Hi everyone!
I’m Michelle. I had labs done over a month ago, honestly maybe two for my hormones. I had not gotten a period after having my second iud removed ( a year or two early) to try to get pregnant with my husband. About a week after my labs were done I had a scheduled call to review the results, but my doctor got pulled away so the call was with a PA. I looked at the results in my patient portal and saw I had low levels of estrogen and my FSH was high. I knew things were not as they should be but I wait to speak to a professional. The PA told me my labs were good and normal. They were not. Along with my labs they prescribed progesterone to try to jump start my cycle. It did work but it lasted only 3 days and was lighter than light. I finally got back in to see my doctor last week. It was then I she confirmed my labs are not okay and I began to understand that I’m struggling with fertility issues to become pregnant. I have a tela-consult with a highly recommended specialist in two weeks. I’m thankful I’m going to speak with a specialist and move forward to try and make my husband and my dreams of having a child come true. I’m also bitter and upset. I feel like almost a month was wasted and if the PA had given me the correct information I would not have lost time. I’m soon to be 36, but I also have some medical issues that will make me high risk, so I feel like time is essential here. The older I get the harder it’s going to be and more potentially dangerous. I’m also upset I waited so long to start trying. My biological mother had 5 kids by 30. I feel like I waited to long to get my life in order to finally be at the right place to have a family and as a result I’m being punished. All I want is to have my own child, my own family. I just never thought I would struggle like this.
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