The results are in…

Well, they were able to do my ultrasound last Wednesday to check for ovarian cysts and PCOS.  I was really nervous about the entire process because there are only two ladies that do it here at our hospital, and one of them is the mother of one of my students.  I am never sure how to handle that because it does put me in a rather awkward position.  Anyway, she is the one that ended up doing the ultrasound, but she did a fabulous job!  She took her time and really explained what she was doing, and we had a wonderful conversation!  We were  both able to share a lot, and that was really what I needed throughout this whole thing.  They go to our church, also, so there was a lot of spiritual talk and that sort of thing.  It was just really great (minus the fact that I had to go to the bathroom so terribly bad because I was supposed to have a full bladder — thought I was going to wet my pants). 

I had my follow-up appointment with the doctor today, and he walked in and said right away that PCOS is what I have.  They found numerous cysts, particularly on my right side.  The doctor said that he figures this is what is keeping us from getting pregnant.  He did prescribe Metformin to me and said that I’ll probably take it the rest of my life to help me regulate the insulin resistance as well as other hormonal issues going on in my body.  He also gave me a prescripition for Clomid and said he’ll leave it up to the hubby and I if we want to give that a shot this next cycle along with taking the Metformin.  The Metformin should help regulate me and get things working the way they should, but it’ll take awhile.  He feels the Clomid would just help give us that added boost that we need to get my reproductive system back working so that the chances of us conceiving are much greater.  I keep telling Trent that maybe God blessed us and made us get pregnant this current cycle (we just wouldn’t know yet) so that we don’t have to make the Clomid decision. 

While I am not happy to have PCOS, I am somewhat relieved to have some answers.  There are a lot of things that I’ve dealt with and struggled with since high school that now all make sense due to this diagnosis.  All of these symptoms that I had and felt there was no explanation for before finally all make sense.  The Metformin should help out with some of those, so we’ll just hope and see if it does what it should for me.  Today I was thinking that maybe this is why God hasn’t blessed us with a baby yet.  This is an issue that I have going on inside of me that I needed to be aware of for the future so that we can be proactive and stay on top of it.  In the end, it’ll all be for the right reasons.  I just may not always know those reasons right now. 

Well, I need to get busy and tend to some laundry and grade some papers.  This night is going by way too fast for me!  I have come down with a cold over the holiday, so all I really want to do is lay on the couch and be lazy.  Unfortunately, my housewifey and teacherly duties call on me to do more!  🙂  Hope you all have a great evening!