So after a long exhausting discussion with my husband and mother regarding what I should do about the dilemma I wrote about in my last post, I decided to call my doctor and set up a meeting for Jay and I to talk to him about our options. I left a message last night and expected to hear back sometime today.
Jay wasn't able to go to my CD3 appointment today so my mom accompanied me. It was sort of cool to share with her this part of our world; the waiting for bloodwork, meeting with the doctor, the ultrasound, the counting of the eggs (7 less than 5 on the right and 8 less than 10 on the left. I'm an egg machine!). I was surprised when we went back and the nurse told us that we'd be meeting with Dr. Wing this morning. I asked him about IVF and his opinion. Since our insurance covers IUI, he wants us to try the IUI one more time and see where Jay's sperm count is. He said that IUIs do work with super low counts because they are so concetrated, but it is very rare. He gave us hope though and said that Jay had PLENTY of sperm for IVF to work! If this IUI is unsuccessful, we'll switch to IVF which evidently takes about a month to prepare for the cycle. I was happy with his answer and it made sense to me. I felt SOOOO much better after leaving the clinic today.
Now I'll just wait for the nurse to call me back with the protocol. I'm thinking it will be a round of Femera, Ovidrel injection, the IUI, and a round of Crinone after. I just need to remember to ask them why my period came so early this month, to make sure my progesterone level is where it should be.
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