I walked out of the clinic holding in my hand a happy golden form with little tick marks on the precise boxes I'd hoped for. Excitement does not begin to describe the feeling, of knowing that you are going to be able to rule out issues and know you are healthy, or at the very least know what to do if anything doesn't line up perfectly. I am being proactive. I have a plan! (Okay, so maybe this is also my way of controlling the uncontrollable by ruling things out.) it's my body ad I have a right to know what is going on. Besides, I like charts and statistics.
Fast forward a few days. I am now sitting in the waiting room of the blood lab and waiting to "donate" five more vials of blood for testing purposes. They're looking ah FSH, LH, estrogen (all of which would be from the follicular phase so not relevant currently but hey I'm no doctor) and lastly progesterone! The hormone which regulates the second half of your cycle, causes your temperature to rise and sustains a pregnancy until about week 10 when the placenta takes over. So this is why it is very important to have the correct levels.
Fingers crossed that I'm all good. Or even better that there's a tiny spark within.
