Cycle 20, CD 2... T - 1 to RE mtg.

Just finished out a 35 day cycle, which is an extra week long for me. I was so excited to get my P4 supps, but they didn't bother to tell me when to stop them(surprised?). So I gave my favorite nurse a call last week and she said if I am pg to continue, but if not or get AF, then to stop. So I was due Friday and actually tested for the first time in awhile, since I didn't really know what was going on. I didn't feel like AF was coming, probably bc of the supps. Since I wasn't pg, I stopped, since I figured AF probably wouldn't come unless I did and I'm ready to get on with this.

So yesterday, as I was getting ready for my nephew's baptism (oh the layers of cruel irony), she finally reared her head. I have to say though that whether it's the acupuncture or the septum removal she is not nearly as painful as she used to be. Some comfort, I guess.

We have our big pow-wow with the current (and possibly outgoing) RE tomorrow AM. Now that my lovely birth defect has been removed, we are focusing now on hormonal issues. I first had them run over a year ago and my RE didn't say anything about them being off. I come to find out from my medical records that my initial E2 level was <10 (!!), but instead of saying or doing anything about this, she insisted on putting me on Clomid, which according to my current RE is the LAST thing I should have been on (it's an anti-estrogen).

Now because of my own research and insistence on being tested, I know I also have low P4. These are the two main hormones that control female fertility. The crazy thing is I get regular periods and bleed like crazy, so something is sort of working in there, but not quite. I do have a long follicular phase (which should have been addressed by one of my RE's before now) and a short luteal phase. Both of these are being treated by my acupuncturist, rather than by my RE's (who seem to be oblivious). But we are not fooling around anymore. I'm not big on drugs, but if there is something that needs to be fixed, then by all means. I'm going to ask for yet another run of my CD3 tests tomorrow and if I should be on E2 therapy. We are going to fix this and we going to do it NOW.