Wednesday, September 25, 2002
quick dr visit report (it took 3 hours out of my day, and that's just the start.)
waited half an hour even though they'd changed the appt. got increasingly nervous as we waited, as you do.
ivf dr was OK, I guess; suspect has not much sense of humour and not really interested in my pov about anything that's in her medical domain,
but fair enough, she's the specialist. didn't even look at my charts.
for some reason she says we have a 6-7 % chance of conceiving naturally. no idea where that number came from.
says it's possible my lack of dye through tubes was just a spasm of the tubes. that's a new one. still, not pregnant, so IVF would be the
treatment either way.
went through the whole medical history again. have to do: new blood tests for us both, another semen analysis for husband, and a
special urine test for me to pinpoint my exact next ovulation (think that's to get my luteal phase.)
then have to have three separate one-hour meetings with counsellor, nurses and her again before launching into actual IVF.
have to go on the Pill at the start of a cycle; have the option of doing it next cycle. hormones in body, weight gain, low sex drive, yay. love the Pill. not.
if we did that, would be about seven weeks after that that we'd be harvesting/implanting. success rate abut 25 % per attempt, each time is a new 1 in 4 chance. they do
two at a time, and the 25 % odds go on for about eight tries.
so we have to be prepared for a fairly long haul with all this. assuming the odd month off (and I think I'll need it; we'll need it),
it's up to a year of trying. and that's just #1 (or of course the spectre of twins!).
have book on IVF and a video we must watch. homework for before our three meetings, which will be in about a month.
God, can't I just get pregnant this cycle? missed last one, of course, and probably one before due to bad timing. so something had better go right this weekend...
waited half an hour even though they'd changed the appt. got increasingly nervous as we waited, as you do.
ivf dr was OK, I guess; suspect has not much sense of humour and not really interested in my pov about anything that's in her medical domain,
but fair enough, she's the specialist. didn't even look at my charts.
for some reason she says we have a 6-7 % chance of conceiving naturally. no idea where that number came from.
says it's possible my lack of dye through tubes was just a spasm of the tubes. that's a new one. still, not pregnant, so IVF would be the
treatment either way.
went through the whole medical history again. have to do: new blood tests for us both, another semen analysis for husband, and a
special urine test for me to pinpoint my exact next ovulation (think that's to get my luteal phase.)
then have to have three separate one-hour meetings with counsellor, nurses and her again before launching into actual IVF.
have to go on the Pill at the start of a cycle; have the option of doing it next cycle. hormones in body, weight gain, low sex drive, yay. love the Pill. not.
if we did that, would be about seven weeks after that that we'd be harvesting/implanting. success rate abut 25 % per attempt, each time is a new 1 in 4 chance. they do
two at a time, and the 25 % odds go on for about eight tries.
so we have to be prepared for a fairly long haul with all this. assuming the odd month off (and I think I'll need it; we'll need it),
it's up to a year of trying. and that's just #1 (or of course the spectre of twins!).
have book on IVF and a video we must watch. homework for before our three meetings, which will be in about a month.
God, can't I just get pregnant this cycle? missed last one, of course, and probably one before due to bad timing. so something had better go right this weekend...
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