I was very excited to go to our protocol appointment today at the RE's office. They did a test "transfer" so they can document the way my uterus naturally lays in my body. This is done so that when the day of the actual transfer occurs, they don't have to guess to find my cervix and disrupt the uterine lining. Wow. Good to know. My uterus is normal, my cervix is normal so thats good news.
Since I have awesome insurance coverage most of my costs associated with this procedure are covered. My medications are also covered as well for low co-pays. This is such a blessing. I've already started birth control pills which I will take for 21 days. My last pill will be September 3. I start a 0.1 ml (10 units) of Lupron injected at night starting on Sunday, August 30 and will take that until the doctor says to stop. Lupron is used to prevent the follicles that I will be stimulating from prematurely releasing. This way they will stay in my ovaries until the doctor retrieves them. I start the "stims", medicine used to stimulate the ovaries to produce follicles on September 9. I will be using Gonal F. I will find out the dosage at my next doctors appointment which is on September 8. This will all lead up to an egg retrieval and transfer sometime between September 19 and September 26.
We also got the results of his semen analysis. Volume 2.5, sperm count 26.6 million, morphology 75, immediate motility 60, 3 hour motility 50. Which means his sperm are dying off faster than normal. This makes us great candidates for IVF because we won't have to worry about timing. His testosterone levels were normal. God bless this technology.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Sunday, August 16, 2009
and then the obsession begins....
All day yesterday I scanned the internet in search of women documenting their IVF journeys for some hope of what is to come... I read up on Royal Jelly and L-Arginine supplements and I ran out to the Vitamin Shoppe to get some. I read on acupunture and called my contact on that too... My vanity is now starting to be covered in supplements, but will definately become full once the injections arrive. I'm now getting scared of all the horomones I will be pumping into my body... but I want a baby right???
Friday, August 14, 2009
And our journey begins....
ME 28, DH (Dear Husband) 31. So far we have been having sex, lots of it, and off birth control pills (BCP) since January 2008 and no baby. We went into escrow for our house in December 2008 and decided the time was right to "really" start trying. No baby. The frustration ensues. I decide that I want to be proactive and that something "must" be wrong so I seek the help of my OB/GYN. She says you have great insurance-see a specialist. I say okay and proceed to the only two Reproductive Endocrinologists in town who are co-directors for the fertility clinic. I love them...both of them. They are very nice men and I know they want to get me pregnant.
We go through a plethera of test, ME- HSG (Hysterosalpingogram-say that three times fast) results normal (thats where they check your tubes and roto-root them to make sure they are clear...it hurts by the way and I felt like Aunt Flo (AF) cramps like a motha. Day 3 FSH test (I think normal but haven't gotten the actual numbers), blood work to check something, DH gets semen analysis (waiting on those results), testosterone serum (waiting for those too).
First plan of attack. Its June 2009 and the doc puts me on 50mg of Clomid. I take it Cycle Days 5-9 and go back on CD 12 for an ultrasound to find that we have 2 follicles 11mm and 16mm. Those are both too small so 2 days later I inject my belly with Ovidrel which is a HSG trigger shot. This will make my eggs release. Sex Sex Sex. Wait 2 weeks. BFN (BIG FAT NEGATIVE) No baby.
DH is stressed out. I'm stressed out. We take a month break of TTC (Trying to Conceive). I sneak in a couple of BD (babydancing) sessions, no baby. BFN.
Decide to go back on Clomid in July/August. This time 100mg. This time we'll do an IUI (Intra Uterine Insemination). DH makes it with a cup. They wash away all the bad sperm and will turkey baste me to put millions of sperm in my uterus. Take clomid CD 5-9. Go to u/s on CD 12. ***BAD NEWS*** One single follie...11mm. TOO SMALL. IUI cancelled! Go back to start do not collect $200 dollars!!!
Now I'm frustrated. My sister has a baby August 9th. Her third. Conceived naturally. She's super duper fertile. I'm jealous. I want my own. I call the RE and say I want to do IVF. Luckily my insurance covers $15,000 or 3 tries. Three tries will be more than $15,000 so this has to work. We won't be able to afford it otherwise. So DH decides to be on board (no real decision on his part), especially when confronted with the stats.
Our chance of having baby naturally 1%
w/Clomid 4%
w/Clomid/IUI 9%
Injections/IUI 12-14%
****IVF***** 40% + (I see a winner here!)
So then I hit a speedbump. RE's awesome receptionist says I have to get AF by August 19 to be in the next IVF group in September. For me thats CD 28. Normally my cycles are 24-26 days. I have a chance!!! I pray and I pray and I pray and then one day (yesterday) I go to the bathroom and there in all her crimson glory is AF!!! Hallelujah!! Prasise God!! I made it and its August 13!! I called the doc and they phoned in a prescription for BCP and tell me to take it with a baby aspirin. Now all I have to do is wait till Wednesday...the story of my life...Waiting....
We go through a plethera of test, ME- HSG (Hysterosalpingogram-say that three times fast) results normal (thats where they check your tubes and roto-root them to make sure they are clear...it hurts by the way and I felt like Aunt Flo (AF) cramps like a motha. Day 3 FSH test (I think normal but haven't gotten the actual numbers), blood work to check something, DH gets semen analysis (waiting on those results), testosterone serum (waiting for those too).
First plan of attack. Its June 2009 and the doc puts me on 50mg of Clomid. I take it Cycle Days 5-9 and go back on CD 12 for an ultrasound to find that we have 2 follicles 11mm and 16mm. Those are both too small so 2 days later I inject my belly with Ovidrel which is a HSG trigger shot. This will make my eggs release. Sex Sex Sex. Wait 2 weeks. BFN (BIG FAT NEGATIVE) No baby.
DH is stressed out. I'm stressed out. We take a month break of TTC (Trying to Conceive). I sneak in a couple of BD (babydancing) sessions, no baby. BFN.
Decide to go back on Clomid in July/August. This time 100mg. This time we'll do an IUI (Intra Uterine Insemination). DH makes it with a cup. They wash away all the bad sperm and will turkey baste me to put millions of sperm in my uterus. Take clomid CD 5-9. Go to u/s on CD 12. ***BAD NEWS*** One single follie...11mm. TOO SMALL. IUI cancelled! Go back to start do not collect $200 dollars!!!
Now I'm frustrated. My sister has a baby August 9th. Her third. Conceived naturally. She's super duper fertile. I'm jealous. I want my own. I call the RE and say I want to do IVF. Luckily my insurance covers $15,000 or 3 tries. Three tries will be more than $15,000 so this has to work. We won't be able to afford it otherwise. So DH decides to be on board (no real decision on his part), especially when confronted with the stats.
Our chance of having baby naturally 1%
w/Clomid 4%
w/Clomid/IUI 9%
Injections/IUI 12-14%
****IVF***** 40% + (I see a winner here!)
So then I hit a speedbump. RE's awesome receptionist says I have to get AF by August 19 to be in the next IVF group in September. For me thats CD 28. Normally my cycles are 24-26 days. I have a chance!!! I pray and I pray and I pray and then one day (yesterday) I go to the bathroom and there in all her crimson glory is AF!!! Hallelujah!! Prasise God!! I made it and its August 13!! I called the doc and they phoned in a prescription for BCP and tell me to take it with a baby aspirin. Now all I have to do is wait till Wednesday...the story of my life...Waiting....
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