When I first found out I had POF, I went straight to the internet. I reckon I probably just typed in "POF: what now?" or something of the sort. I found a number of blogs (ok, maybe 2) and message boards. On one of the message boards, that was specifically for PCOS, not POF, I met another woman who responded to my post there and said she had POF, as well.
She recommended Julia Indichova's book, Inconceivable. I was willing to try everything. My husband doesn't believe that I read the book in 2 hours flat. I was that enthralled. I was at the beginning of y diagnosis and would have tried ANYTHING.
I cut meat out of my diet right away (and that only lasted two weeks). I stopped drinking coffee - instead I had a green shake every morning. I even tried acupuncture. I did not try the yoga and I could not bring myself to try the wheatgrass. However, that cycle that I employed the techniques of Ms. Indichova was the cycle that I grew the cracked egg. Maybe it would have worked had I done it for longer.
Ms. Indichova did manage to conceive. If my memory serves me correctly, her FSH was above 20 in the month she conceived naturally. I don't want to reveal too much of the story, so if reading is your thing, I definitely think you should read this book. If reading is not your thing, you should still read it. It's not a difficult read at all.
Either way, as a lover of books, I do believe they are for sharing. So, if anyone would like to win this book give-away, please leave a comment on this post and
Good luck!
I am so glad I found your blog! I too googled POF after I had been diagnosed and didn't find very many. I would love to win this book! Thanks so much for the opportunity!
ReplyDeleteThank you for responding, and thank you for reading, Krystal! Your name has been entered!!!
DeleteGlad to hear things are progressing so well. Great pics! Hard to tell on the internet but is it looking like a baby yet? Kind of looks like a little peanut from this far away! :-)
ReplyDeleteBTW- Today is day one (the start) of 2 BCP daily for me. Blood-work (2 weeks from now) on Mon April 29th. Sure hope they know what the heck they are doing. and I hope there are some eggs in there somewhere and not just tumbleweeds!
It still kind of looks like a blob. Hahaha... even on the 10 week photo from yesterday. I am so happy for you! I have my fingers and everything else crossed for you. Please keep me posted. Are you blogging about it, at all?
DeleteI'm so glad I found your blog! I was diagnosed with POF/early menopause...my FSH is 107!!!! I'm only 27, a newlywed with no previous children. I now have hope that maybe God will perform a miracle in me and let Me have biological children!! Please follow my blog on this journey! WWW.makingamomma2.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteWhen I first found out about my POF, my FSH was 100. I read a quote somewhere that said "you are only as good as your highest FSH level". I was so devastated. 100 just sounded so arbitrarily large, considering that most of what I was reading had menopause right around 40! How does one have an FSH higher than her great grandma? Anyway, I think with a really good protocol and a dr who believes in your process, anything is possible. I thought I would never have any more biological children and now I see that dream coming to fruition. Every day is a little miracle for me. I never thought I would get an egg and if I did, I didn't think the quality would have been good enough... then there's implantation... this has been nothing short of a miracle in my eyes. I am keeping my fingers crossed that you get your day, as well! If you want to know anything about my process, feel free to ask. I will check your blog out :)
DeleteI think that you writing about this is wonderful. There are so many women and girls with POF who feel lost and a book like this helps them feel so not alone. Great time to have a give away as we all know how hard mother's day can be.
ReplyDeleteI will follow your blog. My 16 year old has POF and we're just starting out on the journey to come to terms with this and 'where to from here'. Thanks for sharing your journey with us.
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