CD2 of Cycle 16 - New Year, New Attitude

Number 13 didn’t turn out to be lucky for me after all, and after that cycle I kind of lost hope for a while. I didn’t take my supplements, I didn’t temp, I didn’t join in the chit chat with my forum friends. In a way it did me good as it was Christmas and there was one less thing to worry about.

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In January I decided to pick myself up, dust myself down and start all over again. New year, new attitude. Something like that anyway. 

At the end of December I had day 21 bloods done which check progesterone levels. That came back as normal. I’m not fussy enough (yet) to want to ask to see the numbers; “normal” is fine for me. I also had my first hospital appointment this month. Mr Sian came with me and we had a lengthy chat with the doctor who went through both of our histories. The conclusion at this stage was that there is no reason why we’re not falling pregnant. She thinks it may be down to stress. The consultant said we should go on holiday. Can I get one of those on the NHS?

The hospital will see me again in four months and in the meantime I will be having a couple of tests done. I have a form for day 2 bloods again and a form for an HSG. The witch got me yesterday so I’ll be off to get day 2 bloods done tomorrow. I need to ring the radiology department and see if I can get an appointment for the HSG. It has to be done before ovulation, so quite a short window of opportunity. I might not even manage to get it done this cycle. Fingers crossed though.

So you may be wondering what an HSG actually is. It’s short for HysteroSalpingoGram and it’s an X-ray of the womb and fallopian tubes. From what I know, they’ll put some dye “down there” and X-ray to see if it moves through my tubes. I’ve read that it can be painful, so I’ll pop a couple of painkillers beforehand. I’ve also read of countless women who have conceived the month or two months following their HSGs, so that’s got me a little excited. I do hope there are no blockages.

Oh, the other thing I learnt at the hospital is that if we need IVF we won’t be eligible on the NHS due to Mr Sian already having children. I have some money which I was saving for a house deposit but now I might earmark it as possible baby making money.

So fingers crossed that my blood test and HSG turn out okay, and here’s hoping that 2012 is finally my year.