Saturday, November 19, 2005

exactly 1 month since the d & c

it was exactly one month since the d&C yesterday. i felt the loss more acutely these couple of days.

had a review with LA, he says everything looks pretty ok. and i can start to TTC anytime soon once the first AF comes which shd be by the next 4 weeks. If it doesn't, then to take AF inducing medicine.

He doesn't recommend metformin at this point in time. metformin alone does nothing much to help ovualtion, it's only metformin with clomid that works. He recommends starting metformin one month before TTC, and to continue with clomid.

something i found out is that high LH and FSH levels is common in PCOS women and those will lead to poor quality eggs being released, hence the higher risk of miscarriage.

clomid + metformin helps to achieve ovulation but not neccesarily good quality eggs.

being on injectibles (synthetic FSH jabs) on the other hand works to create better quality eggs. as the proctocol requires suppression of own levels of LH and FSH via medicine/jabs.

at this point in time, there is nothing much LA can do as first AF have not come and i don't intend to TTC now s i will be starting a new job in a couple of weeks time.

in the meantime, i decided to see TCM and see where that takes me. hopefully, the TCM will be able to tame the hormones and restore balance.

we see where TCM takes me in a couple more months.