It's been a long time

I wasn't sure when I was going to post again. But here I am trying to start over. Hubby and I went on a wonderful vacation to see relatives and spend some time on the BEAUTIFUL beaches of Puerto Rico. Now we are home, sunburned and happy. It was nice to get away from everything for a couple of weeks and relax.

On the baby front we had our first RE appt. When I had my follow up with my OB in June she gave me a slip to have an HSG done at a local radiology clinic. She also gave us one for hubby to have his SA. When hubby went to an office that is covered by our insurance they told him, after charging him for the visit, that they didn't have a lab and he would have to go somewhere else, then come back with his results. That got me thinking. I hate the running around. The family practitioner that I had for most of my life had EVERYTHING in his office. It was a one stop shop and I prefer that. So, I searched our insurance site for a provider that was covered and started doing internet research. I came upon a clinic with a practitioner that has developed ground-breaking now standard IF techniques and who has been practicing for a long time. I called them up and it turns out that a) the doc himself does the HSG (which means no waiting around for results) and b) they do SA samples in office. I called up and made an appt.

The doctor himself called us from the waiting room into his office. He asked lots and lots of questions and in my opinion took a very thorough history. He then suggested that we have an ultrasound so we walked into another room and the doctor performed the ultrasound describing everything he saw. Including a growing follicle. Then we set up a treatment plan for the next few months. He was appalled that my OB had sent me off for 4 months with meds and no monitoring. He assured me that I would not be on my own and would be coming in for ultrasounds every month. He explained the plan to me, I repeated back to make sure I had all the instructions, and we double checked that we were on the same page. He thinks that because I'm young we'll wait another few months, using just c.lom.id., before we have an HSG or any invasive tests. I feel taken care of and listened to. I tend to prefer women doctors but I've had both in the past and he seems to really understand what he's doing.

So, in the past few days I began my cycle on my own (which hasn't happened in several months). Fertility frie.nd. says I ovulated last month but I'm not sure I believe her because she said the same thing when I was on the hormones and my new RE says that the OB gave me hormones that were cheating. So, I take it with a grain of salt. I need to call today to schedule my day 13 ultrasound. Pray with me that things begin to move forward for us. Thank you for sticking by me.