Bloods back

I got my recent blood tests back in the mail yesterday. My FSH levels are at 18! They were 86 when last measured back in July. I have an appointment with my GP on Monday so will be able to discuss those plus the rest of the results which I don't know how to translate.

I was rapt to find out my FSH levels had dropped so much. It was almost like receiving a "B" in an exam! Up until now I felt like I had been given a series of "Es". Below 10 is meant to be the ideal for conception. 18 apparently (according to my brief research on the Net) indicates I have eggs of poor quality. It will be interesting to see how this all fits in around my half-diagnosis of POF.

I still am not expecting to be able to conceive again, however. Even so, my mind has spun a few times wondering if I just might be in the TTC stakes again. AF has stuck around all week. Sorry about the TMI but it has been the longest period I've had in a couple of years. It's also being very steady. I have been irritable all week though - as if I am experiencing PMS. I just seem to have a very short fuse. So I guess for my body after six months of no AF, it probably is kind of tiring bleeding for almost a week. No wonder I've been a bit shitty!

It continues to be a busy time. There have been lots of appointments and "homework" (paper-work, photos for social stories etc) for me to do around my daughter's ASD. I have found this exhausting. I'm truly grateful for the help she/we're receiving yet it feels a bit invasive at times - especially when specialists are in our home asking a million and one questions.

I'm looking forward to our Summer holidays. We're off to Ruby Bay (twenty minutes from here) for three weeks as of Christmas day. My Mum and partner have a holiday home there and we'll be staying in the cottage next to their house. It will be good to have no specialists around, and just to relax by the sea for a few weeks. After that my daughter and I are off to Auckland to catch up with my Dad and his family for a week. So we're essentially away and therefore off-line for around a month. I will sneak in a few more posts before we take off though!