We are on month 29/30 of ttc number 1 (started trying in April 2010).
I visited my gp after about 9 months of trying and he was happy to run bloods, which all came back fine. Well actually, I had to have a couple re-done, but once was because the lab had lost it, or something had happened to it any way, and the other was because the progesterone was borderline, but the next time it was fine, so was probably more to do with the timing of the blood test within my cycle.
He'd also advised for OH to have SA but he was reluctant, so this didn't actually get done until December last year. This came back fine.
Once SA came back fine, I visited my gp again (different one this time). She really listened to my concerns and did an internal exam there and then to rule out certain things. She also did a swab for infections whilst she was 'in there' and these also came back fine. As agreed in the consultation, because all was normal, she referred me to FS.
I had my first FS appointment early April and was disappointed to meet with a fertility nurse rather than consultant. However, she was very thorough with questioning and seemed delighted that I'd taken along all my test results etc. which she sifted through there and then; apparently this saved some time as they'd have had to request them from my gp. She was in agreement that there was nothing amiss from the test results so talked me through the next steps. She said they'd like to run their own bloods and also carry out a few more blood tests than gp would have ordered. She also said I would have an ultrasound scan and dildo-cam to check out the general situation 'in there', and that I'd receive appointments for those. An appointment would also be booked for me with FS (consultant this time) for once it was all done, whereupon, if no conculsive results from any investigations, I'd likely be referred for IVF.
Well I had the blood tests done and when I phoned the gp they confirmed that they were fine. I had the scans done and the sonographer confirmed that she could see nothing amiss.
Oh, one other thing, the FS nurse said OH would have to do another SA just as it was procedure to have 2. He did this over 3 weeks back now and my gp still doesn't appear to have the results. Fingers crossed it's normal again as they other one was comfortably within normal ranges.
So my FS appointment that I was told would be booked back in April is actually this Tuesday. 5 and a bit months - what a long wait!
I have mixed feelings about the appointment. On the one hand it feels like we're moving forward, but on the other I'm disappointed that it may come down to IVF in the end and also I'm concerned that they haven't carried out all the investigations they could have. I'm going to mention hsg/lap and dye/hysteroscopy to them and see what they say. I don't want for them to agree to those but I have to wait several months for them to be performed and for me to get a follow-up appointment. But equally, if something can be 'fixed' and we can conceive naturally as a result, surely that would be better. OH's SA was done through the hospital I'm attending, so I'll find out on Tuesday if that came back ok as well. Also, it seems daft to proceed with IVF which could fail if there's something not right which they could have picked up on.
I'm currently receiving acupuncture treatment for fertility and am in my 2nd cycle of that. I also take pre-natal vitamins and have been watching my diet carefully to try and improve egg quality, increase CM, increase chances of implantation etc. This month I've been taking baby asprin post ov as well.
So that's me! Watch this space really as things start to move forward.
but on the other hand I hate surgeries (and this IS a small surgery).
