Day 3

Today was Day 3. I have to admit that Ive been rather confused with all this OB/GYN stuff. I find myself wishing I were an OB nurse, LOL! First confusion was I spoke with the nurse at my doctor's office who told me the day I started my period, I was suppose to stop the Prometrium, well no one had ever told me that so I continued taking it, hopefully this doesn't cause any set backs. I also have not been bleeding.... pretty much AT ALL, so I don't know what that all means either because when I was on Provera, I had a "normal" period, if you can ever say that for me, ha! So, today being Day 3, I started the Clomid and will take it for 5 days. I also had my first ultrasound and I must say I was extremely nervous, being by myself, and with my history, I had terrible dreams that maybe one of my ovaries was missing or something crazy like that. I have a uterus, but it is backwards! It's called retroverted uterus, and the fabulous sonographer I had today, "D", said it isn't as uncommon as it sounds. I have done some research and what I have figured out is that my uterus is flipped backwards and sometimes, when youre 10-12 weeks pregnant (which I hope and pray I will be one day), it will usually cause it to go back to the normal position. I also have an ovary on each side, whoo hoo!! I know it sounds crazy, but thats a blessing to me! "D" showed me the different follicles on each ovary and she said, "let's just hope at least one of them starts releasing eggs with the Clomid"....girl, I couldn't agree more! I know nothing about how to read an ultrasound, especially not one of your ovaries, but I did google ovarian follicles and I feel that my ultrasound looked like the picture, as far as the follicles go. Now, comes the "not so good stuff", I do have multiple anechoic cystic areas on each side. This is where I am stuck, I can not find much information about anechoic cysts and I would assume that this would be considered a normal finding in a patient with polyCYSTIC ovarian syndrome, but Im really not sure. Also, my endometrium is only 4.7 mm thick and most literature says its better to be at least 7 mm to have a safe, normal pregnancy, but if I understand it right, it should get thicker with my cycles. Now, this is all "Dr. Tara's " interpretations, not from my doctor so hopefully, I will hear from him soon and will let you know what he says. Until then, I ask that you still continue praying for my cycle to continue, for the Clomid to work, and for the follicle to release eggs like they are suppose to. I also ask for prayer that these cysts will not cause problems now, during pregnancy, or even after! I do have to say that I was more than pleased with the Perinatal Diagnostic Center at Womens & Children's...they worked with me today because I was working, were extremely nice and made me feel comfortable. "D", the sonographer, told me that she just went through all of this with her best friend and she now has a baby, I told her that I hope I will be able to say the same.