I miss you blogger!

Man, did you ever try to break up with a boyfriend then have second thoughts?

Yeah, me neither. Probably due to the lack of boyfriends throughout my life.

Trying to break up with my blog made me miss it already! Perhaps instead of pouring my heart and soul out all the time I'll keep it a little more simple.

I visited my midwife this week to go over some thyroid bloodwork. I told her I was starting to have real concerns about being able to get pregnant. My weight has also been at one huge plateau. I feel like my progress came to a hault about a month ago and have barely made any progress.

We talked for a long time. She told me that she just learned a lot of new information about fertility at a conference. The information indicates that women who can lose 5-10% of their body weight BEFORE going on clomid are much more likely to have successful pregnancies.

Our current plan is for me to lose 15 more pounds and then she will start me on clomid. She said that we haven't even exhausted our resources and not to give up yet.

This has given me a new found hope about this journey. It's nice to know that there is hope for us to become parents eventually.

She also agrees with how my other practitioner has told me to eat, but feels that I need to eat little to no fruit, and instead eat complex carbohydrates like sweet potatoes and whole grains. (Basically eat like a diabetic) She also gave me a guideline to consume 1500 calories a day which is way more than I've been eating. She said in her experience patients with thyroid problems will gain more weight the more they restrict and she's worried that by severe caloric restriction I'll just shoot myself in the foot.

For what it's worth I'm feeling good and maybe I'll continue posting little updates here and there.

Let's hope I can continue making progress and get through this plateau!!!