Saturday, July 9, 2011

Lot's going on.

I had my first appointment today with the RE that we chose, went in for some blood tests and a follicle scan. He said that I had poly cycstic ovaries but NOT PCOS Thank god! Just that my ovaries produce more follicles than the average woman so he is going to have be a little more conservative with the stimulation so that I don't create too many follicles. We won't be going forward with this cycle because we are getting ready to go on vacation but it's on in August!

In other news... Our niece was born on Wed. night, she is 5lbs 12 ounces but totally healthy which we were concerned about. We are going to meet her next weekend. We also found out that 3 other people that we are fairly close to are pregnant. Hopefully it's in the water and I can get some of it LOL.

Other than that we haven't had a whole lot going on just enjoying the time that I had not counting my cycle days.

Saturday, July 2, 2011

another one...

yesterday another one of our couple friends told us that they were 13 weeks pregnant. I'm so excited and happy for them because they have been wanting this for a long time but it's still hard to see so many people around us getting pregnant. I know it will happen for us and I have been in a much more positive state lately.

Also, pending our insurance coverage, we have decided to go the injectable route with single IUI's. The Dr. wants to do a double but since we don't have the luxury of free sperm we just can't afford it and all of the reading i have done has said that a well timed single IUI is just as effective as a double.

Friday, July 1, 2011

2nd RE consultation

On Wed. we had our 2nd RE consultation, it was really nice to have the two appointments only a day apart so that we could compare the two with fresh minds.The people at the second place were super nice and very welcoming, which I liked. They had really high tech exam rooms with plasmas on the ceiling so that I could watch my ultrasound while just laying back and relaxing. They wanted to basically continue on with the same protocol as my OB/GYN (clomid and single IUI). Both of these appointments couldn't be more different which makes this decision that much harder. The one thing that i really did not like about the second place is that their main office is based about 1.5hrs south of us and the one in our city is just a satellite office where the Dr's are only there 1-2 days a week, also because they have 3 different Dr's you don't know who will be at the office when so it's typical that you don't really ever see the same Dr. two times in a row. I think for that reason we are taking them out of the running. Now the decision is whether to go with the first guy or to search out a 3rd opinion.

Lots to think about, mainly how aggressive we want to get right now. I'm also waiting on a call back from the mail order pharmacy to see how much the arsenal of drugs will cost us each month if we go the injectable route.