Hi everyone!
This is my first post, and I'm very new to all of this.
Short history - I'm 41 right now. I was in a horrible accident when I was 19 (9 months pregnant), and lost the baby. I had major internal damage (almost died), and they had to remove my entire uterus, and all but a tiny part of one ovary.
About 3 years ago, I discovered I was post menopausal (premature, due to the earlier loss of my uterus/ovaries) - it was devastating, because I had been planning on doing a surrogacy with my own eggs, but it is what it is, so my current husband and I decided to do a surrogacy with an egg donor.
We are now (finally) expecting twins in about 4 1/2 months!
Now, for my question.
For the last 2-3 years I've been on the maximum dosages for the following hormones:
Biest (Estriol/Estradiol) cream, testosterone cream and progesterone (pill).
I really want to be able to breastfeed the babies and am willing to do whatever it takes, and have been reading everything I can find, but I'm confused about whether or not I need to stop my hormone therapy. I've seen things that say I should stop my HRT, like here:
http://www.asklenore.info/breastfeeding/induced_lactation/menopause_protocol.shtmlwhich then goes on to say to start taking Microgestin - which is basically estrogen and progesterone, exactly what I was taking.
Are these really different?
And what about the testosterone I'm on?
Then I read on this page that says to start taking Oestrogen and Progesterone:
http://www.breastfeedinginc.ca/content.php?pagename=doc-BABB - which is, as I said, basically what I'm taking now... so confusing.
I'm very concerned because I was feeling absolutely horrible before I started taking my hormones - in fact, it is because of how horrible I was feeling that I went to the doctor and found out I was post menopausal, and while I would be willing to endure feeling like that, it seems like it would not be healthy for the babies.
Thank you for being here, it is amazing to find other people in similar situations that care enough to share their experiences!
Tanya