Survived my first RE appt

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I think it's finally starting to get real for MH, which is sort of ironic since he's the one who has been pushing for kids. Where I've been in the I'm open to having them, but lacking any burning must have baby now desire.

Ultrasound went well and my period should be here sometime next week so I can get my testing done pretty quickly. My blood pressure was sky high while I was in the office, which is always fun to explain that it's really not usually that high - I had my annual early this week so I was at least able to rattle off those stats.

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I'm glad you got started. Do you like the doctor? I get a little white coat blood pressure spike too. They're used to it.

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She was okay. The office staff was meh and we were kept waiting for a little while, which is a Dr.'s office pet peeve of mine. I think we'll stick with going through testing with her and then make a decision from there. Did you get a second opinion or go full steam ahead with your initial doc?

We really haven't decided how badly we want a kid and how far we're willing to go to get there. We have insurance coverage (after our massive deductible) for IUI, but I don't know if we do for IVF - my head was kind of spinning the day I called to register with the infertility dept. I also don't know that I want to go through IVF and the risk of multiples, which seems to be higher with IUI - scares the ever loving shit out of me.

Either way, we both just want some answers at this point, if there are even answers to be had. It's time we decide how to move on with our lives - either to make a concerted effort to expand our family or put this behind us and move on to lead a childless life.

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Dec 21, 2012 10:30:46 GMT -5 @bonsoirlune said:

She was okay. The office staff was meh and we were kept waiting for a little while, which is a Dr.'s office pet peeve of mine. I think we'll stick with going through testing with her and then make a decision from there. Did you get a second opinion or go full steam ahead with your initial doc?

We really haven't decided how badly we want a kid and how far we're willing to go to get there. We have insurance coverage (after our massive deductible) for IUI, but I don't know if we do for IVF - my head was kind of spinning the day I called to register with the infertility dept. I also don't know that I want to go through IVF and the risk of multiples, which seems to be higher with IUI - scares the ever loving shit out of me.

Either way, we both just want some answers at this point, if there are even answers to be had. It's time we decide how to move on with our lives - either to make a concerted effort to expand our family or put this behind us and move on to lead a childless life.

I just stayed with the first place I went to because there are only two fertility clinics near me. Had my IVF not worked I was going to get a second opinion though.

My first two IUI cycles I had two follicles and then one follicle so though the risk of multiples was there it's not something that would come as a complete shock because they should monitor you every step of the way. I did roll the dice with so many mature follicles my last IUI cycle but my estrogen indicated that no more than two of them actually had eggs so I tried not to be too scared. Just ask A LOT of questions and make sure you know what's going on. Sometimes I felt like I had to be on top of everything myself.

[bronxgirl]

Good luck. It can be stressful (to say the least), but it's worth it in the end.

[KaraOrNot]

My blood pressure was really high my first appoitnment too. Good luck!

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Thanks! How bad was the HSG? Were you able to go back to work after it?

[KaraOrNot]

For me, the HSG was not bad, just a little uncomfortable at times. I had built it up to be much worse in my mind, but I know some people had bad experinces. I could have gone back to work w/o any issue (I was off the day I had it). I took 4 advil before. Oh, and take a pad w/ you. You leak the dye after and a pad is helpful (my hospital had one for me, but I woud have been screwed if they hadn't).

[egishere]

Good news! I didn't think the hsg was bad at all. Best of luck to you on this journey!