It’s been years since I was on birth control and boy did I forget how horrible they are. These pills literally make me feel like a nutcase. I can’t believe that I used to take them for YEARS. I’m extremely irritable and tired. It took me a few days to figure out what the problem was and then a light bulb went off in my brain and I realized it was the birth control pills. I was looking on some forums and a lot of women said that the side effects from this particular pill are horrible. I believe that it’s due to the amount of estrogen that this pill has. When I was on birth control a couple of years ago, I was on Loestrin and then I switched to Lo loestrin. Both of those pills have lower doses of estrogen which helps to minimize some of the side effects that can occur with birth control.
Well, I only have a couple of weeks left before I stop the birth control pills and start my stim meds (medication to stimulate my ovaries). I also have my hysteroscopy next week and I’m pretty nervous about that. It’s not a major procedure but anytime I have to be put to sleep (using general anesthesia), I get kind of nervous. It’s almost surreal that all of this is happening. I would have never thought we would be doing IVF. I guess, I never thought we would be able to afford it and Lord knows I didn’t think we would end up with an insurance plan that would cover IVF. I’m so thankful for this opportunity and I genuinely feel like God has had his hand on this entire situation. He closed the door when my husband interviewed for other companies that we thought were “better opportunities” and opened the door for a opportunity that was better than we could have ever imagined. We’re so grateful.
My next update will be full of information about this whole IVF process. I can’t wait to share it!
I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David; what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.
Isaiah 22:22 (NIV)
Kristen D. Johnson
