***I'm writing about this so I can remember these times. Times that are tough. Times I never expected we would have to encounter. I'm not writing because I want to remember...but it is part of the journey. The journey that I hope ends with a positive result.***
Who knew getting pregnant the 2nd time around would be so difficult? We sure didn't! Especially because getting pregnant with Sydney was SOOO easy! Yes, we were younger. Who cares. We started trying again when she was 2.5 years old. Well, now she is almost 5 (wow...how is THAT possible? That's another post.) and we are now seeking help of modern technology. I have to say, we are eternally grateful for the beautiful daughter we do have. But like us, she would LOVE a sibling. Because we have been blessed with Sydney, and because her delivery was nothing short of uneventful (modesty anyone..ha!)...all sense of my modesty went out the window. Sure, I don't go around naked outside of my home or the doctor office, but it has made these new doctor appts a little easier. Who knew they would need to do an "internal" ultrasound on day 2 of my cycle. Say what? Seriously? Yep!
To back up a little....thank goodness my insurance covers Reproductive Medicine. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!! However, with that, there is only one place in the state of MN that my insurance allows us to go to...at the University of Minnesota...downtown. There was a ton of paperwork we needed to fill out (22 pages). I guess you could say I was in slight denial that we needed the help of modern technology. It took us over a year to fill out the paperwork. Within that year my insurance added another place for us to go to. Yes, it was closer to my work, but hey, it took us a year to fill out the paperwork for the other place, I wasn't going to start over again. We went with the UofM. And yes, downtown. No, not ideal for the girl that anything north of 494 is out of her comfort zone (we live south of the river...as if this means anything to anyone not from here reading this.), but I forged ahead, dealt with the Crosstown / 62 construction...thank goodness for only a short time (maybe another reason why I procrastinated so long in filling out that paperwork...I would have had to deal with that construction longer..hmm). It takes me 30 mins to get to the dr. office from my work during the middle of a week day. Not ideal, but not horrible. We had our first appt. on 7/22 with NP Mary Dannich. She was great. Was very positive. And did that "internal" ultrasound. I have had many lab work appts (MANY). That first month we did Clomid. It wasn't bad taking it, but about a week or so later I had some of the worst headaches I've ever had.
Our 2nd visit was with Dr. Phipps (the endocrinologist). He is new to the team, but I was willing to meet with him. I'm not overly impressed with his "bedside manner", however he does seem to know his facts. His biggest concern is that my "ovary's are aging" (I hear that as "my ovary's are old....which doesn't make this whole situation any better), but I believe everything else seems to be fine. Jim was tested. He was fine. The doctor was concerned about the headaches that I got when taking the clomid, so we won't be doing that anymore. My next cycle we just tried on our own, because he wanted more labs done.
After those additional labs were done, we met with him again. He has decided that we will try AI for three months (hopefully three months are not needed). We would also do the medicine HCG, which is a shot. The shot was to be done in the stomach. We had a small hiccup with my insurance company and the mail order prescription company that we need to use. I had a slight meltdown dealing with that. Thankfully everything worked out and I got the medicine in time. I did the shot on 10/6. The AI was done on 10/7. And then we just waited. Sadly, I got my period on 10/20.
Month 2: Went in for an "internal" ultrasound on 10/31. Two eggs. Oh my! Twins run in my family (my dad is a fraternal twin). Jim was a little nervous about the two eggs. I told him, we may have had two eggs the others months when we were trying on our own and we never knew...but we kept on trying. The only difference is that we know this time. I was supposed to do the HCG shot again, but my mail order pharmacy screwed up and I didn't get the package in time. Thankfully my body triggered an LH surge on it's own, so the doctor was fine with not doing the shot this time. Thank goodness, because the package was late. The AI was done on 11/3. We now wait and hope....along with many prayers.
Who knew this journey would be ours? I guess it's for a reason, I just wish I understood the reason.....
To be continued......
Our 2nd visit was with Dr. Phipps (the endocrinologist). He is new to the team, but I was willing to meet with him. I'm not overly impressed with his "bedside manner", however he does seem to know his facts. His biggest concern is that my "ovary's are aging" (I hear that as "my ovary's are old....which doesn't make this whole situation any better), but I believe everything else seems to be fine. Jim was tested. He was fine. The doctor was concerned about the headaches that I got when taking the clomid, so we won't be doing that anymore. My next cycle we just tried on our own, because he wanted more labs done.
After those additional labs were done, we met with him again. He has decided that we will try AI for three months (hopefully three months are not needed). We would also do the medicine HCG, which is a shot. The shot was to be done in the stomach. We had a small hiccup with my insurance company and the mail order prescription company that we need to use. I had a slight meltdown dealing with that. Thankfully everything worked out and I got the medicine in time. I did the shot on 10/6. The AI was done on 10/7. And then we just waited. Sadly, I got my period on 10/20.
Month 2: Went in for an "internal" ultrasound on 10/31. Two eggs. Oh my! Twins run in my family (my dad is a fraternal twin). Jim was a little nervous about the two eggs. I told him, we may have had two eggs the others months when we were trying on our own and we never knew...but we kept on trying. The only difference is that we know this time. I was supposed to do the HCG shot again, but my mail order pharmacy screwed up and I didn't get the package in time. Thankfully my body triggered an LH surge on it's own, so the doctor was fine with not doing the shot this time. Thank goodness, because the package was late. The AI was done on 11/3. We now wait and hope....along with many prayers.
Who knew this journey would be ours? I guess it's for a reason, I just wish I understood the reason.....
To be continued......
2 comments:
Good luck with everything! What a stressful and emotionally draining couple of months you've had, but I am sure there will be some kind of silver lining to the dark clouds. You just don't know what it will be yet regardless of the outcome.
I know how frustrating this is. Keep your head up.
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