May 12th was our consult with Dr. Moretuzzo. It went just as I had thought. We basically just told him we were in office little over a year ago, we did 2 rounds of Follistim/IUI with no success and now we ready to do IVF. He explain we would need to some preliminary testing first, then I would be on birth control pills for a month- they keep ovaries calm and prevent any cysts from forming I believe. Then after all that we will start the drugs, do the egg retrieval and embryo transfer.
Sweet. Let's do this.
We had to take a mandatory IVF informational class on May 21st. Before we went I didn't think I was going to learn anything I didn't already know. But I was wrong. I learned a lot more details about what the eggs are suppose to do each day after they are retrieved/before they are transferred. I also learned some other things I can't remember right now but I wrote down for later. Yes I took notes!
My other instructions after our consult was to call on day 1 of my cycle to schedule a saline ultrasound. My period decides to be 6 days late. (Thanks for that extra emotional roller coaster and money wasted on pregnancy tests!!) I go in for saline ultrasound on June 6th. In Nov. of 2012 I had same type of ultrasound and Moretuzzo told me my uterus was a perfect triangle :). This time- my uterus did not look perfect. It had a "shadow" on it. He wants to investigate further before we move forward with IVF because he said it can interfere with transfer/attachment. So.... on June 27th I am getting a Hysteroscopy. He explained it could be a polyp, a growth(?), or it was just a shadow on ultrasound. He will remove it if need be and then we will go from there. He put me on birth control already to prevent me from ovulating and keep my uterine lining thin. I'm nervous more about the whole anesthesia process- it freaks me out. And I hate waiting when I don't want to do something- just want to get it over with. And I hate not knowing what's going on. Will the IVF be postponed? What if it's something serious? How much is this going to cost us? The list goes on and on.
Scott went for his analysis on Tuesday. They do a more detailed, in depth sperm analysis for IVF. So not sure when we will get those results.
In addition to all that I had a phone conversations with financial person who works with RGI (Reproductive Gynecology, Inc.) She gave me a heart attac, oh I mean the breakdown of costs we should expect and when- throughout this whole process.
Everything seems pretty organized at this point. Except for what's happening in my brain. Carter wants a "brother" so bad. We've been keeping him kind of in the circle about most of this. I basically told him I'm going to go to Dr. to see if my "belly is still broke", if it's not broke I'm going to try and grow a baby, if my belly can't grow a baby we will start the adoption steps again. He always says he wished we had "more kids". It really is heartbreaking to hear your only child say that and you want the same exact thing. But I just remind him how special he is- that he was the only one who got to grow in my belly before it "broke". I hope I am saying the right things... You wonder that a lot when you a parent.
Well that's it for now. Two weeks from today I will be on my way to Canfield Surgery Center to get this mystery spot in my uterus solved.
A quote I read in a magazine that I later discovered John Lennon said:
"It will all be OK in the end, if its not OK, then its not the end" Love this!!!
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