Just another manic, err, Thursday?

[judecorp]

I still haven't flipped to the February pages of the two wall calendars in my apartment. That is a pretty spot-on indication of how far behind I am right now. I'm not sure if I'm coming or going and I don't know why. I know this whole gym thing is adding extra hours onto my day but I'm not sure I should be this spacey. I can't believe it's Friday already. Maybe it's the jump back into a full week of visits after the whole snow mess.

Tomorrow I have appointments until 4:00 and a work party at 5:30. Wow. That's a heck of a lot of work-time for a Friday. I'm not really a "socialize outside of the workplace" kid.

My doctor called today to tell me she wants to come in and go over all of my labs and stuff in person, and discuss medications. (I am sooo not a "take meds" kid either, but I suppose that's for another day.) I called this afternoon and have an appointment on Monday evening. This coming Monday. How the heck did /that/ happen? It's like an episode of the Twilight Zone.

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[estrange.livejournal.com]

I hate taking meds too - but am taking them because I don't want to get pregnant again right now - )who am I kidding like I really would) - and I need a normal cycle because my body went wacko bleeding all the time after I had Devin. Make sure to let us know what you decide. Maybe you could take that low level hormone birth control pill? If you do, let me know how it goes. I tried taking ortho tri a few years back but it gave me terrible cramping so now I'm on Levlen or Levlin or something.

I'm glad you joined a gym! I have been going too.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

So I haven't bled on my own since August of 2002 so bleeding too much is so not a problem for me. I am 100% NOT interested in taking any kind of birth control pills. I took 2 different kinds in my younger days and had really bad side effects with both of them, and I don't like the way they make me feel. I want to start taking Provera every couple of months to get my period or whatever so I don't get endometrial cancer, but I think my doc is probably going to suggest Glucophage, since she knows I don't want to take BCPs and specifically said she wanted to try some sort of medication.

We'll see. I'll keep you posted. :)

(p.s. How hard was it to get pregnant with Devin?)

[estrange.livejournal.com]

Before I had Devin I didn't bleed on my own unless taking birth control or provera so I know what you are going through. I hate birth control pills too! I'm glad you plan to take provera. I'm hoping once I'm off the birth control that my period will go back to no period and I can take provera instead of birth control because I hate it. I had to take glucophage to get pregnant - just so you know, it has some nasty side effects. It causes some well problems with having to go to the bathroom every 5 minutes if you know what I mean. And then because you go so much it causes bleeding.... not fun. After awhile of taking it - a few weeks to a month - you'll stop having to go so much but still it is not fun. Also when you first start taking it, it makes your stomach upset. You also can't drink while on it either - well that wasn't hard for me since I'm a non-drinker! ;) Anyway I vowed I would never ever take it again well that is unless it helps me get pregnant and not have a miscarriage. I took it during my first trimester with Devin to decrease the chance of miscarriage since I miscarried my first pregnancy. I stopped taking it once I found out I was pregnant with the first time and miscarried so took it the first trimester with Devin and made it all the way. I guess now you can take it the entire pregnancy, which doesn’t sound fun to me, but if it helps baby it's worth it. Still glucophage is a very nasty drug and if she says that she wants you to take it you might want to talk about alternative options instead if there are any.

Anyway I'm rambling! Both the times getting pregnant was fairly difficult. Since I don't ovulate on my own I had to take clomid with glucophage. I also charted, used a fertility monitor, temped, and had planned intercourse. It was not fun! I'd take the clomid and then about 13 days into my cycle would have to go in for an ultrasound to look at the egg. I ovulated late too which made it harder. So you think you are going to try to get pregnant? I bet if you took clomid with the glucopage and got inseminated you could get pregnant!

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm considering trying to get pregnant. I never really wanted to (always just wanted to adopt) but Jen's been talking about it so much it's starting to sound like a good idea! (That and I'm always surrounded by pregnant women at work!)

Thank you for all of your info. I'm going to start taking the second pill on Friday morning. So far I've been okay with side effects but I'm nervous about that second pill!

[estrange.livejournal.com]

That would be so cool! You should get pregnant - it is just amazing... I can't even describe it.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

I've always been really anti-pregnancy for myself, so I don't know what this sudden curiosity is. I think I'm just impatient and know it would be easier to sell Jen on the baby if I was carrying it... because she's nervous!

[estrange.livejournal.com]

I hope that you do have a baby one day yourself because it is just an amazing experience! Oh and about not being ready - I don't think you can ever be ready. Ryan and I thought we were ready too but then after I did get pregnant it was kind of shell shock - then after Devin came it was just crazy. I don't think I even got settled and used to being a mother until he was about 5-6 months.

[cranapril.livejournal.com]

There's another low-dose med out there... I took it for a long time (but then my insurance wouldn't cover it for some reason) and if I remember right, it's usually used by menopausal women who are trying to stay regular: LoEstrin (http://www.families-first.com/hotflash/faq/loestrin.htm), I think it was called. Most of the regular birth control pills made me sick to the stomach, but this one didn't.

I'm also bad about taking pills... and recently stopped one because one of the side effects made me gain ten pounds and even going to the gym three times a week, I still couldn't lose it. Grr.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm not at all interested in taking a birth control pill. I've already told my doctor that I don't want to take BCPs (I took 2 different kinds of BCPs in the past and didn't like how they made me feel) but am willing to take Provera (progesterone) every couple of months to make my period happen or whatever. I think she is going to want me to take Glucophage (metformin), a drug used for Type-2 Diabetes that is supposedly helpful to some people with PCOS.

I'll keep ya posted, but I am soooo not interested in taking a daily hormone pill and becoming an emotional wreck again!