On to clomid...

I talked to the nurse on Mon about AF coming while on progesterone and she didn't freak out at all. I don't know why I freaked out like I did. Chalk it up to being hormonal I guess. I don't know how I'll get through a cycle with the big drugs if a little ol' 200 mg of progesterone gave me hysterics! hehe Anyways, the nurse didn't act like it was something she never heard of. She talked to the doc and called me back. Turns out I was supposed to stop taking the progesterone when my flow started but she said it wouldn't have any adverse effect on the next cycle. So now I know what to do if it happens again. She said we'll try this dosage of progesterone for one more cycle to see how I react after taking clomid in the same cycle. If it happens again, we'll re-evaluate next month. I'm ok with that. The plan was to try clomid for only 2 months then move onto injectibles if that doesn't work. I like this doctor so much more than my last. The nurse was sympathetic and listened, checked with the doc, called me back pretty quickly and really put my mind at ease.

So Sunday was the last progesterone and Mon I started the clomid. I'm only on 50 mg so no adverse effects yet. Except maybe a couple of hot flashes. Nothing I can't handle. :-) Come on O time!!!

The knee is definitely still not right. I wish I just would have gone to the ER the night it happened. I feel like I'm just being a drama queen if I go now after a week. I'm so mad at myself for going skating and messing my knee up. My nephew's bday party is this weekend and he's going to have a moonwalk thingie and now I won't be able to get in it with them!! That's a bummer! Hmph!

Don't laugh but I ordered a Tony Little Gazelle this week! I HATE my treadmill. All the reviews I've read on the gazelle have been good. Its a good machine for a beginning exerciser. And its low impact which I can hopefully use with my bum knee. I'm hoping I can use it a few times a week and feel a little healthier and maybe even drop a few lbs.... Of course, this isn't my first rodeo... I'll let u ladies know how it works out. :-)

Calm again

So my PMS or progesterone induced rage is over. I was so much fun to be around yesterday. My poor hubby... :-)

I went to the pharmacy and ordered my clomid so I can take that this week and I thought, oh I can ask the pharmacist about whether I'm supposed to keep taking the progesterone.... So it was a lady behind the counter and I asked her and she said she had no idea. She said she herself has gone through IF treatments.... and she still had no idea. So I'm guessing it must not be that common. I'll still just take 1 tonight until I can talk to the nurse tomorrow. I'm pretty sure she's going to say to stop because Mon I'm supposed to start clomid and that doesn't sound right that I would be taking clomid and progesterone at the same time. I've NEVER read that on any blogs. I read through a bunch of blogs yesterday looking for answers and I found some women that have had to take 2 x 200 mg progesterone daily in the luteal phase so maybe that will be the answer. Always, awhile back I spoke to a fellow blogster with hashimotos and she said in order for her to get pg and stay pg she had to be on a ton of progesterone. So maybe thats common with the hashimotos. Maybe there's nothing for me to be hysterical about after all. Information I could have used yesterday!!! hehe

I'll let everyone know what the doc's answer is tomorrow.

Oh question for all of you who have taken progesterone... Are your cramps worse the months you take it? This month they were pretty bad and I've been almost pain free since my lap last summer. This month I had cramps in my abdomen as well as in my back and the only other time I had that was when I did have the endo. Usually I'm just a back pain kind of girl. The doc told me at the last visit that if I can't get knocked up by July (14 mos after lap) then he suggests I redo it because a lot of times it grows back. So now I'm wondering if its back since that's the only other time I had that kind of cramping. Its nowhere near as bad as it was when I had the surgery tho. And BD'ing is starting to be painful on occasion. So there's that......

Also, I've officially hung up my rollers skates for good. Last Thurs night I went with my mom again. (Don't worry, I already had a BFN so I knew I didn't have to worry about that.) And I lost my balance and had a really really bad fall. My body came down straight but my right leg went straight out at a 90 degree angle and I heard the POP! I was terrified. I really thought I broke something. Some people had to take off my skates and help me off the floor. The rest of the night and the next day it was killing me. Of course I ran to Dr. Google. ;-) Basically if you hear that POP you've torn a ligament. Because that's just what I need. All day Friday when I walked my foot was turned out, they werent' even paralel when I walk any more!!! Then when I got home Fri night I was hobbling up the stairs and my knee clicked and I felt something shift. After that the swelling went down and the pain got a lot better and my foot went back to its normal position. So I guess I had something twisted or dislocated... but I've learned my lesson. I'm done roller skating. I guess there go my dreams of being a roller derby girl....