In my first cycle of supplementing with pantothenic acid (vitamin b5), I am pregnant! We are so amazed.
I started the cycle on the hcg diet... I had lost 20lbs in my round in June, and wanted to see if I could lose some more.
Well, 27 days into the hcg diet, supplementing with vitamins and pantothenic acid, no change in my weight happened and I was having issues with my blood sugar, so I just stopped. I was pretty disappointed with this, that my body would no longer react to the hcg diet and lose weight.
So... I signed up for Weight Watchers, right after getting off the hcg diet.
A little background, the hcg diet can prevent you from ovulating... it makes your body think it's pregnant, so it suppresses ovulation if you start the diet more than 5 days before your normal ovulation time. If you are irregular and start the diet mid-cycle, it could make you ovulate as hcg is known to be a trigger for ovulation.
Well... 2 days after getting off the hcg, I ovulated, which surprised me. I didn't expect it that quickly. Hubby and I didn't even have time to react... I was sure it was going to be a negative cycle, which didn't bother me. (after 2 years, why would it?)
So I start Weight Watchers, start slowly losing weight... and my pms was really heavy. My breasts were more sore than normal, I was holding quite a bit of water weight... kinda snarky... but I had just figured it was the b5 in my system and that this would be my new "normal" pms.
The week my flow was due... I was exhausted. Just tired. Now I'm a claims adjuster and we've been overloaded with the Hurricane Sandy claims, so I fully blamed it on that.
I'm a member of an infertility message board, and some of the ladies there were insisting that I had it this month... I was adamantly denying it, saying we didn't do the deed at the right time, and this is probably just my new normal...
They were like "Yeah... okay Jess... whatever. You should just test!"
I refuse to test until my period is late. I hate the disappointment.
Well... Friday, the day my flow was due, came and went... my birthday was the next day and I celebrated nicely, not concerned about being pregnant or anything. Had some wine... but nothing ridiculous.
By the end of the day Saturday, with my flow being a no-show to the party, I was starting to wonder if I was off on my ovulation date.
Sunday morning... I tested. :-D
Holy mother of god, what the heck is this???
Two very solid lines on this gorgeous test... and one very caught off guard soon-to-be momma.
I walk out of the bathroom and take this to my husband, who was making breakfast at the time, and show it to him... he did a double take.
After 23 months of trying... and on my first cycle of pantothenic acid... we finally got pregnant. As of today, I am 5 weeks 1 day pregnant... further along than my last miscarriage. This one feels solid... so I'm pretty sure this one will make it to our arms in July. :)
12/22/2012 update:
My blood test results taken at 4 weeks 4 days showed my TSH levels had decreased from 6.1 down to within the normal range (still high, but normal) at 4.35 since September.
Goes to show that the pantothenic acid did the job for my thyroid. :)
