Tag: infertility

I mentioned in my hsg post that we had our follow up appointed with our RE on 3/1. I haven’t been trying to hold out on y’all if anyone’s been wondering. I’ve just had a crazy busy week {ex: small group Mon, appt Tues, haircut & highlights Wed, book club & selling a car Thurs, packing & going OOT Fri}. I’m exhausted just typing all that out. So forgive me that I just got the chance to type & schedule this post.

Our RE, I’ll call him DrP, went over our test results. As I had thought/prayed/hoped, everything came back within the normal range. My bloodwork showed my thyroid levels are on the higher side of normal, so he prescribed a very low dose of a medicine to get that lowered. DrP advised my levels weren’t so high that they’ve been affecting our TTC, but when pregnant your levels get higher and he wanted my pre-pregnacy base line as safely low as possible.

DrP advised us to try as we have been doing for the rest of this cycle {TMI TMI alert, pretty sure I O’d this week on top of everything else on the to-do list}. If.when I get my next period, I will go in for monitoring day 1 then if that’s clear start Femera on day 3-7, have another round of monitoring day 12 and then do the Ovadril shot when they tell me. He thinks Femera & Ovadril should do enough to actually give me a 2WW that I won’t need to also do progesterone supposatories.

It’d be AMAZING if this {cycle 14 if you’re keeping track} worked. But if not, I’m happily/hopefully exctied to begin the treatments that I truly believe will help us make a baby!

I know a good number of women who’ve dealt with IF.  A good friend at work, a college friend, & a few internet turned IRL friends.  I am so thankful that I spoke with them all before my HSG.  They told me their thoughts, experiences & recommendations.  Because I got so much out of being prepared, I’m putting this out here in case it can help anyone else be ready for an HSG.

The poor woman in line in front of me at the RE had no clue.  She was by herself, annoyed that she had to fill out paperwork & wait, and told the receptionist she had to go pick up her kid 30 mins away soon after.  That lady, she needed some of my friends.  I, on the other hand, felt very prepared.  I was ready for worst case senaro.  Jason was there to drive me, I’d taken the rest of the day off work, changed into yoga pants, socks & a Tshirt, and taken 4 Advil.

They had me empty my bladder before I went back {do people pee on the doctor? I didn’t wanna find out} then undress from the waist down {I kept on my socks}.  Dr C came in & I met her for the first time {Hi I’m half naked Suz, welcome to my lady parts}.  She was awesome though!  So nice & explained everything before she did it.  Dr C had a hard time getting the spaghetti noodle sized tube {her words} up & said might need to dilate me but since it’s very painful, she’d try just releasing the dye.  Thankfully enough dye was able to get though, into the ute & up & over & out both sides.  Awesomely it worked!  Clear tubes!  Successful test! I have to say I yelped as it was going through & the nurse held my hand.  It was about as painful as I expected {thanks to my friends explanations}.  A tear or two might have also escaped.  But it was kinda cool to see my ute on the ray machine.  I stayed on the table for a minute after to recover.  Then cleaned myself up, got dressed, & paid my $50 copay.  I hobbled to the car {the pain & megapad made it a little difficult to walk normally}.  I had a little gift medicine {thanks Speed!}waiting for me in the car.  I swallowed that with a Wendy’s Frosty on the way home.  I was able to curl up on the couch for the rest of the night.

I woke up Wednesday still a little crampy, slept in then took some more advil and went into work.  By yesterday afternoon, I was feeling pretty normal.  Today I feel 99% fine.  So long story short, it was painful, but it’s totally worth it to know that my ute/tubes are clear!  We go back next Tuesday for the results for all three tests & to see what Dr P recommends for us.  Thanks to all who were thinking/praying for us with this test.  I really appreciate it.

I meant to post this yesterday but was busy at work, then a coworker happy hour then made muffins for a work breakfast this morning.  After all that, I collapsed on the couch to watch AI.  The short of it: we both really like Dr P & everyone else we encountered at CC & left very hopeful.

I brought my charts from the past 13 cycles. He looked at them & right off said definitely a LP issue {which I’d gathered} but great that I have very regular cycles & am definitely O’ing {which I’d also hoped}. The RE said based on how short my LPs are if he’d seen my charts 6 months in, he would have recommended us come see him then. I told him my obgyn had waived it off {damn midcarolina}. He thinks it’s probably progesterone deficiency but not sure the cause yet. I had blood work done {damn rolling veins meant 2 sticks and bruises today} & Jason did the SA {aka his date with the cup} while we were there yesterday. Yeah, we were pumped we were able to get all that done for just one $50 copay!

My hsg will probably be within 2 weeks {between days 6-12 of my next cycle} then we meet back with him 3/1 to see where we go from there.  Dr. P did said while we were there, based on my short LPs, that we might start with clomid/fermara {because both not only bring on O but also help with progesterone} or maybe just do progesterone supplements.  IF friends, did you have to do those supplements? Or any of these other medicines?  What do you think?

Jason got his test results emailed to him. We got it this morning & his buddies are awesome; like 272 million awesome!! Woohoo! 🙂