I had an appointment with my allergist today. I am allergic to grass, which means that during May and June, I can be pretty miserable if I’m not heavily medicated. Basically, all the medications I take are antihistamines. That sucks, because anyone—including several of the women from my infertility support group—will tell you that antihistamines dry up cervical mucous.
At first, I was all for trying some herbal remedy in place of my trusted drugs. But now, I saw screw it. I simply cannot be prostrate with misery this allergy season. If that means my next medicated cycle is a bust, so be it. (And no, I will not be waiting until after allergy season to resume trying to conceive.) I will stick my finger up my hoo-ha every day and dutifully record what I feel, and if I don’t feel any EWCM around ovulation time (assuming I do ovulate), then I’ll know why. At the very least, I’ll have even more information about myself and how my body works. And that’s really what infertility treatment is about, isn’t it?—gathering more and more and more information about yourself.
Women taking antihistamines get pregnant every day. Why shouldn’t I? (Boy, that post sounded very angry, didn’t it? Well, I’m just sick of this infertility thing taking over the rest of my life! So there! (makes an obscene gesture at infertility) )
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TAKE THAT infertility! (as I join you in your obscene gesture)
I also join in the flipping of the obscene gesture. And I love that you say that infertility treatments are really just about getting to know our bodies better. Hee hee hee.
Okay, now for unsolicited assvice about the dryness. Do you use Preseed? I haven't used it, so this assvice is particularly lame, but I have heard that it can mimic/help with EWCM for those for whom its scanty. Just a thought, and one you're probably already doing or have heard of!!
Gesturing obscenely! But, what medications are you on? Could you switch to something else that would cause less problems? (Nasal spray or something else?) I am so with you, you shouldn't have to suffer with allergies!
Carrie--yes, I have thought about Preseed. I think if I go in for my u/s when I'm on Letrozole, and the doc finds a good-sized follicle, and I don't notice much EWCM, then I might try Preseed. It's just so darned expensive that I don't want to use it unless I'm absolutely sure I will ovulate.
Dianne--Believe it or not, my allergies are so bad, I use four different drugs during the spring! One of them is a nasal spray--the only one that's not an antihistamine. If I only use that, however, I think I'll still have problems. Also, I have severely itchy eyes, and I don't think nasal spray would help with that.
I agree it's not reasonable to suffer through the allergies. Especially if you're not sure you'll ovulate.
For what it's worth, I wasted lots of $$$ on PreSeed back when I thought we had a prayer of conceiving. It didn't help me get pregnant (although I can't blame the product considering there was no sperm involved) but I can say it's very nice. If you have a good follie and minimal EWCM, my assvice is to use it.
Hi - I just started my first trial with letrozole this month (I also have PCOS). Today I had a day 10 u/s which found one follicle at 14.5mm. I have to go back in two days for another one. I am guessing this size is OK for day 10??? Does anyone have any input? The nurse didn't mention what my endometrium measured.
Also, where can you buy Preseed??
Anonymous--Yes, that size is GREAT for a CD10 ultrasound; at CD13 a couple cycles ago, my biggest was 11mm, yet I still ovulated on CD18.
Look up Preseed on Google. They have a Web site, and it tells you where the closest Preseed retailer is.
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