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Hope gives you courage! Had ablation.....
Hi ,
I am 35 yrs old. 15 years ago I married my high school sweet-heart and we had (2) children right away....we were still kids ourselves. The boys are great, healthy kids & had no problems getting pregnant with them.
After my 2nd child was born I had bleeding for 8 yrs, really! To some degree or another I had bleeding. I never could chart a period b/c I just had a "constant" flow. After my husband had a vasectomy I decided to go with my doctors advice and have the Novasure ablation done to my uterus to control the bleeding. It worked great! No more bleeding. Hardly even a spot every now & then, its been 3 yrs since the ablation.
In the mean time....my husband divorced me. I have since moved on & am with a great man who is a bit younger than I am and has no children, We would both like to have a child together.
After a year of "wondering" if I could even get pregnant more or less carry a child to term I finally got up enough courage to make the appointment to go see a fertility specialists. (I did discuss this with my GYN and she slammed the door in my face on even the thought....I was discouraged but knew I was the only to blame for my decision to have the ablation). I googled a RE specialists, jumped thru the insurance hoops and finally my appointment day came. I was nervous as a cat on a hot tin roof. I almost canceled....I kept thinking she would just say....your broken....you had the ablation & so deal with it....your broken! I was so ready to cry before I even saw the doctor. Much to my suprise she was very kind, very understanding...cant promise sucsess but will re-seach my hormones & look at my uterus and see if its do able! Thats all I wanted....was HOPE.
Here is the kicker: She was very concerned that for 3 yrs I've been taking spironolactone 50mg for acne. She says #1 that would be horrible if I was pregnant now while taking that b/c there are huge health risks to baby. #2 she says that spironolactone messes up your hormones and can cause irregular to absent periods. I am so glad she told me. That medication went out the window this morning! Not taking that anymore.
Next step is to wait 3 weeks til all medication is out of my system then return for blood tests each week for the next 4 weeks striaght to see if I ovulate on my own anymore.....I have no idea b/c I never see a period so I have nothing to chart off of. After that I also am having a saline ultrasound to take a look at my uterus lining. I already know that if there is no lining....there is no place to implant and hold on for the entire pregnancy. I have never prayed for thick linning but I am now. Also she said she can down the road after these test give me estrogen & progestern to try and build up the lining and start a period flow.
The reason I am sharing this is b/c I have been hurting inside and dealing with this situation for over a year now and even after 1 closed door I still felt drawn to look deeper and I am so blessed to have found a doctor that will at least take a look. I know she cant fix me....but will at least take a look.
Hope gives you courage to persue your dreams......
I am 35 yrs old. 15 years ago I married my high school sweet-heart and we had (2) children right away....we were still kids ourselves. The boys are great, healthy kids & had no problems getting pregnant with them.
After my 2nd child was born I had bleeding for 8 yrs, really! To some degree or another I had bleeding. I never could chart a period b/c I just had a "constant" flow. After my husband had a vasectomy I decided to go with my doctors advice and have the Novasure ablation done to my uterus to control the bleeding. It worked great! No more bleeding. Hardly even a spot every now & then, its been 3 yrs since the ablation.
In the mean time....my husband divorced me. I have since moved on & am with a great man who is a bit younger than I am and has no children, We would both like to have a child together.
After a year of "wondering" if I could even get pregnant more or less carry a child to term I finally got up enough courage to make the appointment to go see a fertility specialists. (I did discuss this with my GYN and she slammed the door in my face on even the thought....I was discouraged but knew I was the only to blame for my decision to have the ablation). I googled a RE specialists, jumped thru the insurance hoops and finally my appointment day came. I was nervous as a cat on a hot tin roof. I almost canceled....I kept thinking she would just say....your broken....you had the ablation & so deal with it....your broken! I was so ready to cry before I even saw the doctor. Much to my suprise she was very kind, very understanding...cant promise sucsess but will re-seach my hormones & look at my uterus and see if its do able! Thats all I wanted....was HOPE.
Here is the kicker: She was very concerned that for 3 yrs I've been taking spironolactone 50mg for acne. She says #1 that would be horrible if I was pregnant now while taking that b/c there are huge health risks to baby. #2 she says that spironolactone messes up your hormones and can cause irregular to absent periods. I am so glad she told me. That medication went out the window this morning! Not taking that anymore.
Next step is to wait 3 weeks til all medication is out of my system then return for blood tests each week for the next 4 weeks striaght to see if I ovulate on my own anymore.....I have no idea b/c I never see a period so I have nothing to chart off of. After that I also am having a saline ultrasound to take a look at my uterus lining. I already know that if there is no lining....there is no place to implant and hold on for the entire pregnancy. I have never prayed for thick linning but I am now. Also she said she can down the road after these test give me estrogen & progestern to try and build up the lining and start a period flow.
The reason I am sharing this is b/c I have been hurting inside and dealing with this situation for over a year now and even after 1 closed door I still felt drawn to look deeper and I am so blessed to have found a doctor that will at least take a look. I know she cant fix me....but will at least take a look.
Hope gives you courage to persue your dreams......
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