Dermoid Cyst

About a month ago my friend, Marissa, and I went to visit a friend in the hospital who had just had a baby.  That day, and many days before,  I felt so very strong that I needed to try and get pregnant soon and not wait like we had planned.

Mind you that Josh is only 10 months old now and we had planned on waiting until he was around 18 months, so these feelings kind of freaked me out.  I didn't just have them this particular day, but they were the strongest that day.

My midwife was having an Open House that same day to celebrate her one year anniversary in her new office and I was on the fence about going.  Her office is in Riverton, so it was hard to justify the drive.  But because of my strong feeling about having another baby, I thought it a good idea to go and maybe talk to her about my cycle being so off.  (My last cycle was almost three months long.  I have never had irregular cycles, so i was a bit concerned).   She said it was a good idea to come in for my annual check up and to have some blood work done to see if everything was normal.

So last Friday I went in and had my blood drawn and then my appointment was on Monday.  She said that my uterus was bigger then normal so she wanted me to go and get an ultrasound to see what was going on.  She thought I could possibly be pregnant, or my uteran lining was extra thick, or maybe a  cyst, or it was just tilted.  I got an ultrasound appointment for the next day.  I had to get a regular ultrasound and a vaginal ultrasound.  There was some parts of that one that really hurt.  The tech couldn't give me any information (except that I wasn't pregnant) so I had to wait to hear from my mid wife.

My midwife called me around 7:00 that night with my results.  She said that my uterus looked fine and there were no worries their.  She also said that my left tube looked good, but that I had a Dermoid Cyst on my right tube, well really between the tube and ovary.  She said that it is 7.6 cm by 9 cm, which is pretty big.  I figure that is about the size of my hand.  She said that she would contact one of the doctors that she works with so she can set up a consultation for me.  Sounds like I am going to have to get surgery.  Now that I have had a little while for it to set in, I think that maybe this is why I was having strong feelings to get pregnant.  I guess I needed that to push me to go to the doctor earlier.  It is funny how things work sometimes.  How blessed I am that I listened to the spirit and that Heavenly Father is looking after me.

She also said that my progesterone was really low so that is what was effecting my cycle.  So I need to start to taking progesterone cream.  I heard from her office today and I have the consultation meeting with the doctor this Friday at 10:30.  I hope to learn a lot more about this cyst and what I have to look forward to in the future.  I just hope that this won't affect my abilities of having more children...and that it wont cost too much either.