Last Blood Draw Tomorrow!

Cross your fingers for me that I'll have some left when it's all over!  I'm hoping that they'll just go ahead and add pregnancy to the list of things they're testing for.  It'd be nice to know a little early!

Blood Draw: Round 2

The second time around was far less traumatic.  Only one vial and the lady was super nice and talkative.  Hopefully next appointment I'll get my results for the last time.

The summary

I met with my OBGYN this morning to discuss our options and the following is what's going to be going on with me for the next month or so.

• Blood work today.  They took 7 vials!  I don't think I have any blood left!
• More blood work on the 24th.
• Still more blood work on the 1st of July.

All of that is to determine whether or not I am ovulating and what my hormone levels are.  Then...If I'm not pregnant after this cycle...

• (On cycle day 7-10) A Hysterosalpingogram or "HSG".  Basically they inject dye into your uterus and tubes to make sure they are free of any blockage and anything else that would be preventing the sperm from reaching the egg or the egg from reaching the uterus.

If it is determined that I have a problem ovulating, I will go back to my OB and discuss whether or not to start medicinally induced ovulation (Clomid).  If we are still not pregnant on our own after a few cycles of Clomid, she would then refer us out to a Reproductive Endocrinologist.

I'm very happy with the way things are going.  I feel like the pace is good and my doctor was neither too pushy or too relaxed about it.  I feel like she has a good balance and listened to my needs.  So hopefully all of this will work out and we'll see where to go from there.

Waiting

I'm not really sure why I'm nervous...I know they probably aren't going to actually do anything today, but I'm so nervous.

Tomorrow's the big day

The big appointment is in a little over 12 hours.  I meet tomorrow with my OBGYN to determine what the next step is for us.  I'm hoping that she is going to order some tests to see if we can figure out where the problem lies, but at the same time I'm dreading it because I know it means having blood drawn.  Yuck.  I'll try to post an update after tomorrow's appointment.

Still not pregnant

The test this morning was negative, even though I was probably the most hopeful about this test.  I really thought this could be our month, but I guess I was wrong.  6 days until my appointment and hopefully they will be able to steer me in the right direction.

Testing Tomorrow

Cross your fingers!  I haven't had any symptoms of PMS yet...  I'm testing tomorrow morning when I get up and very much hoping for a positive.  If not, James and I will be entering into the scary world of TTC with medical assistance.  I'll post an update tomorrow.

Results

Finally we have some news.  James finally got to go in for his results today after getting the run around for the past week.  So far we know that pretty much everything came back normal for his semen analysis, however there was one category that the fertility doctor wrote "n/a", so the doc at the base clinic was unsure of what that meant and wants James to go back on Friday to have the test repeated.  Also, he's going in for blood work tomorrow to make sure his testosterone levels are good.  Just as a backup, I went ahead and made an appointment to go in and talk to my OBGYN about what the next step will be for me if everything comes back normal for him.  That appointment is on the 16th, so hopefully we will know more by then about where we're going from here.  Until then, we'll keep trying and hope for the best.