Curiouser and curiouser…

Trigger warning: women’s stuff

I kind of want to get all this written down before I have an appointment this afternoon with a private gynaecology consultant in relation to the recurrent miscarriages we’ve been having.

I’ve been doing some research … Uh-oh yes Google…

As I have spent the best part of my adult life trying not to get pregnant I have very little information to go on my natural cycle. I’ve always known that my cycle has always been longer than the normal 28 days averaging about 32 days I’ve never really known why and I’ve always been told that it’s normal…

However since I have been tracking my cycles I have now discovered that I get a slight peak of luteinising hormone around day 14 and then a strong peak on days 19 or 20 and assuming ovulation on Day 21 or 22. Then within 10 days my cycle starts. Meaning that I have a shorter than regular luteal phase.

Now I wanted to get this written down because I want to see if the consultant agrees with me later. (To basically see if I’m right!)

I think that I might have an issue with my follicle stimulating hormone known as FSH which tries to make me ovulate mid-cycle as per normal it doesn’t quite achieve this, but then goes on to have successful ovulation later in my cycle. Secondly this means that I have a very short luteal phase now the luteal phase is what makes the lining of the uterus nice and comfy and cosy to support a successful pregnancy, and I don’t think my luteal phase is long enough to do this. The treatment for this is progesterone 3 days after ovulation, the NHS won’t support this having agreed to only giving me progesterone from a first positive pregnancy test, and by that time it’s pretty much too late. The NHS works on evidence-based medicine only they have said that they won’t support the early use of progesterone.

The treatment for low FSH I believe is an FSH stimulant called clomid so we’ll see what she says later.

It’s all interesting stuff and certainly something that you never think about until you have to. Not only that but I have also read that prolonged use of hormonal contraceptives can do this kind of thing to you so there there’s something to consider…. If only someone knew this shit and gave the correct advice…. When it mattered.