Femara, Spotting and other stuff

Needless to say last cycle did not work out. At least my period skipped a day so I could have a great Birthday evening. The following day, when my hopes were crashed, I had our trip to the sea side and friends that were traveling along with us to take my mind off of it.

I do want to say that my experience with Femara has been a little weird, very different of what happened when I took Clomid. With my tree cycles on Femara I had a little cramping around a week after implantation and very little light red spotting that filled my heart with hope. Also non stop brown spotting around 5 days before my period. No heat waves or sharp pains that happened while taking Clomid.

I am happy this is my last cycle on medication. It makes me sad to think that one more cycle of treatment has passed and still no success but I think I understand now that it is NOT going to happen "naturally". My tubes are obviously no good so there is no point in wasting time with stimulation, temping, reading, hoping, crying, etc. I have finally started making my mind up about doing in vitro again, and I decided to look into it after summer. I want to enjoy this summer without having to take dozens of shots like last year, I want to exercise, enjoy my friends, wear nice stuff (afterall we are in Europe) and just generally have a good time.

This month I am still taking femara and Dostinex and then next cycle I have an appointment to see if I will ovulate on my own when off medication and if the eggs are maturing. I want to ask my doctor for another blood test to check on my prolactin levels and then we should talk about IVF.

A friend of mine that is very lovely and concerned about my fertility troubles found a treatment in the black sea that promises a natural way to get you preggos. I am all pro trying alternative stuff but this time I am a little doubtful... There is a resort that uses mud of a region known from the Roman times to cure all sort of ailments. My mother in law goes there every year to treat her knees and many people from out of the country come to Bulgaria to this region for the healing properties of the mud. My friend went to treat her back and found this Obgyn that is specialized in fertility and the use of the local mud. Here is what I am a little nervous about: he introduces the mud vaginally and then massage your abdomen to make sure it goes through everywhere. He told her it is perfect to treat inflammation and ideal for ladies that deal with tubal issues. My friend had an ectopic and now only have one tube and she has been trying for a second child without success for a while now. I am sure it is safe but I feel a little nervous about putting mud up inside my uterus... I heard that are people who eat it... I don't know, I have to decide soon, she is going next week and wants me to go with her...