It's been an interesting week,
We are on vacation this week
This time, last Sat, we had arrived at Canyon Lake, Texas at the Silverleaf Hill Country Resort.
The kids swam, we watched about a dozen deer play in the fields below us,
Enjoyed a great movie and Mexican food
On Sunday, we spent the day at SeaWorld of San Antonio
We rested at the resort on Monday and headed to Plano, Texas on Tuesday to spend the day at Amazing Jake's.
Wed/Thurs/Fri have been recoop days, I'm tired.
Today, we had church directory pictures for our new church.
I'm always a bit stressed on picture day, the bigger our family gets, the harder it is to get a good picture, but we did manage a few good ones.
I've spent a lot of time thinking about what I want to do as a side business....... I really want to do something I will enjoy
I'm thinking of taking up photography, not right away, too much going on right now with raising the kids, managing the house and the Clomid treatments...
but when it's possible, I'd like to learn how to take good quality digital photos of my own and then maybe go into business later on.
I would enjoy that.
I like capturing the moment of things in pictures and in stories.
My walls are lined with photos in my house, just not ones I've taken.
We'll see what comes of it later on.
Right now, I just need to take one day at a time and enjoy what I have.
Until later,
AW
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Friday, May 28, 2010
Clomid Treatments, Can Anyone Else Relate? Share your Story
Hello everyone,
Ok, in the last 4 months, I've been a little quiet.
After the miscarriage, Feb 13, 2010, I just pulled away from everyone and everything.
I was angry.
It wasn't fair and it shouldn't have happened.
those that have followed my stories throughout this blog know that this was my second miscarriage in 6 months.
The first one was caused by my lack of knowledge, I needed progesterone, was taking it, but didn't know I should have kept using it after I got pregnant.
The day I got a positive pregnancy tests, I quit using it thinking I was protecting my baby.
We lost Baby Hope August 10, 2009, at 9 weeks
I got pregnant again using progesterone cream in December 2009. This time my doctor prescribed Prometrium, a progesterone supplement to help prevent a miscarriage.
We had a very healthy baby this time. It had a strong heartbeat and would run from the doppler.
At 10 weeks gestation, the doctor told me it was safe to come off the Prometrium....... it wasn't,
We tragically lost Baby Grace Feb 13, 2010 at 12 weeks.
I went through a dark time. Why God why? What do you want from me?
There's been quite a few changes for me over the last 4 months.
I spent a lot of time walking and asking God what he wanted. I didn't have anybody else to talk to.
Nobody understood why a mother of 4 wanted more children, but God does.
This mother of 4, me, I am and always will be Called To Be Momma. That's me, Momma, and I love my job.
I'm proud of it.
I embrace it.
I can't think of anything else I'd rather do.
One way or another, I'm always going to be Momma, taking care of others.
OK, so in the last 4 months, I changed doctors, God has brought a wonderful new doctor into my life who has helped me sort through things. She listened. She ran all the tests and she did finally diagnosed the problem, extremely low progesterone. Normal is 15-17. Mine hasn't gotten above 12 yet. Something happened after Michael's birth, maybe it's God telling me no more, or maybe it's just something that needs to be corrected. I don't know, we wait and see.
But I'd like to have more children, if it is God's will.
I started 25mg of Clomid last month, Progesterone rose from 11 in April to 12 in May, still not enough.
Today, I start Round 2, Clomid 50mg, hopefully this will work.
Clomid treatments work like this. Each month, you are given 5 tablets to take days 5-10 of your cycle.
You know what to do Days 10-21.
On Day 21 the lab does Progesterone test and you wait a week to see if you're pregnant.
If that Progesterone test at 3 weeks shows too low of a level of Progesterone, next month you go to a higher dose and each month the process repeats itself up to 150mg of Clomid.
If at 150mg, I'm not pregnant and the progesterone levels are not rising....... well, I'll have to face the facts.
There are other things I could try, but you know...... I do realize I've been blessed with 4 beautiful children.
My husband and I have been through the fires of birth control or no birth control, quiverfull or not, vasectomy and reversal. God knows what we want and what we need.
I've learned this over the years through all the trials.
God loves me.
He knows my heart's desires.
I still Trust in Him
If it's meant to be, it will be
and if not, well, life is still good, I have my beautiful Lisa, Ariel, Amelia and Michael.
I'm only 38 and God still has so much more planned for me.
It's all going to be OK
So reply back, share your stories, whatever is on your heart, share with us.
I want this to be a place where we can all share in the Faith Journey.
In His Love,
AW
Ok, in the last 4 months, I've been a little quiet.
After the miscarriage, Feb 13, 2010, I just pulled away from everyone and everything.
I was angry.
It wasn't fair and it shouldn't have happened.
those that have followed my stories throughout this blog know that this was my second miscarriage in 6 months.
The first one was caused by my lack of knowledge, I needed progesterone, was taking it, but didn't know I should have kept using it after I got pregnant.
The day I got a positive pregnancy tests, I quit using it thinking I was protecting my baby.
We lost Baby Hope August 10, 2009, at 9 weeks
I got pregnant again using progesterone cream in December 2009. This time my doctor prescribed Prometrium, a progesterone supplement to help prevent a miscarriage.
We had a very healthy baby this time. It had a strong heartbeat and would run from the doppler.
At 10 weeks gestation, the doctor told me it was safe to come off the Prometrium....... it wasn't,
We tragically lost Baby Grace Feb 13, 2010 at 12 weeks.
I went through a dark time. Why God why? What do you want from me?
There's been quite a few changes for me over the last 4 months.
I spent a lot of time walking and asking God what he wanted. I didn't have anybody else to talk to.
Nobody understood why a mother of 4 wanted more children, but God does.
This mother of 4, me, I am and always will be Called To Be Momma. That's me, Momma, and I love my job.
I'm proud of it.
I embrace it.
I can't think of anything else I'd rather do.
One way or another, I'm always going to be Momma, taking care of others.
OK, so in the last 4 months, I changed doctors, God has brought a wonderful new doctor into my life who has helped me sort through things. She listened. She ran all the tests and she did finally diagnosed the problem, extremely low progesterone. Normal is 15-17. Mine hasn't gotten above 12 yet. Something happened after Michael's birth, maybe it's God telling me no more, or maybe it's just something that needs to be corrected. I don't know, we wait and see.
But I'd like to have more children, if it is God's will.
I started 25mg of Clomid last month, Progesterone rose from 11 in April to 12 in May, still not enough.
Today, I start Round 2, Clomid 50mg, hopefully this will work.
Clomid treatments work like this. Each month, you are given 5 tablets to take days 5-10 of your cycle.
You know what to do Days 10-21.
On Day 21 the lab does Progesterone test and you wait a week to see if you're pregnant.
If that Progesterone test at 3 weeks shows too low of a level of Progesterone, next month you go to a higher dose and each month the process repeats itself up to 150mg of Clomid.
If at 150mg, I'm not pregnant and the progesterone levels are not rising....... well, I'll have to face the facts.
There are other things I could try, but you know...... I do realize I've been blessed with 4 beautiful children.
My husband and I have been through the fires of birth control or no birth control, quiverfull or not, vasectomy and reversal. God knows what we want and what we need.
I've learned this over the years through all the trials.
God loves me.
He knows my heart's desires.
I still Trust in Him
If it's meant to be, it will be
and if not, well, life is still good, I have my beautiful Lisa, Ariel, Amelia and Michael.
I'm only 38 and God still has so much more planned for me.
It's all going to be OK
So reply back, share your stories, whatever is on your heart, share with us.
I want this to be a place where we can all share in the Faith Journey.
In His Love,
AW
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