Not what I wanted to see or hear

It's only been one cycle of normalcy since the miscarriage but for some reason, I really thought this was it! Well, my lovely Aunt Flo had a different opinion late yesterday afternoon. Damn her.

After detecting ovulation on cycle day 16, I really thought this was going to be it. My body is getting back on track and I ovulated on my own so I was feeling really good. I went in the day after ovulation to have blood taken to check my progesterone. I found out today that my progesterone was only a little over 7. When on Clomid, it really should be at least 15. Bummer. Not good at all. So I of course asked if that meant I was actually ovulating and my doctor told me my ovaries were TRYING to. Only trying?? Ugh, I really thought I had ovulated. But, apparently my thyroid levels have not been good lately and they are keeping track of that. It seems that a lot of this has to do with my thyroid levels being elevated. They are trying to get my tsh down to a 2.5. It was up above 6 in late November and down to 4.6 earlier this month. So right now we are playing around with doses of my thyroid medicine to hopefully get it where it needs to be. I'm just thankful that THIS doctor actually checks that for me and keeps a close watch on it. Also I'm thankful for a normal, 29-day cycle!

So I'm a little bummed and just feeling kind of down because this month didn't go exactly as I thought it would. I wanted a Halloween baby so they could have a close birthday with Ethan. Now we are praying for a Thanksgiving baby. I'm going to just try and not stress (yeah, right!) and just enjoy my family that I have. Looking forward to a much-needed trip to see my parents this weekend so I'm going to concentrate on that and just take it one day at a time. If I don't, I might drive myself crazy!

HSG

So, Tuesday I took the day off of work to go get an hysterosalpingogram done. A hysterosalpingogram? Yeah, I can't even pronounce that word and I like to think I'm smart so I just call it an HSG...as does everyone else! I was really kind of freaking out about it because I had read so many different people's experiences with it. 

My husband and I pulled into the hospital at 12:00 and I was called back and put in a room around 12:45. They told me my doctor was running late so I laid on the x-ray table for what seemed like forever! I have to say, I was really intimidated by the room. I've never been in a room like that.

I felt a little bit better seeing that Flounder and Sebastian were on the opposite wall so I just imagined them singing "Under the Sea" for quite some time. 

Around 1:50 my doctor finally arrived. He did the procedure and I watched as the dye went through my uterus and spilled out both of my tubes! I was so excited! Excited, yes. I was excited because that means there isn't any blockage of any sort and all is well. The whole procedure honestly took maybe 10 minutes? It wasn't long at all. And it was pretty painless, I like to think I just have that great of a doctor!

But boy the cramps that came afterwards. YIKES! But luckily, they didn't last too long and I'm feeling wonderful today. Doctor told my husband and I to start getting busy making a baby. He doesn't have to tell us twice!