Tuesday, October 21, 2008

How I ended up here

I had a bad pregnancy with our daughter ending in a csection. Since my Dr and I were both adamant that an unplanned pregnancy would not be a good thing for me right away, he suggested Depo Provera. I was not worried about the long term affects of Depo because I had been on it for years before I was married and my cycles were completely normal with a couple months of coming of it. I was naively assuming that I would always be super fertile because of how quickly I got pregnant the first time. Looking back I have no idea why I did not think that using Depo as a short term solution wasn't the smartest idea. I blame the post partum hormones. 

Both my GP and my OB have told me that they don't believe that the Depo is the cause of my anovulation, but I am skeptical. Google "depo and infertility" and you will see that I am not the only previously fertile mom experiencing this unexplained infertility after using Depo. The other glaring fact is that I weigh less than a hundred pounds and am barely five feet tall....pretty much the size of an 12 year old. The fact that I am always given the same dose as an average size women (or man depending on the drug) scares me and has caused problems in the past with muscle relaxants and the like. I wonder if the Depo could take longer to wear off becuase of my size? 

So until someone can prove me wrong, I am blaming Depo.  I need to blame something to blame right now besides myself and this is the easiest choice. 

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