#reproductiveendocrinologist

[rachfont]

When life gives you lemons, make chocolate chip cookies. That’s how the saying goes, right? 😅 It’s pretty funny that I had a follow up with my #reproductiveendocrinologist (who initially referred to my ovaries as chocolate chip cookies 😂) today to go over all my results and plan our next steps. I’ve officially been diagnosed with #unexplainedinfertility. My doctor thinks it’s a low egg count thanks to my #brca1 mutation, but my ovarian reserves show otherwise. As always, I am a walking contradiction 🤷‍♀️ Our next step? We’ll be starting #iuijourney next month if we weren’t successful this month (which we’ll find out in the next week or so). I’m keeping my expectations in check and obviously hoping that this is the month. If we don’t have success with #iui, we’ll be moving forward with #ivf. My doctor is confident we’ll have success with IVF because of my age and the quality of my eggs. For now, I’m going to do what I do best, and that’s baking cookies. Today’s cookies are #chocolatechip for my amazing coworkers, and I’ll be making my #peanutbutterblossoms for one super special kiddo on Thursday just in time for Christmas ☺️ (at Orlando, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXwjp_EFKAm/?utm_medium=tumblr

[rachfont]

3 years post #mastectomy 🎉🎉 I was scared out of my mind, wondering if what I was about to do would be the right thing for me. I woke up from my #doublemastectomy and knew I made the right choice for myself. The fear and worry, along with my OG boobs, felt like a weight off my chest. So much has happened since I walked into @orlandohealth to make one of the biggest decisions in my life. I’ve met some incredible #breasties since opening up about my #brca1 mutation and have made lifelong friends ♥️ One of my biggest accomplishments since my initial surgery that I’m proud of/blown away by is the fact I’ve lost 40lbs 🙌 I’ve always struggled with my weight, but now I’m working with a nutritionist to help me get back to where I was and be ready for whenever I get pregnant. Speaking on that, we’re still waiting/hoping that we’ll be pregnant soon. Sadly this wasn’t our month (as of last week), but we’ll be meeting with the #reproductiveendocrinologist in a couple weeks to finally lay a plan out. For now, I’m focusing on the positives in my life like Kevin, Bucky (and all his training) + Smoky, and keep on trucking along the best I can 💕 (at Orlando, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXTtN-hFlXd/?utm_medium=tumblr

[noperiodnowwhat]

I wrote this to a woman in the life after recovery support group (link at the end) and thought others might find it useful... . It's okay not to be perfect all the time, and that is true for every aspect of our lives. . You don't have to be perfect at recovery either. Good enough on most days, especially with 6+ periods under your belt, is good enough. You're doing great. Let go of the worry about your cycles and trust your body. Yes, you may miss a cycle from time to time, you might not ovulate this coming cycle because this does sound like a lot of stress, but that's not abnormal - 8.3% of cycles in normal women (or something around that) are anovulatory... IT HAPPENS. Very few people have completely spot on normal cycles all the time. . Life is ups and downs and in betweens and some of it is messy and untidy and some of it is neat and perfect... give yourself grace when you mess up, try and do your best to fix things when you can, let go of them when you can't... believe in your body. Believe that when you treat it well most of the time, it will respond in kind. . It sounds like you've been doing a good job of letting go of your mom's judgement... keep doing that as much as you can because sometimes there are people who can't and won't get it because they have been so indoctrinated by diet culture they cannot see their way out. She can't see that you're happier and healthier because she doesn't know how to process that. She's projecting her negative feelings about her body on you which is totally unfair, but it will be a lot of work for you to change that and maybe it's not worth it.  . Life after HA recovery support group (bit.ly/LifeAfterRecovery PLEASE answer all three questions if you want to join) . #amenorrhea #medicaldoctor #obgyn #reproductiveendocrinologist #doctor #noperiod #hypothalamicamenorrhea #npnw #femaleathletetriad #relativeenergydeficiencyinsport #missingperiod #missingcycle #periodhealth #menstrualcycle #truthtime https://www.instagram.com/p/BvkSUltl2pt/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1n014ssenvamk

[noperiodnowwhat]

🤯😤I am so tired of hearing , "My doctor said my weight is normal so I can't have hypothalamic amenorrhea"... yet if you examine the medical literature for information about diagnosis of amenorrhea, absolute weight IS NOT mentioned as a criterion. For example, 👩‍🏫Klein and Poth (Am Fam Phys 2013) specifically say, " Functional hypothalamic amenorrhea occurs when the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis is suppressed due to an energy deficit stemming from stress, weight loss (independent of original weight), excessive exercise, or disordered eating." They do NOT say, "if you are in a small body" or "if starting BMI is less than X", in fact they specifically say **INDEPENDENT OF ORIGINAL WEIGHT**. . 👩‍🏫The American Society of Reproductive Medicine, in their 2008 paper "Current Evaluation of Amenorrhea" mentions weight LOSS multiple times, but absolute weight not once. They state, " Psychogenic stress, weight changes, undernutrition, and excessive exercise are frequently associated with functional hypothalamic amenorrhea" . 🤯It is not medically sound to fail to diagnose someone with hypothalamic amenorrhea based on body size alone🤯.  . 👩‍🏫Please check out my resources on HA at http://noperiod.info/HA for more information. And for help with distinguishing between HA and PCOS, http://noperiod.info/HAvsPCOS. . #amenorrheadiagnosis #amenorrhea #medicaldoctor #obgyn #reproductiveendocrinologist #doctor #noperiod #hypothalamicamenorrhea #npnw #femaleathletetriad #relativeenergydeficiencyinsport #missingperiod #missingcycle #periodhealth #menstrualcycle #truthtime https://www.instagram.com/p/BvhXzXUHmlH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=qjnazcvivnxr