This month I am being observed by the fertility specialist. I went in for blood work and an ultrasound. I start a home ovulation kit soon and then go back for another ultrasound and more blood work.
When we first met with the doctor all we did was sit and talk. He suggested I go on the Atkins diet. I guess this is a common suggestion for women with PCOS. It has to do with insulin levels and such. I was not to pleased with this, still not for that matter. I love breads and pastas and sweets and sweet snacks. I came home from that meeting thinking I'll just eat what we have in the house and then be careful about what I bring back in the house.
Well today I went for a walk with a friend who is seeing the same doctor. She has done several months of treatment and is in a 2nd round of IUI. Basically they take the seed from the man and wash it and put it in the women at the best time and hope for a baby. That procedure is more costly than I thought it was. $850 for each time it is done. Yikes. That may not sound like much to some of you, but for us at this point in our lives we could maybe squeeze by and have it done twice tops. We are here for another year so that still gives me time to just keep doing the fertility drugs, they offer something similar to Clomid. They will monitor me and tell us when to do our "homework."
This discouraged me and encouraged me at the same time. Discouraged because money doesn't grow on any trees I've ever seen; encouraged me to do EVERYTHING in my power to make myself healthy. So today I am getting rid of all the dry pasta and bread and tortillas. James is going to have a junk food cabinet that is out of site from the pantry. I plan to put a note on it that says "$850 for one time." Heres to hoping I don't raid it...
I just prepped some taco soup that is full of protein. I have cooked frozen chicken on hand, hard boiled eggs, and cheese sticks. On the Atkins diet you aren't supposed to have fruit or sugar but thats why I'm not doing the Atkins diet. I am still going to eat fruit. When something needs sugar I will be using sugar, not a substitue. I also get a late night chocolate craving after I get off of work at night. I bought some dove dark chocolates. One or two pieces should fix it and I don't think it will do too much damage. I mean I'm already nearly 200 lbs anyway, and it's better than an overflowing plate full of nilla wafers with peanut butter. (ugh..I love that.)
Most of my night meals will just consist of a meat and veggies. On work nights I have the taco soup ready made in cute little tupperware containers. I'll pack a salad with that. I can see me getting bored with this quickly. Thank goodness it is summer time and veggies are so good right now and so good on the grill. When I forget to plan I'll head to Wendy's and get a cup of chili and a small salad.
If any of you have any simple recipes with low carbs let me know. I still plan to have oatmeal for breakfast and am going to buy the whole wheat low carb version of tortillas.
For now that's the plan Jan, that's the dealio.
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