I’m skipping an ultrasound this week since I have one on Tuesday next week. I keep telling myself I can do it, I can wait, but it’s so difficult. And once my 13-week ultrasound is over, what will I do? How will I get through the days until my 20-week one? I’ll definitely have to buy a doppler.
So I called my doctor’s office yesterday to ask about my progesterone levels from my Friday blood draw, and they’re up slightly to 17. My doctor is having me start progesterone suppositories, 200 mg 3 times a day through week 14. My progesterone shots are supposed to be done next Monday (only 5 left! I was so happy about that yesterday before talking to the nurse) but now they might make me continue them. I’m going to try to convince them not to do that. I’d rather just stay on the suppositories because apparently the shots aren’t really doing anything, anyway.
Here’s what I’m proposing:
- I want to have my progesterone levels drawn weekly once I start the suppositories
- I want to continue the suppositories until week 16
- When I go off the suppositories, I want my level checked a day or two later to see if it starts dropping again. If it does, I want to continue the suppositories through the second trimester
I came to this conclusion thanks to Dr. Google and I’m pretty comfortable with it. We’ll see if my doctor agrees. There shouldn’t be any reason for him not to agree, but who knows.
The super frustrating part of this for me is that apparently my doctor decided to have me go on the suppositories but then didn’t have anyone call to tell me. I know this because when I called yesterday, his notes were in my chart but he hasn’t been in the office this week. So he had to have decided that beforehand but didn’t think it was important enough to have someone call me. I just don’t get it. If this office weren’t the only game in town I’d definitely be elsewhere. And I do like the nurses. They remember me and if they say they’ll call, they do. Argh!
I started crying last night while watching American Idol I think just because I was so frustrated by this whole situation. I wasn’t even thinking about it, I was talking about how I thought Anoop did really well and then I burst into tears. Poor G was so confused.
We did take a belly shot for 12 weeks, which turned out pretty bad. I was getting ready for bed when I reminded G that we needed to take it and we just quickly took it. Oh, well, you can at least see my belly (and my giant boob). I’ll definitely pay more attention next time to how it turns out so it’s more flattering.
My belly at 12 weeks
I have to say you have great figure and your tummy looks really cute.
Yay for the great ultrasound!