"Do you mind if a medical student observes your appointment?" Oh, um, well, um, hmmm, let's see. Do I mind? "Well, I don't particularly enjoy these appointments, nor do I relish the idea of having my va-ja-ja out there for all to see but considering the fact that I at one time contemplated medical school (very briefly, very, very briefly) and did a job shadow wherein I followed people around the ER and also observed a vaginal exam, I figure I'm due. " And she was a very young, innocent seeming thing, too. Which made me ask about my FSH level. I have not had the Clomid test for ovarian reserve but the one test that I did have on Day 3 of my cycle resulted in a FSH level of 9.2. Although he indicated that he doesn't become concerned unless it's over 10 and a more accurate reading would involve more than one test and Clomid, it still makes me freak out, slightly (but, what doesn't make me freak out these days?). I am thirty-five, people. And I started all this at age 32. So young and wistful. I remember reading about women who had tried for several years and several different avenues and I thought (in that completely smug way that one does when they haven't a clue what they are talking about) how crazy that seemed. I told the husband, "You know, I'm not going to crawl through the desert on my elbows in order to have a child, I'm just not. That's completely crazy! Lunacy!"
And, well, here I am.
Clomid starts Thursday.
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My FSH level was 9.8 (although my doc said anything under 13 was good and 13-15 was borderline). I did some research later and found that in some labs it is 10 and some labs it is 15, it depends on how they run the tests. Hmm. Whatever.
I hope the Clomid treats you right. I did accupuncture to help with the night sweats I had while on it.
Night sweats? Oh, dear.
lunacy indeed...
i hope the clomid helps give you some answers...or just does the trick!
i was lucky enough not to have any serious side effects on clomid. hopefully you'll be the same.
I have not done Clomid (yet) but my acupuncturist told me that if I did, acupuncture can really help (which has me seconding what Ms. Planner said).
I had a med student hang out for my colonoscopy. I have always wanted to be an M.D. but my colitis precluded it. I wanted to be an OB/GYN. Ha!
Ugh, clomid. I hated that with the white hot heat of twelve hellfires. :) Hope it treats you better than it treated me!!
Good of you to let that med student in!!
I hear you about the age thing....we started ttc at 20 (well, I was 20 but the hubby was 22), were "infertile" by age 21 and starting treatments around that time, too. It's insane to think that once I thought that getting pregnant, while it might not be EASY, would be doable without IVF, etc. Crazy. I used to think that a year was SO LONG to try and couldn't imagine.
Life, huh?
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