CD 31

Feeling pretty discouraged today. My temp was super low, but I woke up an hour early, so I used the temp corrector as to not mess up my chart too much.

I keep making excuses:

1. It can take 1-2 days for progesterone to cause a rise in BBT
2. I woke up an hour early, so I may not have gotten enough sleep before temping
3. I may be low in progesterone
4. It may be a slow rise rather than an abrupt spike
   

and really, I am just done. I'm so ready to throw in the towel and scream "YOU WIN!" to whomever is causing my secondary infertility.

While thinking up excuse #3, I remembered I have a copy of test results from when I had blood drawn seven months ago. So I am now sitting here, poring over my results and entering the information into google, hoping it will spit out something useful.

Here is what is written on my lab results:

PITUITARY FUNCTION
FSH 6.1 (<133.1) U/L
(Roche - Electrochemiluminescence)

(2.0 - 11.0 ) Follicular
(5.0 - 34.0) Midcycle
(1.0 - 8.0) Luteal
(28.0 - 133.0) Postmenopausal

I don't quite know what the numbers mean, but I think because I was on CD 41 of an almost 100 day cycle, I'd count it as "midcycle." By looking at that number, my result was very low, which is a good sign.

Prolactin 12.4 (5.0 - 23.0) ug/L
(Roche - Electrochemiluminescence)

Not sure how to read this one; 12.4 falls somewhere in the middle, which could be normal, or could cause infertility, it's too difficult to decipher. High prolactin can be caused by polycystic ovarian syndrome. Wow, I'm shocked.

I will try to read more tomorrow, but for now, I am exhausted. I don't know if it's stress that I've been dealing with lately, or if it's a symptom of ovulation, but I am wiped right out.

CD 31:

BBT 7 AM: 35.87 C
BBT Corrected: 35.98 C
CM: Sticky, dry
CP: Low, firm, medium-open