Pre Trip Call with the Doctor

Oh my goodness I cant believe its been a month already! I waited a long time for this call so its GREAT things are moving forward!

Dr. Scott from RMA was very nice. It was our first time speaking. He said he already knows my life story so he wanted to address any of my questions and concerns before Jason and I made the trip. Of course my first question was timeframes, this he couldn't answer since he wont know where I am in my cycle until they see me on the 12th. BUT knowing what I know about my body and this Nuva ring in there currently (Sorry TMI??) I would think pending we get our legal contracts done, I am thinking a late January Transfer. Subject to change of course since I don't make the rules and the clinic wants me to put in a new nuva right away so I don't know how that's going to affect things :-) I asked him how many GS he has denied after the all day apt, he said is super rare and we wouldn't have gotten as far as we had if they were concerned about my ability to carry a baby.

We talked about meds...There are 2 phases, the first phase which starts during the Luteal Phase (Middle part of the second half of the cycle) this is where I give myself an injection call Lupron (Prevents ovulation), some of the needles I have seen and read about are normal and other are these spring loaded MONSTER needles. Good thing I don't think I will have any issues...well maybe the first shot! The 2nd phase is just more meds. The embryo transfer is done during the 2nd phase of meds. All the specifics about the meds will be planned out when I go to the clinic. 

 

My IM wanted me to ask about acupuncture and if it would help.  The Doctor said I should; "Absolutely do it! It increases implantation rates by 5%!!!" Very interesting! I have never gotten it done but its something that I will certainly do if I will help us bring a baby into the world! So I need to start checking into places around here. He recommends  a day or 2 before the transfer and a day or 2 after. Of course it wont hurt to do it even more than that.

When we are at the clinic I will have a Saline Sonogram, blood tests, a psych. eval and just go over the logistics behind everything.

Only 16 days until we leave for New York (But who's counting?!?!?)  Flights and Hotels are booked and I will finally get it meet my IM for the first time in person! Our IF is overseas so unfortunately I wont get to meet him just yet :-(

Sept 19th is when I started this whole endeavor and I must say in the last 3+ months I have meet some pretty awesome people and I am so happy to be apart of this crazy journey!