Thursday, February 14, 2013

A Lot Of Information To Process

I haven't felt like writing anything for a while. I've mainly been processing all the information we have been given in the last few weeks. On January 18th, we met with Dr. Swelstad. He didn't seem to know why we couldn't get pregnant and didn't want to go straight to IVF, so we agreed to do some baseline lab work and do an IUI this cycle. A couple of days later, I got my blood drawn for my OAR or ovarian assessment report and then started on femara for my IUI cycle. The femara side effects weren't as bad as the clomid, but I did get some dizziness and blurry vision. When the OAR came back, we finally had some answers, though they weren't very encouraging. It turns out I have a low egg reserve and Dr. Swelstad said I would definitely need to go straight to IVF if the IUI didn't work. After two weeks of waiting, aunt flow showed up right on time, so the IUI was indeed unsuccessful. During that time we talked to the billing department and found out that our insurance would cover two tries for IVF and we planned to start on the next group date, which was March 28th. Then, on the 21st of February we talked to the nurse again and they decided to change the plan and start on this cycle instead of starting birth control. If all goes well, I will be starting injections on Monday! I am hoping everything stays on track, but so far things just seem to be falling into place. We are waiting to hear back about our genetic testing as well, but I am holding out faith that everything is going according to plan!