RE visit #2

(After the diagnosis of PCOS, I threw myself into learning about it, and to see if there were any natural remedies that would help me. So it was quite some time before we went back to the RE. Just letting you know that the first 2 appointments were pretty spread out, which usually isn't the case once one starts seeing an RE.)

On one particular cycle, I was getting tired of getting yanked around by my body and its inability to ovulate in a timely manner. So I called the RE and requested progesterone to force AF. They agreed and send the prescription right on over to my pharmacy. The plan was to call the day AF actually came, which was about 10 days after I started the progesterone pills, and make an appointment for a baseline ultrasound. These are given to make sure your uterus is properly shedding its lining during AF. One is also required in order to make an appointment to get an hysterosalpingogram (HSG). This is an x-ray that takes a look at the insides of the uterus and fallopian tubes to make sure there aren't any blockages in the tubes and/or to check to make sure the uterus is properly formed and are no problems within. This happened on visit #3, so I won't talk about it yet... you'll just have to wait. :)

Anyway, this baseline ultrasound was another transvaginal, done on CD3 (which was gross), and again, it wasn't as uncomfortable as many make it out to be. Not saying it was fun, but I made do. Now to me, ultrasounds in general are just a bunch of shapes. Even if someone points to something specific, I still can't see it. And so I just nodded my head when the tech pointed to the evidence that my lining was shedding just fine. As long as it's doing its job, I'm good to go. Then I had some more blood drawn, though not as much as the first time. And that was it. I was done within 30 minutes and then I headed back 100 miles to get to work.

On my way out, I made the appointment for an HSG, which would be done within the week. Stay tuned!