nov 21st - 2

after 4 and a half months i finally got a period on my own yesterday. it just so happens that my ob/gyn is a member of our church, as well as a member of choir. so we've been discussing the course of action to take for me to ovulate - since that is a pretty important part of making babies. there are a couple of different medicines that are a usual start to fertility treatment. we were thinking of starting the medicine in late winter/early spring because i have some work projects that are in fully swing right now. but, when it came down to it yesterday, we thought, work will never be perfect, so i called the ob/gyn office.

if i wanted to wait, then if i didn't get a period on my own again, i'd have to take medroxyprogesterone (was on it for a few months before) to trigger one in the spring.

so i opted to start the first dose of metformin now. metformin (glucophage) is a drug primarily used by diabetics to help regulate blood sugar. it's very commonly used in the Trying To Conceive (TTC) world. apparently, the regulation of blood sugar helps bring on ovulation. so, this first does is 500mg a day, then next month is 1000mg a day, then the third month is 1500mg a day which is what's considered the "therapeutic" dose. a couple of friends at work had successful tries with metformin, so we'll see what happens.

the bad side effects: GI issues. i haven't noticed any of that yet, but i've only taken one pill so far. the good side effects: possible weight loss, since it's helping the body regulate blood sugar.

so, i'll be tracking with test strips to see if this has any effect.