Down The Rabbit Hole

Hawk and I leave tomorrow night for ten days in Europe (woot!). We are spending a few days with his family in London, then a couple days in Zurich, and then polishing off the trip with a nice five day stint in Paris. My folks will be in Paris when we get there (on my mom’s very first trip to the City of Light!), and we’re really excited to get to spend a day with them. Somehow, packing for this trip is harder than our trip last year, even though that was five weeks and this is only ten days. I think because this time I’m actually trying to pack nice clothes and more than one pair of shoes. It’s harder to coordinate outfits on a spacial budget.

Also, news on the baby-making front. This month, I lost another day on my cycle (this month only 21 days) and my luteal phase (time from ovulation to menstruation) was only eight days. This is not good. I spoke to my doctor, and turns out I have a Luteal Phase Defect because I am not producing enough progesterone. I had a progesterone test back in March, and he had told me “I’ve seen higher and I’ve seen lower”, but last night he actually told me what my progesterone level was, and it was only 9.3 (from reading I have done online, doctors like to see a progesterone level over 10 in a normal cycle). And this was during a “good cycle” (my emphasis added) that was 25 cycle days with a 12 day luteal phase. FINALLY THERE IS A REASON.

And, better news, there is treatment. Starting next cycle, I am going to do a round of Clomid, which will stimulate my ovaries to produce more hormones. Hopefully, this will result in a pregnancy. I’m a little nervous, because I read that Clomid can be hormonal hell, but, hey, maybe it will work! That would be neat. But I’m not counting my chickens before they are hatched. We’ll give it a shot and see what happens!

But first, Europe.

Au revoir!