Thread: Options and coping

It is kind of a long story so bear with me, I will try to shorten it as much as possible.
When I was 15 I stopped having my period and in the time between my sophomore year and senior year of high school I was going through test after test to find a diagnosis. My senior year, after all the testing, my OB GYN sent me to see a "specialist" that happened to specialize in the field of fertility. They basically said they didn't know what was wrong other than I might have premature ovarian failure, although some of the tests didn't indicate this while some did and they were hesitant to make this diagnosis because they weren't sure it was in fact this. But they told me that they were just going to put me on birth control so that I would have a regular cycle and then when I got married and was ready to have kids, go off the birth control and come back to see them and they would work on getting me pregnant. That was in 2003. So now, I've been married for 6 months and all I have ever wanted is a baby, and it has only gotten stronger since I've been married. I've been off the birth control for about a year and a half, still no period. I've been seeing an OB GYN about this problem and just went through my first round of blood tests. It came back and my FSH levels are way high (in the menopausal range) and my estrogen levels are way low (in the menopausal range). I vaguely remember this being the case when I was in High School too. My OB GYN was hesitant to rule in this direction because it is so abnormal, so he wants me to take the test again in a month and come back to discuss my options.
Since then (that was Wednesday) I have looked up Premature Ovarian Failure and they all say that hormone replacement therapy is available, however there is still only a 5-10% change that women with POF will ever get pregnant. This is very hard for me. Ever since I was about in 1st grade all I have ever wanted was to be a mom. And now I am surrounded by it, my sister-in-law is pregnant and my brother-in-law's wife's sister is pregnant, my boss is pregnant, one of my clients just had a baby and it is really hard for me to be around it and to be excited for them now. Especially my sister-in-law because she is only 19! and she is very "loud" about it all so I get to hear all the news right when it happens. I know that adoption is an option and egg donation is an option, but I so badly want to be pregnant with my own baby!

i understand how u feel i thought i couldn't ave kids but now i'm expecting before i was i heard of and ovary transplant its new and only a few ave been done successfully maybe u could ask ur doc about it good luck