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Fertility Update

February 19, 2015 by heatherss 19 Comments

update on my fertility journeyA little update on our attempts to give Nicky a little sibling.

First of all the blood results are in.

Insulin Fasting: 4.5 (should be between 2.1 and 10.4)

Thyroid TSH: 1.54 (should be 0.35 -3.5)

Free T4: 15.9 (should be 7.6-16.1)

Prolactin: 8 (should be 3-27)

Day 3 test:

Oestradiol  <73

FSH 10.1  (should be 3.9-8.8)

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Dr R says these are numbers he can work with, so that is good news.

However we then went and had the Day 10 scan and he hummed and hawed and said that what he was seeing didn’t match up with the blood tests. After the scan he said my uterus lining was a bit on the thin side. He asked if I had any sugar lows, even though my insulin test was fine, it could be affecting things.

So he prescribed Glucophage. Let’s see if this helps!

I guess I have been so concerned that Nicky has all his snacks and I offer him food frequently, but I don’t do the same for myself and it’s a bit of a wake up call to look after myself and my health.

I’ve also been doing my own research and came across this post which recommends pomegranate juice, raspberry tea and Vitamins B and E. I’m already taking a lot of B with my multivitamin but I guess I can just add some E to the mix.

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Filed Under: Fertility, My Fertility Story, TTC#2

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  1. Karen at MomAgain@40 says

    February 19, 2015 at 9:37 pm

    Holding thumbs! Yes, we do forget to look after ourselves, don’t we?

    Reply
    • heatherss says

      February 20, 2015 at 10:08 am

      Thanks Karen.

      Reply
  2. Jessi | LifeAbundant-Blog.com says

    February 19, 2015 at 10:40 pm

    Thank you for sharing my blog post! I hope the remedies work for you – I’ve been hearing from a lot of ladies that they had great results, too. Let me know if you have any other specific questions. I’m not a medical professional by any means, but just like you, I did my own research and found something that worked great for me, and I was excited to share it with everyone. 🙂 Good luck!

    Reply
    • heatherss says

      February 20, 2015 at 10:08 am

      Thanks for your helpful post and comments. 🙂

      Reply
  3. daph says

    February 20, 2015 at 4:13 am

    Holding thumbs xxx

    Reply
    • heatherss says

      February 20, 2015 at 10:07 am

      Thanks Muffs!

      Reply
  4. Shanêy Vijendranath says

    February 20, 2015 at 4:24 am

    Hoping to get some good news soon from you. 🙂

    Reply
    • heatherss says

      February 20, 2015 at 10:07 am

      I hope so too…

      Reply
  5. Sula says

    February 20, 2015 at 5:22 am

    Stay positive, from my interpretation those results look very promising just work on the sugar lows.

    Reply
    • heatherss says

      February 20, 2015 at 10:07 am

      Thanks Sula. I will.

      Reply
  6. Laura says

    February 20, 2015 at 6:56 am

    More positive than negative.

    I do the same thing with food. Feed everyone but forget about myself.

    Reply
    • heatherss says

      February 20, 2015 at 10:06 am

      I guess we do need to remember about ourselves 🙂

      Reply
  7. Cindy says

    February 20, 2015 at 8:27 am

    It’s so easy to get caught up with our kids and forget about ourselves.

    I hope it’s all good from here on out!

    Reply
    • heatherss says

      February 20, 2015 at 10:06 am

      Thanks Cindy!

      Reply
  8. Kate says

    February 21, 2015 at 7:37 pm

    I’m here via ICWL and I add to the well wishes! I often find myself skipping me to help them –

    Reply
  9. LaundryGirl says

    February 21, 2015 at 10:38 pm

    Hi there,
    Stopping by from ICLW. Will take some time and read more of your journey when I get more internet data.

    I agree, we do tend to think more about what our little ones are eating and forget about ourselves – although I think my daughter is picking up my bad habits at the age of 16 months. She can’t talk but she can clearly get her message across: “I don’t want to eat my sandwich for lunch Mummy, I want those Twisties over there on the table! NOW!”

    Reply
  10. Shannon says

    February 22, 2015 at 11:56 pm

    Crossing all fingers and toes for you!

    Reply
  11. Momma Jo says

    February 23, 2015 at 7:02 am

    Holding thumbs it all works out for you all.

    I’ve seen plain pomegranate juice at Impala (just off Hendrik Potgieter down the road from us), Woolies and Clicks. Impala also had plain raspberry tea when I was there over the weekend (its Fifi’s favourite)

    Reply
  12. MrsFF says

    February 25, 2015 at 4:47 am

    Holding thumbs that everything works out for you. Big hugs

    Reply

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