I went to my RE appointment today and it went very well. I talked to the doctor about how I was feeling. I explained to him that we have been trying to conceive for over two years and that I believed that I had to have ovulated from my left side at least some of the time during those two years. He agreed. He asked me what my doctor said about my left tube after my last ectopic. He doesn’t have the report from my surgery for some reason. I told him that he had said that my left tube looked clubbed. I also said that he told me that he thought I would get pregnant within a year with or without treatment and how I waited a year because of that but we still haven’t gotten pregnant. I really don’t think I am going to get pregnant on my own because I think there is something wrong with my tube. I talked to him about how I believed there were other reasons for ectopics than scarring and blocked tubes and he agreed.

Then we started talking about IVF treatment. I was happy that he brought it up because this is what I was thinking we needed all along. So then he asked me if I wanted to have this done this year or wait till next year. I didn’t think that we would be able to do IVF that quickly. I said that I would like to get it done this year if we can. He said that there were two protocols for doing this one was a long protocol and the other was a short protocol. I don’t really understand the difference between the two but he said that the success rates were the same so I decided let’s get this show on the road and go for it!

So guess who is scheduled for IVF in December???? That’s right. Yours truly! I had an ultrasound done today. They put a catheter through my cervix and took some measurements. I have an IVF consult scheduled for next week and Kelly has to get a semen analysis next week. I am so excited right now my head is just spinning. I never would have thought they could do this so fast.

We are still going to keep trying this cycle like we always do but now I have something to look forward to. I know if it doesn’t happen this month that we won’t have to wait much longer. This will be the most perfect Christmas present!

The only thing I am worried about is getting pregnant with multiples. I know most people would be excited about that but I have had premature labor with my last three pregnancies. Brandon was 7 weeks early and had lots of problems. He spent four months on an apnea monitor, had serious developmental delays and I just would prefer not to have the stress of a multiple pregnancy. I would be really scared. I talked to him about this and he said that the risk of having multiples was only 10-15 percent so that makes me feel better.

I am so excited now. Thanks everyone for all the support you have given me over the last two years. I will keep you posted on how things go.

Tags: IVF

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