tinksmagic
July 2nd, 2012, 04:16 AM
It's been 3 months since my d&c with the twins and I've been trying my hardest to get healthy, increase egg quality and quantity and raise my estrogen and progesterone. Here's what I've done so far and I'm looking for advice please.
To recap:
D&C March 29, I hemorrhaged at the hospital, 2 and 5 days later and bled pretty consistently for 8 weeks (it was supposed to stop after 2!!!) I have a feeling that on April 27 I got AF, but I was bleeding lightly up to then, then it got real heavy and bright pink, then spotted and lightly bled for a couple more weeks. Based on what I thought, I figured if that *had* been AF in April, I would have my next on May 25th. It showed back up on May 23 so I was OK with it. Let me preface that I changed my eating to whole foods in mid-March when I accepted the twins were gone. I also started taking Vit C, calcium, magnesium in addition to the Vit D, prenatal and Folic acid I had been taking.
I also had my bloodwork done and it was determined I went from 16 to 13 on my Vit D that past year, my FSH went from 12 to 7.6 the past year (I was at 7.6 in May) my prolactin and iron was normal, my TSH was normal (don't think they tested my T3 or T4, which I need due to the Hasimoto's) but my estrogen was like 6.7 and I had virtually no measurable progesterone. I was only put on 50,000ui of Vit D3 since. I have 1 more month to take that. To my supplement cocktail I've added and am now taking daily:
5 - 800mcg Folic acid
4 - 500mg Vit C (from rose hips, pill)
2 - multivitamin
1 - Cal/Mag + Zinc (can't remember exact amount but Cal is 3x Mag and zinc is 5mg)
1 - 2.5mg Melatonin at sleep time
2 - Omega3 fish oil
1 - 1300mg Eve Prim Oil
1 - Magnesium (calcium is too high in other pill, and I get wicked leg/foot cramps otherwise)
2 - 200mg COQ10 (from veggie sources in the pill)
In conjunction to the supplements, I have 2 tsp (morn and night) Royal Jelly & Bee Pollen, 1 shot of reconstituted Wheatgrass, Apple Cider Vinegar, occasional Brewer's yeast, and I only eat whole foods, no wheat, no dairy, no sugar, no alcohol or caffeine (latter 2 in over 10 months). I eat veggies and fruit that improve fertility and are high in antioxidants, a mixture of nuts and seeds, and very little meat. I also mix up a smoothie most mornings or an egg, and have started juicing a few times a week. You would be amazed at it all!!! Hubby is out with an injury so I've been dragging hubby to health food stores, specialty stores, and even China Town! I also try to drink decaf green tea and red raspberry leaf tea daily. I was taking Maca Root powder, but ran out, need to get more.
I've bought but have not started taking B-Complex, 100mg B-6, B-12 (can't remember mg), DHEA for the preceding 4 months before IVF. I am contemplating Vitex or Chasteberry in its pure form as well.
So, that being said, I got my next AF on May 23, so I figured April 27 was the return of AF. Both times were bright pink, I actually got cramps in May for 3 days straight!!! That has never happened and from what I read, both changes were positive changes!!! I was so happy I wanted to tell everyone! I used to be very regular once they did the thyroidectomy: AF at day 28 and O on day 11, like clockwork, but I never had cramps (and got quite a few surprises!!) and it was always a deep dark red, heavy for the first 2 days, then nothing on day 3, then dark brown gook on day 4 and sometimes 5. Now I have a heavy bright pink bleed for the first 4 days and a regular day 5. Days 6 & 7 I *might spot* and I might have a light tinge the day before AF starts.
So I figured next AF would be June 20, but it shows the 19th, so I'm not 28 anymore. The kicker is, in May, I think I O'd on day 8 cuz I had a lot of EWCM, which I had more than I ever used to get, but it was tinged with blood and hubby and I had DTD so I wasn't sure if it was CM or him so I read him the riot act about no longer leaving it in cuz since I'm going through a ton of changes, I would probably get preggs with triple girls with our luck.
Before the IVF I would get CM on days 10 - 12 and it was a normal amount. For June, I got so much CM on days 10 -11 I was kinda freaked out at how much I'm now producing. The downside is, it's still tinged with blood both pink and brown and it's stringy and that lingers into days 12 - 13. I'm OK with the CM on days 10 -13, but the blood has me concerned cuz it's like it (the blood) doesn't really give me a break from the end of AF to O.
In addition to all of this, I'm trying to balance out raising my estrogen and progesterone without spiking either. I won't have my blood drawn again until July so I don't know where I'm at.
I guess ideally I would like to know best way to continue to raise estro and progestro, get a few more days in between AF and O and stop the spotting during O. I refuse to even consider cycling again until after October (that will have given me 6+ months of healthy living).
To make everything worse, like I don't have enough to worry about, hubby is now saying this will be our last cycle, he's getting too old; if everything I'm doing to improve at this point doesn't work, nothing will and I hate to agree with him, but if that's the case then, I'll chance it to Mother Nature from then on for another year regardless of gender. But I'm pretty stubborn, we'll see who wins that fight :/
I'm only 41, I am sick of Dr.s telling me to get donors or that what I'm doing won't work. I'm counting on you ladies for my sanity :) You're all my "clinical trials" and everyone is proving the medics wrong! :)
Obviously I'm not swaying since we're doing IVF, so I'm 100% focused on correcting me and my eggs' chromosomal abnormalities. I want to do low stims next round too.
To recap:
D&C March 29, I hemorrhaged at the hospital, 2 and 5 days later and bled pretty consistently for 8 weeks (it was supposed to stop after 2!!!) I have a feeling that on April 27 I got AF, but I was bleeding lightly up to then, then it got real heavy and bright pink, then spotted and lightly bled for a couple more weeks. Based on what I thought, I figured if that *had* been AF in April, I would have my next on May 25th. It showed back up on May 23 so I was OK with it. Let me preface that I changed my eating to whole foods in mid-March when I accepted the twins were gone. I also started taking Vit C, calcium, magnesium in addition to the Vit D, prenatal and Folic acid I had been taking.
I also had my bloodwork done and it was determined I went from 16 to 13 on my Vit D that past year, my FSH went from 12 to 7.6 the past year (I was at 7.6 in May) my prolactin and iron was normal, my TSH was normal (don't think they tested my T3 or T4, which I need due to the Hasimoto's) but my estrogen was like 6.7 and I had virtually no measurable progesterone. I was only put on 50,000ui of Vit D3 since. I have 1 more month to take that. To my supplement cocktail I've added and am now taking daily:
5 - 800mcg Folic acid
4 - 500mg Vit C (from rose hips, pill)
2 - multivitamin
1 - Cal/Mag + Zinc (can't remember exact amount but Cal is 3x Mag and zinc is 5mg)
1 - 2.5mg Melatonin at sleep time
2 - Omega3 fish oil
1 - 1300mg Eve Prim Oil
1 - Magnesium (calcium is too high in other pill, and I get wicked leg/foot cramps otherwise)
2 - 200mg COQ10 (from veggie sources in the pill)
In conjunction to the supplements, I have 2 tsp (morn and night) Royal Jelly & Bee Pollen, 1 shot of reconstituted Wheatgrass, Apple Cider Vinegar, occasional Brewer's yeast, and I only eat whole foods, no wheat, no dairy, no sugar, no alcohol or caffeine (latter 2 in over 10 months). I eat veggies and fruit that improve fertility and are high in antioxidants, a mixture of nuts and seeds, and very little meat. I also mix up a smoothie most mornings or an egg, and have started juicing a few times a week. You would be amazed at it all!!! Hubby is out with an injury so I've been dragging hubby to health food stores, specialty stores, and even China Town! I also try to drink decaf green tea and red raspberry leaf tea daily. I was taking Maca Root powder, but ran out, need to get more.
I've bought but have not started taking B-Complex, 100mg B-6, B-12 (can't remember mg), DHEA for the preceding 4 months before IVF. I am contemplating Vitex or Chasteberry in its pure form as well.
So, that being said, I got my next AF on May 23, so I figured April 27 was the return of AF. Both times were bright pink, I actually got cramps in May for 3 days straight!!! That has never happened and from what I read, both changes were positive changes!!! I was so happy I wanted to tell everyone! I used to be very regular once they did the thyroidectomy: AF at day 28 and O on day 11, like clockwork, but I never had cramps (and got quite a few surprises!!) and it was always a deep dark red, heavy for the first 2 days, then nothing on day 3, then dark brown gook on day 4 and sometimes 5. Now I have a heavy bright pink bleed for the first 4 days and a regular day 5. Days 6 & 7 I *might spot* and I might have a light tinge the day before AF starts.
So I figured next AF would be June 20, but it shows the 19th, so I'm not 28 anymore. The kicker is, in May, I think I O'd on day 8 cuz I had a lot of EWCM, which I had more than I ever used to get, but it was tinged with blood and hubby and I had DTD so I wasn't sure if it was CM or him so I read him the riot act about no longer leaving it in cuz since I'm going through a ton of changes, I would probably get preggs with triple girls with our luck.
Before the IVF I would get CM on days 10 - 12 and it was a normal amount. For June, I got so much CM on days 10 -11 I was kinda freaked out at how much I'm now producing. The downside is, it's still tinged with blood both pink and brown and it's stringy and that lingers into days 12 - 13. I'm OK with the CM on days 10 -13, but the blood has me concerned cuz it's like it (the blood) doesn't really give me a break from the end of AF to O.
In addition to all of this, I'm trying to balance out raising my estrogen and progesterone without spiking either. I won't have my blood drawn again until July so I don't know where I'm at.
I guess ideally I would like to know best way to continue to raise estro and progestro, get a few more days in between AF and O and stop the spotting during O. I refuse to even consider cycling again until after October (that will have given me 6+ months of healthy living).
To make everything worse, like I don't have enough to worry about, hubby is now saying this will be our last cycle, he's getting too old; if everything I'm doing to improve at this point doesn't work, nothing will and I hate to agree with him, but if that's the case then, I'll chance it to Mother Nature from then on for another year regardless of gender. But I'm pretty stubborn, we'll see who wins that fight :/
I'm only 41, I am sick of Dr.s telling me to get donors or that what I'm doing won't work. I'm counting on you ladies for my sanity :) You're all my "clinical trials" and everyone is proving the medics wrong! :)
Obviously I'm not swaying since we're doing IVF, so I'm 100% focused on correcting me and my eggs' chromosomal abnormalities. I want to do low stims next round too.