Sigh of Relief

I'm definitely breathing one right now...a sigh of relief that is. Yesterday was my doctor's appointment to have my Mirena IUD removed. I was a little concerned with if there would be any pain involved and to my surprise it wasn't all that bad. It came out a lot easier than it went in. My doctor seemed rather surprised that I was back in already to have it removed after only 6 months. I explained to her my reasons and those of my husband, and her reply was not to believe everything you read on a forum. Which is true and, while I respect her professional opinion, I also like to get first-hand information from those people who have been in the trenches. I wasn't asking for statistics that people found online. I was going off of the personal experiences of people who have used Mirena...some have had no problems, and many people have. I'd much rather take my chances and be safe.

Recovery, if you can call it that, has gone well so far. There's some cramping and spotting, but they said that's all normal upon removal. So, one step has been taken, but the true testament to all of this will be if and when I become pregnant again. My fingers are crossed that it will happen shortly after Aaron and I start trying in December (or at least I hope we stick to that plan). That will tell us if there are any lasting effects. For now I have asked my doctor to put me back on the pill even though I've said how horrible I would be at remembering to take a pill everyday. However, I've gotten a lot better about taking my medication daily thanks to alarms and reminders on my Outlook calendar at work. I figured if I'm already taking my Levothyroxine daily then I should be able to take my birth control at the same time. It's only temporary anyway.

Speaking of Levothyroxine... I also had my blood drawn yesterday so they could check my TSH and T4 levels as well as my Vitamin D since I was low on the latter of those last time. I'm assuming the Vitamin D is good now, but I'm being overtreated for my thyroid so now they have me taking 200 micrograms on every day except for Mondays and Thursdays. On those days I have to take 175 micrograms and then get rechecked in 6 weeks. So now I have two prescriptions.

Thanks for all the good thoughts! I'm feeling fabulous and I definitely am breathing easier. :)