent use of Clomid can cause the uterine lining to be too thin (and we need that nice and sturdy to keep that baby stuck) he's suggested a three month break if these next two cycles are unsuccessful. In that time we are still welcomed to try and with no foreseeable reason to why I am not ovulating on my own there is always the chance that my body will restart naturally. But after three months we can reattempt another three cycles on Clomid, if by then we have still not conceived he’ll refer us to a fertility specialist and go from there.

I had to take a moment to register all the information, fertility specialist? My fears of IVF reared its ugly face, but my obstetrician assured me that I am far from needing it and that artificial insemination would probably be the extent for us. Great news, all great news – would it be annoying that I consider us so lucky, despite all the loss and struggle because I do feel lucky, at least most of the time.