I became a pill-popper eversince I got back in Dubai. This is because of the 2 months medication process that I am undergoing right now to prepare my body for pregnancy. But apart from eliminating the unwanted fats, sugar, and toxins, I am also battling the side effects of each of the medicine I am taking.
To start off my fertility treatment, ironically I was given a contraceptive pill. The reasons -- to help balance my hormone and regulate menstruation, and secondly, to ensure that pregnancy is prevented in this period as my organs are not yet prepared physiologically. I have to finish off 3 cycles of Yasmin pill. One pack contains 21 pills and I have to take one pill everyday, at the same time. I take mine everyday at 7am. Then I have a 7-day free pill period where I would be expecting my monthly visit. The side effect -- I was bleeding for almost a month when I was on the first pack. Although lighter than the usual period, it was still uncomfortable as I have to wear pads for almost a month. This breakthrough bleeding/ spotting is due to the balancing of hormones.
In order to counter high blood sugar and prevent Type 2 diabetes, I am also prescribed to take Metformin, 1500mg daily. But since my stomach cannot tolerate such dose, I was given only 1000mg a day, 500mg in the morning and another at night before sleeping. The side effects -- frequent visits to the toilet especially if you eat fatty foods or eat a bit more than your diet plan.
To assist in the control of blood sugar, I was also given Actos (Pioglitazone). I do not feel any side effects from this medicine, but I guess it works side by side with Metformin that is why I have this frequent toilet visits.
As I mentioned in my previous blog entry, I was also put into Eltroxin to lower further my TSH level. I am advised to take it right after waking up and wait 30min - 1 hour before taking in any food. So far, no side effect experienced when taking the pill.
Aside from these regulatory medicines, I was also prescribed to take supplements like Folic Acid, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, and Calcium to aide in boosting fertility.
Below is the chart of medication I have to take daily for the operation baby bump project:
Morning
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Afternoon
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Night
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Before Meal
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After Meal
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Before Meal
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After Meal
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Before Meal
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After Meal
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| Eltroxin (1 tab) | Metformin (1 tab) | Metformin (1 tab) | Actos (1/2 tab) | ||
| Calci Chews (1 tab) | Metformin (1 tab) | ||||
| Folic Acid (1 tab) | |||||
| Ascorbic Acid | |||||
| Vitamin E | |||||
Yasmin (taken at 7am daily)
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I am also planning to add Evening Primrose Oil in the list as I was told that it enhances fertility also by increasing cervical mucus.
For DH, only 1 supplement was prescribed – Immuvit capsule. It is a multivitamin supplement with ginseng just to make him more active but it does not cure his sperm defect. But the most important thing that our doctor advised him to stop increasing the morphology defect of his little swimmers is avoid smoking and reduce alcohol intake.
If it was a struggle for me to gulp all these medicines and accompany it with diet and exercise, it was more difficult for DH to stop abruptly his smoking. But at least he is trying and improving. From 2 packs of cigarettes (20 sticks) a day, he is just puffing 1-2 sticks a day, and sometimes none at all!
We also tried to avoid fatty foods and DH even bought a steamer so that we should just steam our fish, meat, and vegetables instead of frying them or sautéing on oil.
I also resorted to dancing whenever I am off and if we have free time, DH and I walk our way to the open beach and do some cycling, brisk walking and jogging.
I hope all these sacrifices will bring out a POSITIVE result later.
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