It's funny to see my last blog entry when I thought I might be pregnant back in January 2007. As it turned out I wasn't pg... I actually have Hashimoto's Disease, which is an autoimmune disease that causes your immune system to attack your thyroid. A lot of symptoms you get from that are very similar to the symptoms you get during pregnancy, which is why I thought I was pregnant.
I'm glad I've been diagnosed, though. With all the complications you can have during pregnancy when this disease is left untreated, we feel so blessed that our daughter is as healthy as she is.
We're still trying to conceive and having no luck, but I've recently started charting my BBT and found out that I've been ovulating a lot earlier than I thought I was. So all this time we've actually been missing my ovulation... no wonder I'm not pregnant yet. We must have gotten lucky a couple of times at least though because I had a miscarriage back in February and there were a couple of other months where I could have sworn I was pregnant. I was late with my periods and had really bad cramping that felt like a miscarriage.
I'm feeling more confident, though, now that I'm charting. I think we may have missed our opportunity for this month, but I know better for next month. Wish us luck! |