HSG

So I had my HSG today!  and........everything's clear!  No blockages I'm my tubes, uterus looks great.  I made my appointment to go back to my OBGYN for august 4.  So that's when we'll probably start clomid.  Probably won't be able to start til the next cycle though because I'll probably be on about day 7 by then.

HSG today

I'm leaving right now for my HSG appointment.  I'll post afterwards to let you know how it goes.

Results are finally in!

I talked to my OB today and she told me that my blood work shows that I did not ovulate this month and she thinks that I've probably been having anovulatory cycles off and on throughout us TTC.  That's why we're not getting pregnant and my cycles are not normal lengths.  I suppose this is good news since that's something that can be corrected with medication.

My period did start today, weird, because I didn't have ANY PMS symptoms this month.  Usually I have really sore boobs, cramps for like 4-5 days before, I feel like a whale, etc.  But nothing this time.  I still don't even have cramps.  Odd.

Next step:  The HSG.  I have to call and make my appointment tomorrow.  Hopefully they will be able to squeeze me in before I leave for Emma's wedding!  Otherwise, I'll have to wait til next cycle.  After the HSG is done and they know my tubes aren't blocked, I will go back to my OB to be put on Clomid to see if they can get me ovulating.  If after a few cycles of just that I'm not pregnant, she will refer me out to a fertility clinic for further evaluation.

No testing today because I couldn't wait and ended up testing last night.  It was of course negative, like I knew it would be, but I couldn't help getting excited that I was 13DPO and no sign of my period in sight.  My temperature dropped this morning, so I'll be waiting all day for my period to come, I'm sure it will, it never fails.  I'm just really hoping that if I really am not preggo, it will start today so that I can go ahead and schedule my HSG and move forward with this process.  Oh, and I'm supposed to be calling my OBGYN today about my test results from the blood work.  Don't know if I'll get them today, but I called yesterday and left a message asking when I would be hearing the results and they left a message saying "call back tomorrow".  So cross your fingers for me!

Waiting

I got my last blood draw done yesterday...I'm going to be a pro at this needle thing after this is all done!  They said they would call me when they get all the results back from all three draws.

If this cycle didn't work, I'm still going to go in for the HSG, but we probably won't get to try next cycle because James will be in DC.  So keep your fingers crossed!!!

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.