On March 30, 2006 I went to the doctors office for a routine well woman exam. I think I know why my periods have been wacky the last four months. The doctor immediately saw a polyp on my cervix. He removed it right then and there. It was painless and all I felt was a little pressure and I didn't even bleed afterward. The doctor assured me that he sees this very often and they are usually not cancerous, however, he was sending it to the lab just to be sure.

After he was done with my exam, he also performed a pelvic ultrasound which I found to be very interesting as he pointed out my uterus, cervix, cervical opening, bladder and ovaries. He said that everything appeared fine. He even pointed out a developing egg in my right ovary!! How weird because I thought I had ovulated LAST WEEK. Apparently not if there is a developing egg there. I guess I don't know my body as well as I thought I did.

The doctor and I discussed my desire to conceive. He asked if Mike had given a sperm sample to be tested. I told him that was on our list of things to do. He said that would be the first thing we want to look at and if all is okay with him, he will have me come in and he'll shoot some dye into my tubes to make sure they are open.

He also wrote me out a prescription for prenatal vitamins. I advised him that I was already taking an over the counter one but he told me they do not contain as much folic acid in them as the prescription strength one does and that folic acid is very important if I'm trying to conceive.

Since I have a developing egg in the ovary, I figured it was a good night for sex.

Oh.....and last week, I found this lady on Ebay that performs fertility spells for you. I had her do one for me. She said that she felt very strongly that we would be blessed with a baby. We'll see if she's right!! Keeping my fingers crossed!!

Once again, I was fooled into thinking I was pregnant this month. I figured out what happened though. Last month (February), I had a late ovulation, which must have delayed my period. I've been tracking my cycles for several months now and I noticed that my period always starts 18 days past the last day of ovulation (sight of CM). So......I counted 18 days and put a red mark on my calendar on todays date and wouldn't you know it??? Today is the day my period started. I'm feeling kind of sick to my stomach right now with period cramps. I wish I could just lay down and do nothing all day, but I have chores around the house that need to be done. Hopefully the Advil will kick in soon and I'll feel better.

I'm somewhat disappointed that I was not pregnant this month as I thought since my period was ten days late. At the same time, I know that I will be someday....IF it's meant to be.

Here it is March 2006. I haven't been keeping up with my log, so let me start with Nov. 2005 when my body began acting really strange:

Nov. 17 had my period and lasted the normal three days. 12 days later I had another period which scared the crap out of me. I think I mentioned this in a previous post, so I won't go into details again. On the 5, 6, and 7th day into my cycle, I experienced some CM.

Dec. 24 (2005), my period started and a little heavier than normal but lasted three days. On the 7, 8, 9 & 10th day of this cycle I had some CM.

Jan/2006: On the 17th day of my cycle, something very unusual happened. My nipples became sore and became progressively more so over the next 2 weeks. This has never happened before. My nightshirt rubbing on them or the shower spray would cause discomfort. I experienced some spotting on the 15, 18 and 20th, which is also not normal for me. On Jan. 21 my period started and my nipples immediately stopped hurting at this point. My period appeared normal and lasted four days with one day of spotting the day after it ended.

On Feb. 7, my period started again, only 17 days into my cycle. Once again, not normal for me. It was a normal period, lastng four days but something even more unsual happened this month: I spotted light pink for 6 consecutive days past my period, skipped one day and spotted light pink for three more days. It was so small an amount that I didn't even have to wear a liner, it was only seen when I wiped after pee'n. On the 17th and 19th day of my cycle I had a small amount of CM.

Mar/2006: My period was due to begin on March 6. As of today, I am approximately 5 days late. Three days ago I did an HPT that had a negative reading, however, I did it in the afternoon and the box suggested that first morning pee is more reliable. I was impatient. If I haven't started by Monday (7 days late), I will perform a second HPT that morning upon waking. I'm also wondering if the fact that I ovulated later in the month than usual is not delaying my period. If that's the case, I SHOULD start my period on March 16.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed, but I'm afraid to get my hopes up.

*I've really been concerned the last several months that my periods have suddenly become irregular because of the possibility that I could be approaching an early menopause. I saw our regular doctor on Feb. 23 to request blood work to have my cholesterol checked since I haven't had it done in such a long time. The doctor and I discussed my periods, but he didn't think I was approaching menopause yet. When it came time for the blood work, I thought they were taking an awful lot of blood from me just to check my cholesterol (FIVE vials!). Today, March 11th, I received a test result in the mail. Seems the doc performed a FSH (follicle stimulating hormone) test on me that day as well. From what I've read on the internet, it is a test used to determine possible infertility. I'm happy to say that mine were normal!! At least now I know that the reason I'm not conceiving yet is not due to perimenopause or whatever!! Even if I'm not pregnant this month, I still have a chance. Yay!!

Mike and I have also discussed the possibility of him going back to Baylor to have a sperm sample tested. Since his reversal, we still have not had that done yet. Also, the doctor just recently put him on Flomax and that drug can cause infertility in men by causing the semen to back up into his bladder rather than coming out the way it's supposed. I hope this doesn't happen to us.

I think I'm caught up now. Anyone reading this, please keep your fingers crossed for me!!