Happy New Year everyone!
Fingers crossed this will be our year for BFPs!
The Dominican sounds lovely, Mala. I have a couple of family members (by marriage) from there & they always say how beautiful it is.
Good luck at your appointment tomorrow Elphaba. I'm thinking I'll be going for my work up at the end of Feb if no BFP by then. What do you ask for when you schedule the appt? Do you say you need to schedule an infertility work up?
Sorry about the flu Elphaba. I had a cold last week too, so needless to say, there was not much BD this month, and my temperature chart looks insane. Lol.
Sloan, hope you are feeling OK.
Well, my OBGYN told me at my annual exam in June, that if I wasn't pregnant by January to come back in. So, when I called to schedule my appointment I said 'I am not pregnant yet and Dr. Blackmon told me to schedule for January if I was not.' LOL So I am not sure what you would say? I mean... I don't think it's an actual infertility appointment yet. More of a fertility appointment to see what is going on and what the next step should be. I hate the word infertility and I would not want to use that word until everything but IUI and IVF had been tried. When you call to schedule, I would just say that you have been trying to get pregnant with no success and you feel it's time to talk about the 'next step' with your doctor. That should cover it.
At my appointment, she looked at my temp charts and my menstrual cycle history. She asked if my OPK's were positive and I said I was pretty sure they were. I even *conveniently* had pictures! LOL So I showed her and said... they aren't AS dark as control, but I still think they are positive. Based on my BBT chart, she agreed with me. Then she said it was time for hubby to have a sperm analysis done and she gave me a cup for him as well as information from the clinic that would be handling it. She also did a culture on me to check for any STD's. She just wants to rule everything out and I don't blame her. She also wants me to have an HSG test done because of my history. Not every OBGYN will order one so quick, but I have some history that makes it so I should have one.
So the game plan is... hubby's sperm analysis ASAP. Then when AF comes to visit again, I have to call the clinic immediately to schedule my HSG since it needs to be done right after AF. Gotta make sure I am not pregnant when the test is done, so that is the best time. Then, if the HSG is clear and hubby's sperm analysis comes back okay, she will call in a prescription for Clomid for me. I will start that on my NEXT AF (so in March) and after I do 5 days of that, I will be on estrogen until I think CD20 which should be after ovulation. She will then do a blood test to check my progesterone levels to make sure I did ovulate and to check for luteal phase defect.
It's so nice to have a game plan! Yet, it's a scary one with hurdles to overcome first. My OBGYN is very optimistic though and that of course made me feel better. She also said that if I am not pregnant in 6 months, she can refer me to the fertility specialist. She even mentioned if my hubby still has trouble 'finishing' when we BD at ovulation, we could try some clomid/IUI cycles as well. She was very supportive! *fingers crossed*
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I don't know what to say, other than I am so sorry you have to experience this. I was really hoping the doctor was wrong.
