Drinking the Pregnitude is not getting any easier! A little bit of Country Time Lemonade makes it a little better, but it still is not easy to get down. I am hoping that the end result is worth the two 8 oz. glasses of it I have to drink each day. I am now 6 weeks and 2 days past my last period and if I don't start tomorrow, it will be the longest I have gone without a period since I got it back in May (after having my son.) Since I have already taken 4 pregnancy tests and gotten 4 negative results, I'm fairly confident that I am not pregnant and that my period is just being stubborn. I wish it understood that it's essential to my baby making success, but alas it has not.
The pregnitude package states that there can be some gastrointestinal side effects and I am definitely experiencing some of that already. Hoping that this doesn't last the whole time I take it and that it is just my body getting used to this new substance.
That's all for day two, hope you keep reading!
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Intro and Day 1 of Pregnitude
So here's the thing, my husband and I would like another baby. But here's the other thing, it's not happening as quickly as I would like. In researching our next steps, I struggled to find personal accounts from women who were taking Pregnitude that provided me with hope or at least what to expect from it. In this first post, I hope to provide you a little information about myself and fertility struggle and then hope you will continue to join me on this journey for baby number 2!
My husband and I have been married for 3.5 years, known each other for 4.5. About 6 months after getting married, we decided we wanted to grow our family. After watching several seasons of "Teen Mom", I just thought we had to have sex once and we'd get our little bundle of joy. Wrong. After about 4-6 months of going months at a time without a period, I met with the doctor. They did ultrasounds, tested me for PCOS and other things and tested my husband's sperm but nothing seemed to be wrong...except for the fact I wasn't menstruating and ovulating on my own. Sure, I had cysts, but not PCOS. At 8 months of trying, my doctor put me on Prometrium to get my period and then Clomid to ovulate. I didn't ovulate with the lowest dose of Clomid or the next highest dose of Clomid. The third month on Clomid, after eleven months of trying, I finally ovulated...and got pregnant.
I figured it would be a breeze after that, but it wasn't. I had gestational diabetes and had to check my sugars 4 times a day. Then, two days before my due date, I started bleeding and it wouldn't stop. I got to the hospital and found out I was having a partial placental abruption and was taken in for a c-section right away. I am not the mother to a perfectly healthy 17 month old baby boy that I adore, but it wasn't eating getting here (but so worth it!)
My husband and I started to try for baby number 2 after I stopped breastfeeding, so about 4.5 months ago. I am already discouraged! All my pregnancy tests are telling me "no" and my ovulation kit is telling me I am having an LH surge, but I'm obviously not ovulating. I called my doctor and spoke to a nurse and she told me about Pregnitude. Desperate for something, I decided to do some research and then ultimately decided to order it.
Today is my first day taking Pregnitude. It's disgusting. It reminds me of when I had to take the glucose drink for the gestational diabetes testing. You pour a packet of it into water and then drink it morning and night. They say it's tasteless but I don't find the taste of chalk to be tasteless! I called the doctor and they said I could add a little lemonade to it and it helped. I don't feel much different since it is day one. Right now, I am 6 weeks and 1 day past my last period and 3 weeks and 2 days past my "positive" ovulation test (lies!) Hoping this Pregnitude will help make my cycle regular and get this baby made!!
If you are reading this and struggling to conceive as well, I'd love to hear from you in the comment section!
My husband and I have been married for 3.5 years, known each other for 4.5. About 6 months after getting married, we decided we wanted to grow our family. After watching several seasons of "Teen Mom", I just thought we had to have sex once and we'd get our little bundle of joy. Wrong. After about 4-6 months of going months at a time without a period, I met with the doctor. They did ultrasounds, tested me for PCOS and other things and tested my husband's sperm but nothing seemed to be wrong...except for the fact I wasn't menstruating and ovulating on my own. Sure, I had cysts, but not PCOS. At 8 months of trying, my doctor put me on Prometrium to get my period and then Clomid to ovulate. I didn't ovulate with the lowest dose of Clomid or the next highest dose of Clomid. The third month on Clomid, after eleven months of trying, I finally ovulated...and got pregnant.
I figured it would be a breeze after that, but it wasn't. I had gestational diabetes and had to check my sugars 4 times a day. Then, two days before my due date, I started bleeding and it wouldn't stop. I got to the hospital and found out I was having a partial placental abruption and was taken in for a c-section right away. I am not the mother to a perfectly healthy 17 month old baby boy that I adore, but it wasn't eating getting here (but so worth it!)
My husband and I started to try for baby number 2 after I stopped breastfeeding, so about 4.5 months ago. I am already discouraged! All my pregnancy tests are telling me "no" and my ovulation kit is telling me I am having an LH surge, but I'm obviously not ovulating. I called my doctor and spoke to a nurse and she told me about Pregnitude. Desperate for something, I decided to do some research and then ultimately decided to order it.
Today is my first day taking Pregnitude. It's disgusting. It reminds me of when I had to take the glucose drink for the gestational diabetes testing. You pour a packet of it into water and then drink it morning and night. They say it's tasteless but I don't find the taste of chalk to be tasteless! I called the doctor and they said I could add a little lemonade to it and it helped. I don't feel much different since it is day one. Right now, I am 6 weeks and 1 day past my last period and 3 weeks and 2 days past my "positive" ovulation test (lies!) Hoping this Pregnitude will help make my cycle regular and get this baby made!!
If you are reading this and struggling to conceive as well, I'd love to hear from you in the comment section!
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