Wait....did you say Menopause?

As you know I have been having quite a few issues, if not you can read about those here.  I went back to my doctor to get all the results from my Salvia test and blood work last Thursday. As nervous as I was to find out what was going on I was excited to get the results that way we could get them all straightened out.
I was in complete shock at what I heard. Let me go back to last August when I went in for my yearly and as I told her the issues I was having she said that it could be that I was premenopausal and if I kept having issues I would need to come back and we would go from there. So little did I know that when I went to All Seasons appointment it would in fact turn out that my Gyno was right.
She sat me down in her office and she started with the salvia test first. Not only did my results state that I was menopausal it also showed that my Progesterone was really low. Makes sense after seeing all the symptoms of low progesterone. My estrogen and testosterone were not in balance and if these two are not in balance then they will not work properly. Then she moves on to my blood work and it showed that my Vitamin D was severally low. Normal range was 750-1100 and mine was 30. Also my B12 was low and needed to be put back into the normal range. Then the not so shocker occurred and said that my Glucose test was high and she wanted to retest and do one that shows 3 months back. I'm not surprised I've struggled with this ever since my second pregnancy when I had gestational diabetes.

She then moved on to the plan of care:

I will be using the hormone creams, a B12 shot once a week for 10 weeks, a Vitamin D shot once a month for 6 months, B12 tablet once a day, and Vitamin D3 tablet daily. I go back in 8 weeks and if it is working then we will stick to this plan of treatment and if not we will change it up according to my symptoms that are left. I will get the results of my glucose retest next week.

 

I share this not only because I'm overly open but to show some of you that just because we are women doesn't mean that we should feel this way and it is not normal. NO it is not normal! Look up and do a little research on these hormones, vitamin D, B12 all of these things and you might be surprised at what you find. I didn't even know or realize that Vitamin D was important. Also if you are struggling through infertility you may want to take a good look at your hormones. Luckily I have my all my baby making out of the way but as of right now even if I wanted to have another baby I couldn't due to my hormones. I had no clue that hormones could effect it. I've also heard testimonies of this. A lady I know said that was her only way of getting pregnant was to go in get her hormones checked and right then she got pregnant easily so then she had to repeat 3 more times of going in she now has 4 beautiful children.