Hormones

Who knew a miscarriage could take so long to get over with? Last week I had an appointment with my OB to discuss what had taken place and also to have more blood drawn. I waited the weekend to find out that my hormone levels are not yet back to normal. They are steadily decreasing (the hCG level, that is), but they said they wanted it to be under 5 and I'm at 72 still. So that just means that I have to go back every week to have more blood drawn and they will keep having me do that until my number gets below 5. Ya gotta love being a pin cushion.

Anyway, I am anxious for my hormones to normalize again because the Nurse told me last week at my appointment that until my levels are normal, I won't ovulate. She also told me that my Doctor prefers if you have at least one, but preferably two, cycles again before trying to get pregnant. The reason being that one would need time to heal emotionally. I pretty much decided that I didn't feel that would be necessary. I mean, I was really disappointed when I first learned that I was miscarrying, but I can whole-heartedly say that I am over it. I have moved on and accepted it and have faith that I will get pregnant again soon. I was hoping that our kids would be more like 2 years apart, but it looks like it will be closer to 3. I guess God knows me better than I do and probably realizes that I need a bigger gap. Kate will be a great big sister.