how to be a dad - getting there

how to be a dad - getting there

My wife and I had certain conditions that didn’t allow us to have a baby immediately. We found this out after consulting with her OB-GYNE. Aside from that, my wife was already 33 years old then, our OB said we better hurry up since its gonna be harder and riskier to have a baby when she gets older.

We went to the OB’s clinic for our first diagnosis. The doctor told us that my wife had high sugar levels in her blood and insulin imbalance, all caused by her glucose intolerance. How in the world does sugar prevent pregnancy?! Well, this is how I understood it. Glucose, which is the form of sugar our body needs to have energy, is absorbed by the body with the help of insulin, a hormone naturally produced by our pancreas. Since her body cannot absorb glucose well, her body pumps up more insulin so glucose can be absorbed. The problem is that the surge of insulin causes imbalance in the other hormones that makes ovulation regular. So even if she has her monthly period, it doesn’t always mean that she ovulates right after. She had to take blood sugar tests and metformin for months to correct the imbalance. Pretty complicated but at least that’s one problem solved.