baffled

I had my appointment with Dr. J, the endocrinologist, on Thursday. Based on the background info I provided and my records that Dr. B had faxed over, Dr. J believed that I do not have adrenal hyperplasia! Yay! That made my day. She also does not think that I have polycystic ovaries. I have 2 of the three symptoms (lack of consistent menstrual cycles and lack of ovulation), but I do not have excessive body hair and I am underweight for my age and height. Also, my ovaries are "normal" sized and there are no signs of ovarian cysts. So....what is wrong? They don't really know. Dr. J told me that both she and Dr. B are "baffled" by my inability to ovulate. I will be treated as if I have polycystic ovaries and this is the diagnosis they have given me basically due to the fact that there is nothing else to go on.

Dr. J went ahead and took six vials of blood to run more blood tests, but stated that she will be surprised if anything significant shows up on the tests. Dr. J was also not as concerned as Dr. B was about my higher and lower hormone levels, although this could be a contributing factor to the inability to ovulate. Dr. J felt there was no reason to prescribe any medication. She also told me that if it turned out that I had adrenal hyperplasia (based on the blood work she is doing), then I would need to be in the medical books as an anomaly. That of course, made me laugh.

Where are we now? Well, it's a hurry-up-and-wait game. I will start taking Prometrium again in a couple of days to jump start my menstrual cycle and ensure that I have one this month. When I start my cycle, I will call Dr. B's office and *hopefully* begin injectible fertility drugs. Neil talked to a teacher at his school today that also used Dr. B when conceiving her first child. by the way, she now has 6...yes 6...kids! See? there is always hope! She offered to let me email her with any questions and I am very excited to talk to someone with insider information! She did warn Neil that the injectible shots hurt pretty bad, not from the needle but from the medication. Yikes. Not looking forward to that. Please continue to pray that I can start treatment soon and that it WORKS! I'm so ready to join the mommy club...not that I don't LOVE and I mean LOVE to read all about you other mommas out there.

Have a very happy and safe weekend!