When Mr Wonderful said that we must have two full cycles and then we could start again on the third cycle, I fixed in my head that we would be starting to try again (with those pesky FSH tests) in late November. Then, of course, I had a 21-day cycle and a 25-day cycle, and suddenly I'm staring into the barrel of the starting gun again.
Mr Wonderful said that for the best results, I should take DHEA and DH should take the high dose Vitamin C and E for three months. When AF shows up at the end of this month, it won't have been anything like three months yet.
So I'm not sure if I'm physically or mentally ready for another cycle to start in a couple of weeks' time. But then I wonder if it's just fear holding me back - the fear of failing again and of what will happen next, since this will be our final attempt. And I think of how my biological clock is winding itself down and is barely ticking any more, and I wonder if a delay of even one month might harm our (very slim) chances of success.
And then there's work. I'm hoping that the groundwork I'm putting in at the moment will lead to work starting to come in fairly soon, and it's possible that if I put this off until late November, I may once again have to juggle a treatment cycle around work commitments. That may even be true if we get to go ahead this month, but if it is, I'm still likely to have more work on next month.
Of course, the decision could well be taken out of my hands. I could go for my blood test this month and find that my FSH and E2 levels aren't good enough to start. But even if they are, I just don't know whether it would be better to wait a month longer (actually, only about 26 days longer) and get the extra benefit of taking DHEA for a bit longer.
The timing of the last cycle was not ideal for me - I was in my last couple of weeks of work, and I had teaching and other commitments which meant increased stress, lots of time spent on my feet, and lots of shooting up in various public toilets. I felt quite ambivalent about going ahead with it, but was concerned that with my dodgy hormone levels I might not get another chance.
With this next attempt being our last, I really don't want to have any sort of ambivalence about its timing - but I can't see the future, and I don't know when my hormones are going to behave themselves (if they ever do) or when work will start to come in (if it ever does).
For a control freak like me, it's so hard to have to make these decisions while only ever being in possession of a maximum of half of the relevant information.
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I hate this part, there is never the perfect time, although some times are clearly better than others. I hope you can find a plan that you and your DH feel comfortable with. Holding you hand through this cycle...
ReplyDeleteI would like to think that everything will just fall into place magically for you as that's certainly what you deserve, but I know it rarely works out that way. I guess all you can do is just be as accepting as you can of the situation. It's so hard and I'm the same as you, desparate for a solid plan, and I wish it was blacker and whiter rather than grey and mushy.
ReplyDeleteI don't think you're a control freak. It's not freakish to want a stable plan and to have some influence over when a child comes into your life. So many fertiles get to plan down to the month/day when they will become parents so I've always thought giving those like us the label of control freak was unfair. The universe is the control freak in my opinion. It never lets us have any control over the situation!!!
Hoping for the best for you and your DH. x