warning, this maybe TMI

so, i was feeling great until saturday night when i got my first period since may 20... started out fine, until i got nauseous, the bleeding got extremely heavy, and i cramped like i have never cramped before...this lasted until today (wednesday) when i couldn't handle the pain anymore. 

[sidenote: let me just add that for the last 10 years my periods have been crampy, but not awful and never heavy, nor more than 4 days.]

so anyways, today was at work and the pain became so unbearable that i literally couldn't see straight. THANK GOD my boss is a woman and kinda knows what has been going on with me the past few weeks, i told her what was happening and she told me to go home, and she even offered to take me which was very sweet. I managed to drive myself home and when i walked in the door crying contemplating if i should go to urgent care or the emergency room, if at least for a little pain relief, because i already taken 2 800 mg IBUProfen with no relief at all, my husband saw me balling. he had me call my dr who seemed pretty concerned and asked me to just come to his office which is only 3 blocks away from my house. I went to the office, got all checked in, and at this point i was getting really dizzy...the nurse took my blood pressure and she was in awe! she immediately grabbed a wheelchair and took me to a room to lay down. apparently its pretty normal for blood pressure to rise when in pain, but i'm starting to realize i may have a pretty low tolerance. to make a long story even longer, the dr came in and i got a pelvic exam, a shot of progesterone, and an rx for pain, and an rx for Provera (progesterone) to take for the next 5 days. apparently it's supposed to stop all cramping and bleeding but i may get my period again in a week or so. i finally can think straight, but i have to go back in a week to make sure my pain is "managed" and the bleeding is not as heavy if i'm even still bleeding. 

on a brighter note though, i may start clomid sooner than i thought to start ovulation to regulate everything and get things ready for the possibility of baby making :) i can't explain how grateful i am that we figured all of this out before the actual real trying to conceive happens, lesson learned is when something is off and you think your body is telling you something is wrong, take care of it, you could catch it before its too late, or prevent it from getting worse (or making you completely infertile).

Positive thoughts from here on out! not just on this topic, but life in general. 

xoxo

LULU.