Another Throw Back...My First Appointment with my RE

This a my second throw back to July 2008 brought to you by myspace blog.

Thursday, July 31, 2008
doctor’s appointment
Category: Life
So I went to the specialist and he was really positive and upbeat. He seemed to think after looking over all our "issues" that there was a pretty good chance of us not only getting pregnant but also getting pregnant through artificial inseminations or just "naturally" with the help of medicine. Part of me is excited and happy to hear the news while the other part of me is frustrated because we are regressing. I already did one month of "natural" plus medicine and it didn't work which is why my gyno tried to attack the infertility more aggressively by doing an artificial insemination. But, at least he said he was positive and that it looked good for us to conceive. So we are backing up a step and taking it easy. The good news is that the doctor said I didn't have to take my basal temp anymore! AMEN!! That was great to hear because I hate doing it. In fact, his exact words were, "No, just wing it…be wild and crazy this month." I like his style! But I don't know how wild and crazy you can be while taking meds and given an intercourse schedule of what days to "have relations" and when not too, etc. But wild and crazy it is! So, that's pretty much it. He didn't really shed any new light on PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome) because I've read everything I can get my hands on about it. He did, however, run a serious of hormone tests to make sure I was pretty much in range to where I need to be and I got the results already…I am J So, that's it. The only bad news I was given (kind of already knew but got the grime statistics to go with it) was that women with PCOS carry a 47% chance of miscarriage in the first trimester and therefore, if I do become pregnant I will have to go in for weekly blood tests to make sure my progesterone levels are where they should be so I don't miscarry. I can go weekly for blood donations…that's cool with me. Whatever it takes, right? So this month we're taking a step back, being wild and crazy, winging it, and calling at the end of the month with either a no period or a period and going from there.



Anxiety from fear of being so messed up I can't conceive is over for now. Let's see how this month works out!