Another thing that I have been doing this month is going to the doctor. I have had some very irregular cycles and some very painful cramping over the past little while and so decided that it was time to go and get a complete checkup.

The good news is that all of my blood tests and the ultrasound that I had all came back very good. My cholesterol and blood sugar levels are both very good and everything else looks normal. However, the ultrasound did show some small uterine cysts and that I apparently have the very beginning stages of polycycstic ovarian syndrome.

So, the next course of action will be to start a medication called metformin which will help to regulate my system a bit and from all I have read this morning, it seems like a fairly low-risk medication. The doctor also said that we could use oral contraceptives - which made me burst out laughing at the very thought. I had a tubal ligation after DS was born and so the idea of taking birth control pills seems ludacris to me!

As soon as I hung up the phone, I was immediately grateful to my very core that I had already had my kids. If it hadn't happened when it happened, it likely never would have been. I guess I now know the answer as to why God saw fit to give us Owen when he did!