MORE WAITING...I AM SICK OF WAITING
I got to the clinic early today and had blood work done right away. I had about a 45 minute wait before I saw the doctor. Luckily, I brought my Laboratory Procedures book with me and got some reading and homework done for that class in the waiting room.
The doctor told me a few positive things. 1) It is not an ectopic pregnancy since there was no trace of a blood number. 2) It doesn't look like the mass is a ovarian cyst so there is no worry for cancer or anything like that. 3) The doctor believes that the mass is a corpus luteum cyst. 4) If it is actually a corpus luteum, then I just may not need to have surgery.
After a woman ovulates, a yellowish body of cells is formed on the ovary. This is called the corpus luteum. It disappears 14 days after it is formed, during the woman's next period. It produces the estrogen and progesterone hormones. When the woman conceives, the corpus luteum does not disappear because there has been no menstruation. The corpus luteum is sustained by the HCG hormone (generated by cells that form the placenta) during pregnancy. The corpus luteum becomes necessary in a pregnancy because it grows to support and nourish the new pregnancy until the placenta takes over.
Normally, the corpus luteum shrinks in about 6-7 weeks and stops functioning by the 10th week. But in about 1 out of every 10 cases, the corpus luteum fails to regress and becomes a cyst. This normally does not pose much of a problem, but does need to be monitored. If the cyst becomes huge or is about to rupture, then it would have to be surgically removed.
I have an ultrasound scheduled for next week to check the size of the cyst. If it is shrinking, then it is taking care of itself. If it is not getting any smaller, I have an appointment with my OB/GYN scheduled on February 9th and he will decide on what to do about the cyst.
In case anyone was wondering, I did ask the doctor about having another baby. He said that the "old school" method was for the women to wait 3 months before trying to conceive but it was more for the mental reasons than it was for health and they really do not go by that anymore. If we want to, we could start trying right away and the cyst should not pose any problems. Just for the record, we will NOT be trying any time soon. Maybe around June.
The doctor told me a few positive things. 1) It is not an ectopic pregnancy since there was no trace of a blood number. 2) It doesn't look like the mass is a ovarian cyst so there is no worry for cancer or anything like that. 3) The doctor believes that the mass is a corpus luteum cyst. 4) If it is actually a corpus luteum, then I just may not need to have surgery.
After a woman ovulates, a yellowish body of cells is formed on the ovary. This is called the corpus luteum. It disappears 14 days after it is formed, during the woman's next period. It produces the estrogen and progesterone hormones. When the woman conceives, the corpus luteum does not disappear because there has been no menstruation. The corpus luteum is sustained by the HCG hormone (generated by cells that form the placenta) during pregnancy. The corpus luteum becomes necessary in a pregnancy because it grows to support and nourish the new pregnancy until the placenta takes over.
Normally, the corpus luteum shrinks in about 6-7 weeks and stops functioning by the 10th week. But in about 1 out of every 10 cases, the corpus luteum fails to regress and becomes a cyst. This normally does not pose much of a problem, but does need to be monitored. If the cyst becomes huge or is about to rupture, then it would have to be surgically removed.
I have an ultrasound scheduled for next week to check the size of the cyst. If it is shrinking, then it is taking care of itself. If it is not getting any smaller, I have an appointment with my OB/GYN scheduled on February 9th and he will decide on what to do about the cyst.
In case anyone was wondering, I did ask the doctor about having another baby. He said that the "old school" method was for the women to wait 3 months before trying to conceive but it was more for the mental reasons than it was for health and they really do not go by that anymore. If we want to, we could start trying right away and the cyst should not pose any problems. Just for the record, we will NOT be trying any time soon. Maybe around June.
posted by Janelle @ 11:33 PM
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