Well…maybe. I didn’t get a phone call today confirming my appointment with my OB/GYN tomorrow–so I’m really hoping they didn’t mess up my appointment because that would just mess up so much as I’m already on CD 4 and don’t know where we’re going from here. I am actually looking forward to the quarterly “What’s wrong with those ovaries?” appointment for the results of my latest round of blood tests and a new treatment plan. I’m guessing more Clomid will be in order and thinking that we might be going up to a 150 mg dose.
Today, I heard an advertisement on the radio looking for women 18-34 who are trying to get pregnant but not ovulating. It sounds like a clinical trial for a new medication aimed at stimulating ovulation, so I figured why not and gave them a call. I don’t have much more information other than the fact that the organization doing the study is part of a fertility clinic and local hospital in the Detroit Metro area. I got a voice mail from a coordinator and will call her tomorrow for more information. It sounds like they’re specifically looking for PCOS patients, but I’m not sure if you have to have a definite diagnosis or not.
I guess my biggest question is whether everyone in the study would be given the medication or are they using placebos? It would really suck to go through all of the testing, prodding, baby dancing (well, that wouldn’t be that bad) to find out you were given nothing but a sugar pill. I couldn’t handle that kind of disappointment. Talk about playing with people’s emotions! I would also be wondering about multiples–has the drug been studied enough to know whether a litter would be a possibility? I definitely don’t want to be an Octomom.
So many questions–but the idea of being monitored by a fertility clinic, FOR FREE, is kind of exciting since our insurance won’t cover anything. I guess like everything, it’s all about benefit vs. risk.
Fingers crossed that tomorrow goes well 
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