What happens next?

[jersdoll]

I have not been posting on the LTTTC side yet but just a question for some ladies that might have been through it.....

When I talk to my doc for help after being at 1 year without being able to conceive, where will they start? What would be the first things she would want to check? I am going soon and want an idea of what to expect.

Thanks!!

 

[Flake-y]

HI there; hope I can help!

I'm in the UK, so might be a bit different, but my GP did blood tests to check if I was ovulating first, & a semen analysis for my DH. Think that's pretty much all they do for him, but after the blood tests they will prob check your tubes but we've not got to that!!!

Good luck, & hope your tests come out ok!!!

 

[sonyabazonya]

For me i had bloods to confirm i was ovulating, OH had semen analysis.. then we had an HSG, then started clomid with follicle tracking. I took a break from the clomid, and now is my first cycle back on it.. I already was ovulating and dr put me on a low dose, he wants to see how i respond and if nothing comes of it, i'll be doing timed iui.

 

[ilovecheese]

For me i had bloods to confirm i was ovulating, OH had semen analysis.. then we had an HSG, then started clomid with follicle tracking. I took a break from the clomid, and now is my first cycle back on it.. I already was ovulating and dr put me on a low dose, he wants to see how i respond and if nothing comes of it, i'll be doing timed iui.

This is pretty much how it happened for me. I had CD 3 labs, and SA and an HSG done by my regular GYN and then he referred me to the RE who put me on Clomid the following cycle [the one I'm on now]. It has been annov so they're upping my dose next month and monitoring. I'll be moving on to IUI if I can get a response from my ovaries next time

 

[jersdoll]

Wow, thanks everyone!! I am hoping that they will want to at least start with blood work. I have heard that some doctors want you to wait two years if you are relatively young (I'm 27, DH is 33).
Hopefully that wont be the case because two years sounds like an eternity to me right now, plus I really like my current doc and don't want to have to see someone else.

Anyways, thanks for your replies everyone. I'll keep you updated

all around

 

[purechaos109]

I'm hitting the 15 month marker soon and my dr at the 12 month marker ran blood tests and did a Ultra sound to check for PCOS and then when both of those came back normal she sent me up to a specialist who did another vag ultra sound to check for endometriosis and they were going to do an HSG but the specialist told me that there is nothing medically wrong with my uterus or cervix just that they are tilted. so basically an HSG would be money down the tubes! Now its on to DH who I can not talk into going in to give his sample so it is most likely him!! But that is the general order my dr says it goes!!

 

[jersdoll]

I have my appointment for my annual check up in 2 weeks and hope that I can get things checked out then. I worry that my DH will be very resistant to getting himself checked out too because he does not even like to go to the doctor unless he gets sick. Hope I can get some answers soon. Each month that passes I feel more and more like something is really wrong and we might never be able to have children. It's so hard to stay positive.

 

[purechaos109]

I totally understand what you are going through! My DH refuses to go in to get tested! I have been fully checked by the dr and they pretty much say there is nothing wrong with me so it leaves it to him! I spent 4 years trying to get him to go see a dr about getting something serious taken care of so I'm not expecting him to agree at all!

I reciently had a breakdown because I found out that yet another one of my friends is pregnant (well his wife) and I always say that everything happens in Gods time and if he wants it to happen then it will and if it is not ment to happen then i hope the door is shut quickly! So I am begining to wonder if it just is not meant to happen! Everything I want usually either happens quick or the door gets shut quickly! I wanted a new house and we found one and the day we signed papers some people decided that they wanted to buy our old house for 1/5th more than what we paid for it! Just stuff like that!

My biggest worry is that when my best friend (the only person in this world other than DH who knows me better than I know myself) goes into labor in 2 weeks that I am going to cry when I go see her baby! And I don't want to hurt her on her day!!

I hope all goes well with your appointment! Let us know how it turns out!

 

[jersdoll]

Yes! I hear you. My best friend knows everything that I have been going through and is soo supportive, but her husband really wants to start trying and I just know that they will be one of those couples that has no trouble at all. I worry about how it will affect our friendship when she does get pregnant. Although I know that it is my own fault if I allow it to be affected because she is nothing but great to me. It's just so hard!
I do agree with you that everything happens in God's time, but if I am not meant to be a mother than God and I will have some serious issues.
Only time will tell I guess. I will keep you in my prayers that the answers will bring you contentment and that you will be at peace with His plan for you, no matter what it may be. I try to stay positive and remember that each new cycle is new hope.