Stormy Butterflies

Thanks for all of the FET feedback. I've gathered all the advice since a few others said they'd be interested in the results. I am so glad to hear that it is easier than an IVF cycle.

eating pineapple drinking grape juice eating turkey taking baby aspirin taking fish oils drinking green tea

acupuncture and more acupuncture avoiding caffeine avoiding alcohol BD the night before Brisk walk right before transfer Heating lower abdomen daily to break down endo/fibroids

The RE said I'd be taking birth control as part of the protocol but I am scared of birth control pills. Last time I took them for an IVF cycle, my TSH soared to 19! (Normal is 1-3, essentially). I was also taking 'herbs' then and I can't be sure which did it but i've refused to take herbs or BCPs since. It took 3 months to control my thyroid and obviously my IVF cycle was cancelled that month.

I asked my thyroid endocrinologist and he said to follow the recommendations of my clinic if I wanted to get pregnant but i am so scared. The thyroid gland is butterfly shaped but doesn't offer me the same joy as watching the insect variety flutter through the early summer air in my garden. On another side note, I can't believe how estranged I am from my own body. The connection is broken. Sometimes the idea of being intimate makes me want to run away since I don't want to have to listen and feel my body.

I could really use some guidance. If you'd had this issue, do you think I should:

• Take 2 months of bcps so i have time to check my body's response and adjust thyroid meds if necessary? Or will that 'oversuppress'.
• Take the bcps as the generic protocol calls for and check blood levels after 3 weeks and cancel if I have a storm?
• Skip BCPs and risk a hormone surge of LH or whatever screws a frozen cycle?