I think I figured it out!

Okay so after my post last night I lay in bed thinking. I was thinking about all the different things I've learned about myself medically. Everything I've learned about PCOS and everything I've learned about trying to conceive. Then I started thinking....how can it be the long cycle lengths? I'm still ovulating. So if I'm ovulating I'm producing an egg. It is a longer time frame than most women. Then all of a sudden something clicked. Luteal phase! If you don't know you're luteal phase is the time frame after ovulation and before menstruation. For a healthy woman and to be able to conceive you need about 12-14 days from ovulation for things to be right. If it's 10 or less you're just not giving a fertilized egg a chance to implant. I have been writing everything down in this little calendar since the very first day after my IUD was out. One thing I didn't really focus on was my luteal phase. I've had 3 periods but ovulated twice and when I looked at it my luteal phase was 9 days and then 10 days. So odds are I have a luteal phase defect in conjunction with the pcos. Basically my body isn't producing enough progesterone to prepare my uterine lining for a pregnancy so the egg can't implant in something that isn't prepared for it.

So I was talking to my mom about it this morning. She had to have progesterone shots when trying to get pregnant with me. She said for the first hour she felt horrible and miserable but after that first hour of the shot it wasn't so bad. So I might have to do something like that to give me the amount needed to make up for what my body isn't producing. Not really sure. I go in June 8 so I should be able to get in and see what's going on before I ovulate again. It's taken me 6 weeks and 5 weeks from after my period to ovulate again and I have 3 until my appt so that'll work out well. I think he might put me on metformin again to help. I've lost some weight but can definitely afford to lose more. The metformin would help me lose a little more and help increase fertility. I'm hoping I don't have to take too much or end up on clomid or something. I just hate to be sick all summer trying to get pregnant. Plus it seems like clomid just makes you grumpy all the time and all you do is hate everyone around you. I don't know if anyone has ever been on it but that's what I've heard and read. Either way whatever happens I'm just really excited. I can't wait to figure this out. I really hope we can have another kid before Charlotte turns 3 next year so we'll see. I just wanna sort this mess of a body out. Hopefully in the future as we try for more kids I'll be more knowledgeable so this process can be shortened.

So there ya go. I bet you never thought you'd learn so much about me :) So wish me luck in 3 weeks. Hopefully I can get on track quick to get this figured out.