We had our first visit with the Fertility Specialist on Monday (10/21). I was super anxious, as I always am with new doctors, but thankfully I had my husband there with me. We spoke with the doctor about how the entire process works. It was a lot to take in, and honestly, I just wanted to cry at the fact that we were there. No matter how long you deal with infertility, it never gets easier to wrap your head around.
They did a pelvic ultrasound, and confirmed that my ovaries are consistent with PCOS/D, and that my uterus was slightly tilted. At the time I was six days late, and had a negative pregnancy test that morning. He gave me a prescription for hormones and told me once they were finished, to take a pregnancy test and (if it was negative) then I would start my cycle. I was to call them when I started this cycle and schedule a HSG procedure. They drew blood for about five different labs and explained that I would have to have blood drawn on the second day of my cycle, along with the 21st day.
The HSG procedure will consist of them injecting dye into my uterus and Fallopian tubes and taking X-rays. This procedure will clean out my Fallopian tubes, hopefully allowing me to get pregnant easier.
Well, I started my cycle before I could start the hormones, so I got my blood drawn yesterday, and am going back to Little Rock this Wednesday to have the HSG procedure.
More to come, probably on Wednesday.
That was what he recommended for me. He said it was painful but not unbearable. Unfortunately, we found out that it actually wasn't me that was the problem (after my labs came back) He said I had a long vagina (that sounds really gross but he just said that it was very hard from the sperm to get all the way to my cervix I guess it's genetic) He said that shouldn't keep me from conceiving so they tested Jerry and found out that is why we were not getting pregnant. I decided not to do the procedure you are having done or take the hormones. I was just really scared and I was not prepared for all the information he gave me. Is this the first time you have had a blood test since you had the higher TSH or the other hormones that are relevant? I remember that post but the actual result has lost me. like 16.4 or something?
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