Exciting News!

We’re going to start trying to get pregnant again!! I am so ecstatic! And relieved… I think because it feels like we’re moving forward again. During our break I’ve felt stuck, like I was just trying to keep busy to pass the time until we were ready to try again. All I’ve ever wanted is to be a mom and have a family, and we’re actually going to be working on it again!

The talk with the husband this past weekend went really well, obviously. First we revisited the reason we initiated our TTC break… our financial situation. Over the past few months we haven’t really made any headway in that area, and we realized that we probably won’t anytime soon and that we don’t care anymore. We probably won’t be financially secure for at least ten more years, if ever, so screw it.

Then we moved on to how we want to go about it this time, now that we know we’ll probably need help. He said I should go first since I’d been chomping at the bit ever since that text message last week... he’s so sweet! I told him my ideas for a tentative plan of action, then he told me his thoughts on it all, and together we came up with a definitive plan.

First off is possibly getting “weaned” off the anti-depressants. There may be a taper-down period to ease the transition back to a “drug-free” life. After that, there’s probably a suggested minimum amount of time to wait before getting pregnant to let the meds leave my system, probably thirty days. I find all that out at my appointment next Monday. I guess we’re probably looking at about a month and a half before we actually get to start trying again.

My last day of anti-depressants will also be my last day of birth control (yay!). That next month will allow my body to rid any residual stuff from the meds and also (hopefully) to return to my normal menstrual cycle. During that time I’ll contact my wonderful lady doctor to confirm that she still wants me to try the Clomid. If so, we’ll give that a go for a few months, and if nothing, I’ll send my records to the endometriosis specialists in Atlanta to see what they have to say. But not before the husband gets a semen analysis… he wasn’t too happy about that, but agreed that he’d definitely do it before surgery.

I’d had concerns about possibly taking Clomid since I already ovulate on my own, but I feel better about it now after reading more information. Apparently if the endo has affected either of the ovaries, it’s possible the egg doesn’t fully develop before ovulation, meaning it couldn’t be fertilized. The Clomid boosts the hormones, hopefully making a more mature egg and therefore causing a “stronger” ovulation. I’d heard that term before and not fully understood what it meant, so yay for learning new things. :)

Sorry this has been another long one… I’m just so excited! Hope everyone had a safe and wonderful New Year’s celebration! 2011… wow. I’m so hoping it’ll be a good year!