Appointment

I finally had my Dr. Appointment yesterday with the reproductive endocrinologist. Here are the details of what happened.

He had all my records, ultrasound and bloodwork reviewed prior to the appointment so he sort of knew what we were going to talk about. Highlights (or lowlights). Although I said a lot, I'll just put what he said.
-confirmed PCOS diagnosis
-said it was genetic
-said I had all the symptoms of hypoglycemia
-said I was insulin resistant
-with too much insulin in your blood and PCOS even if an egg is released the egg can be killed or die because of the hostile environment
-hoping all it will take is metformin (a drug for diabetics), exercise and a low carb diet
-gave me a 1-hr medical school lesson on ovulation, ovulation with PCOS, and history of PCOS and its treatments (which I loved)
-drew a fabulous Ven Diagram (remember those? the three overlapping circles?) one circle with PCOS, one with diabetes, and one with heart disease. This totally freaks me out because I have all three in my family. Obviously I am in one of the circles, let's just hope it's not the center.
-hinted that I had undiagnosed gestational diabetes that's why North was so big. huge lightbulb moment.

He was great, and has 4 kids himself, the last of which was difficult to conceive. He didn't even bat an eye when I said we wanted 8 kids when we were first married. The only thing he made sure of was that we didn't want all 8 at the same time. Which is very true. My "number" has since been lowered to 6, but even then, we'll see where this journey takes us. I can't fight biology forever. It is exhausting and doesn't work. Trust me! He sees all sorts of couples come in. Including couples that want gender selection. Couldn't imagine that...

Here are some of my thoughts coming out of the appointment. Some of them are just me being dramatic.
-no more sugar ever. sad.
-no more carbs ever. double sad
-Tyler's blessing was right. This was not caused by anything I did to myself previously or currently.
-His blessing was also right that this is a protection for us. My diet changes may prevent me from getting diabetes.

-this may explain small family size going back on the Culver side for my grandma, her sister, and her mother
-I'm trying to convince myself that this is a GOOD THING, even though it hurts, to get this diagnosis. It's NOT for lack of trying and it's NOT just all in my head.
-if you think you may have issues check with your employer if you have an infertility rider, or if your state mandates infertility coverage - CA mandates FYI.
-I hope I can find an answer and Ava and Violet don't have to deal with all this. I would easily sacrifice my health for theirs

 Next steps:
-Tyler's testing. haha.
-my glucose test
-hormone test
-meet with nutritionist

Follow up appointment: May 29