Results are in

So last week when I got a call from the coordinator about getting my results they told me it would be about a 45 minute conversation.  I expected it to take up most of my lunch...HA!!!!!

Dr H comes on the phone & pretty much says he didn't see anything out of the ordinary.  All of my labs were good.  He did say there was 1 weird thing that came up though.......apparently I have a high clotting factor but they are worried when it's low??  Leave it to my body.  I asked about the u/s & he said everything was good & clear.  It was seriously about a 2-3 minute conversation!  Then he said someone would be getting in touch with me soon.

So I guess we continue waiting.  I really hope someone calls me soon so I know what comes next!!!!

Pre-testing.......check

So Tuesday was our appt for a whole bunch of labs & a few u/s's.  We were scheduled for 1:30 so we could get there in plenty of time since there is a good 2 1/2 hour drive from us.  About 8:15 I get a call from the nurse to see if we can come in  earlier in the morning.  I tell her about the drive & tell her we can be there by noon.  DH decided to dilly dally that morning!!!!

So we drive........and drive.........and drive so more....LOL!!!  It actually wasn't too bad.  We get to the parking lot at noon.  As soon as we pull in I get a call from the nurse to see how far we've gotten & tell her we will be there in a few minutes.

We checked in & they took us back right away.  I went in the u/s room & the RE was very patient & nice to me. :-)  Even though I've had this done before he still explained what he was doing & why.  He showed me the catheter & everything.  First went in the speculum which was the worst of it.  After that he added the fluid so my uterus would open up & did the mock transfer.  He then checked my ovaries & off I went!

As I was leaving the room DH finished with his labs.  They needed to take about 15 tubes of my blood!!!!!  Now I knew these autoimmune labs would cost us a few bucks but I nearly passed out when the tech told us they came to $1100 for the both of us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Oh well, not much we could do at that point, they needed to be done.  We were out of there in about an hour then went ot get some lunch.  I was a little uncomfortable with some cramping but it was A-OK!  I just need to get 1 lab done here locally since it needs to be a fasting blood test & all my pre-testing is DONE!!!

As I'm finishing up this blog post I got a call that my results are in so I'm scheuled for a phone appt on Monday to get those.  Hopefully all is good & we are on our way!!!!  I will update after that unless something else comes up before then. :-)

Gearing Up........

So tomorrow we are heading down state for the 1st RE visit with the new clinic.  I sit here very nervous & excited about this journey.  We are sooooo ready for this but I hate to have the "what if's" rolling through my mind.  I got a call from the office manager this morning reminding me to bring $$ for our autoimmune blood tests.......UGH!!!  Then a few hours later I got a call from a nurse telling me that one of the blood tests ordered, homosystiene, is a fasting test.  Well, that won't work too well since my appt isn't until 1:30pm.  We've decided to do the autoimmune & infectious disease panels tomorrow & they will give me a script for the rest to do here locally this week sometime.  I asked how many tubes will be taken total & she said about 16....HOLY HELL!!!!!!!  I guess I'm glad I can break it up with 2 days.  I will be sure to update how it all goes tomorrow.

We're back in the game!!

So we've been down this road before without success.  Back in 2008 we did IVF & due to OHSS we needed to freeze all of our embryos.  We then did 2 FET cycles and both BFN's.  I couldn't take it anymore so we took a year break.  Not to mention the RE & staff just wasn't doing it for me anymore.  In the past few months I've been diagnosed with Hashimoto's Disease.  So along with my PCOS & DH's male factor we have alot of things to overcome.

Fast forward to last Friday.  We had a phone consult with an new clinic.  The RE was AWESOME & we both feel like we are in great hands.  He went over our history and said since my lining was a little thin he thinks natural killer cells can be attacking my endometrial lining.  WOW, why didn't anyone ever tell me this before dishing out thousands of $$$!!!!  He thinks doing intralipid therapy will fix the problem.  Since we live about 2 1/2 hours away he said as long as he can trust the place, I can be monitored locally & travel down there for ER & ET!  What wonderful news!!!!  After that I spoke with the clinical manager.  She is sending out a packet & I am to call with CD 1. 

On Monday AF made an appearance.  I called and left a message for the nurse with that.  Then I also spoke with the office manager to get all the finacials under control.  As much as we liked the RE & staff, money is a big factor since we don't have coverage for these services.  After speaking with her we decided to go for it!  They were decently priced.  I got a call back from the nurse & she wanted me to get day 3 labs done.  I also need to get immunology labs for me & DH and they will check ovarian reserve, do a fluid u/s & mock ET.  For all of these we need to go to the clinic.  We are heading there next week on Tuesday.

Since today was day 3, I went to get the labs drawn.  I also am to start birth control pills starting TODAY!!!!  We are planning a January IVF cycle so this is definitely exciting.  I'm hoping we have made the right decision & this RE make our dream ome true of becoming PARENTS!!!