I am 26 years old and my husband and I have been practicing NFP since we married two years ago. Right after getting married, I became pregnant. I miscarried shortly after finding out I was pregnant. The next month I accidentally got pregnant again. This time I stayed pregnant for over two months before I lost the baby. I’ve had two or possibly three other pregnancies since then, but always miscarry very early.
Last summer was my last miscarriage and after that we decided that I absolutely had to see a doctor. I went back to a doctor I’d seen in the past when I had Lyme Disease. She happened to be a women’s health specialist and ran a battery of tests on me. My progesterone was very low, thyroid a little low, and testosterone too high. I got on Armour thyroid and a progesterone cream she prescribed, and took measures to lower my testosterone levels. A few months later we re-tested and everything we did seemed to be a success; my progesterone levels were in range, thyroid was perfect, and testosterone levels were also in range again (progesterone and testosterone were both on the low side of in range, but in range none-the-less!). She said everything was fine and all I am on now is the thyroid meds (we waited to test everything until I’d been off of the progesterone cream for a month+ to make sure things were at the right range without medication).
My husband and I are trying to avoid pregnancy for just a couple more months before we can get some work issues taken care of, but I am extremely confused and distressed about my cycles because I do want desperately to have a baby. My doctor says I’m fine and should be able to conceive but I have my doubts and here is why: I will experience ovulatory pain, have very obviously fertile cervical fluid and cervical position/feel/opening and increased sex drive around day 12-14, like I’ve almost always had (typical cycle for me is 28 days with a 14 day luteal phase). But for several months now I’ve lacked the normal temperature shift that *should* occur at this point, which I always experienced even before I had any hormone therapy. Instead of experiencing all those symptoms and then having a temperature shift immediately afterwards, I now will not see a shift for three to eight days. That being the case, doesn’t that likely mean that my progesterone isn’t kicking in soon enough after I ovulate, so that if I did become pregnant, the lining of my uterus wouldn’t be sufficient to sustain a pregnancy? I’m extremely confused as to why this might be, seeing as how my hormone levels are so much improved since last summer.
Any thoughts?
Thanks, Meg