Thursday 7 November 2013

Finally see the specialist

18.10.13  - Todays the day!

Arrived to my appointment at the Assisted Fertility Clinic to find DH in waiting room, he was early, I late, after getting my car stuck under a railway barrier arm (dont ask haha). We didnt have to wait long and a nurse led us round to a consulting room to wait. We were in there quite some time before Dr Tawfeek and my next med student arrived.

Was not a long appointment, he was on call so answered his phone a few times. He confirmed my unicornuate uterus, one fallopian tube, one possibly two ovaries and my missing kidney. He even drew me a diagram which I thought was sweet, however informed him of the excessive Googling i had done on myself haha.

Regarding my test results, he confirmed its highly unlikely I am ovulating, unsure if its the thyroid, weight, or the UU. Tube looks fine so if egg is present should be making it there. Sooo after talking about my diet, thyroid, plans etc it was decided that we would try the ovulation drug Clomid however  until i can get my BMI up to 20-22 (currently 19) and thyroid TSH level down (was 4.8) needs to be below 2.5, then I would not be able to start.

8.11.13 - Since appointment I have had a great result for my thyroid, its down to 1.4 so will remain on the 100 mg daily Mon-Fri and 50 mg daily Sat/Sun. Seen the dietician and have a diet plan to get that weight on, its tough as the Levothyroxine speeds up my metabolism so I have to pay attention to input/output.

Hope by Xmas ill have a few kgs on me so I can see the nurse at Chch Womens and get cracking.
Its going to be many months of drugs, blood tests and internal/external ultrasounds until we know if its working or not. Lets not waste any time.

My new nephew is due to be born this coming week, so im thinking all that time up at Chch Womens Neonatal ward will have me clucking all over the show.

Update again soon.