Induction of Ovulation

 

"Blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord." Luke 1:45

It seemed that I was in the doctor’s office every week at this point. I went back yet again and my doctor informed me that the results of the CA 125 had come back negative. I thought ok, here is a great sign, maybe this is a non cancerous tumor that I have been reading up on. My OBGYN reminded me, that though the results were negative it didn’t mean it wasn’t cancerous it just meant it was less likely to be cancerous. I was able to confirm my MRI appointment for New Year's Eve which was a few weeks out because the hospital didn't have many appointments available. I also left the doctor with pregnitude because my OBGYN and I had initially discussed my desire to conceive. She explained pregnitude and the benefits of it. Pregnitude is a doctor recommended dietary supplement especially formulated for reproductive health. It is recognized as a viable non prescription option for women who may be having difficulty conceiving as it can help promote regular ovulation, support regular menstrual cycles and increase quality of eggs. I went home and of course, did my own research online and read many great things about it. I discussed it with my husband and then we decided that in the future maybe this could be a viable option for us. But in the meantime we had this bigger issue lurking in the background and we wanted to get that cleared up prior to even thinking about starting a family.

I was now having regular cycles thanks to the progesterone my doctor had prescribed weeks before. My body at this point was responding quite well to it and this was yet another great sign. My prescription was written for me to take for seven days and after that point my cycle should breakthrough. Basically, my doctor explained that this hormone tricks your body into believing you have ovulated and quite naturally, if you are not pregnant you will then have a cycle. After about 4-5 days each month my cycle broke through and I didn't have a need to take the progesterone for the amount of time prescribed. 

 I was now on both progesterone that my OBGYN had prescribed and metformin that my primary care doctor had prescribed. It seemed as though everything was working as it should and I was even able to shed a couple pounds in that timeframe. Both of these medications did exactly what they were supposed to do and that was to induce ovulation.

Those days leading up to my MRI appointment seemed to go by very slowly and I tried to not let doubt, worry and fear consume me. I had some distractions in there with the holidays and I simply tried to make the best of it. After Christmas was over, this appointment which would ultimately determine whether the tumor I had was cancerous or not, constantly stayed on my mind....