Sonohysterogram

I had my sonohysterogram this morning (basically an ultrasound of my uterus) and God has truly answered my prayers for this test! NO POLYPS! Yay! I had several last year that had to be removed and I was please to know that they did not come back. So there is nothing interfering with the embryos implanting in the uterine wall! Next step... July 19, I start Provera to get my cycle started for IVF! Man this is getting closer and closer and I am so excited! Robbie and I feel so much peace! Thanks everyone for thinking of us and please continue to pray.

Past Few Weeks

So, I went in for my preliminary blood work on May 24th and everything was fine. On May 26 I started Provera to start my cycle. I started my cycle this past Monday, so on Day 3 which was Wednesday June 9 I had to go in for an ultrasound of my ovaries to look at follicles (eggs). This is to determine how many eggs I am producing in my ovaries each month to determine the dose of stimulation drugs (shots) to allow the majority of the eggs to mature. I had 25 to 27 follicles in each ovary! I was very excited, so hopefully this is a good sign of how things will turn out in a few months. The follicles look like little peas all in my ovaries! So incredible. It has been a neat experience so far. I am trying to take everything in and enjoy it as much as I can. So far it has gone by pretty fast. My next cycle... the end of July... will be IVF cycle! Robbie and I are getting so excited and cannot wait!

IVF in Detail

This is the website that you can go to that has all the information on what entails an IVF cycle...

http://www.fertilitymemphis.com/documents/info-ivf.pdf

Too much to type! =)

I have the dates!

I have the dates for everything.. as long as everything goes well, this will be the tentative schedule.

May 24 - Go to Dr. Ke for preliminary blood work.
May 26 - Start Provera
On first day of cycle, I am supposed to call and schedule an SHG (sonohysterogram) of my uterus. Hopefully no polyps will be found. If so, I will have to do the surgery again and this will delay everything...

July 20ish (around there) - Start Provera

This will be the IVF cycle! YAY!

I am set to have my egg retrival the week of Sept. 13th, so Lord Willing by October we will find out if I have a June-bug on the way!

This will be a very busy summer with lots of shots and appointments, but Lord Willing it will be totally worth it in the end! Please be praying for us as we are beginning our journey in just a few short weeks!

My amh level is 7.6, so my ovarian reserve is good! I will post soon about the IVF process for those of you that do not really know the steps and schedule.

So soon!

I still do not have the exact dates for the IVF egg retrieval yet, but we are still, Lord Willing, planning to start this process toward the end of the summer. I feel so much peace about our decision. I feel God is allowing us to move forward with our dream of adding another child to our family and I am very thankful for that. Robbie, Ryder, and I are extremely blessed and I am so grateful for the amazing family I have. I will update whenever I have more news... Sorry for the delay!

IVF

Alrighty! So Robbie and I have prayed and carefully made the decision after many months of contemplating to forego with IVF starting in July! I will know the exact dates of everything within the next month (They do not have their egg retrieval date calendar made out thru September yet). It is a several month process. Lord Willing, in July I will begin the process to start my cycle, followed by birth control pills in early August and the ovulation induction shots will begin in late August and carry thru until September. We most likely will have the egg retrieval toward the end of September with finding out if it was successful the middle of October. So hopefully and Lord Willing come June 1011 we will be welcoming a little one (or two!) into the family! Please keep us in your prayers are we begin this incredible yet scary journey of invitro fertilization. I will update when it gets closer to time to starting everything. We are very excited and feel very peaceful about our decision!

2nd Opinion.. or maybe should I say 3rd?!

Robbie and I decided back in August that we would take a much needed break from the fertility roller coaster we have been on. I am still not having cycles and ovulating and we are ready to get started again, but I just felt like I wanted to get a different opinion on everything. Dr. Ke has said IVF was my only option left... And that is just soooo much money! So, I went to see a different OBGYN that has dealt with patients with fertility issues. She said I was wayyy out of her ballgame! But I am glad I went today to talk to her... She said it sounds like I might not have a great set of eggs either... I have never been tested for that. They do that before IVF though so they know what they are dealing with. I got her to check my thyroid just in case... So it was not a total waste of time going! She suggested not getting my tubes blown out which is what I was thinking I would probably do next. She said if she were me that she would just do IVF. My case is perfect for it and that is basically my only option. In a sense I am glad she was telling me the same thing Dr. Ke has told me, so I wouldn't second guess myself if we decide to go that route that I was making the right choice... but it was just hard to hear for some reason. I definitely cried on the way home! I have not gotten that emotion about this journey in several months. But today I let my emotions get the best of me.

I vaguely discussed this with Robbie and my total desire that is taking hold of me again to do IVF. He said we would discuss it tonight further and in detail, but I think this might be our way to go. It is definitely the only way to go. I have a doctor's appt with Dr. Ke on Monday April 4, so hopefully we will have everything squared away to begin this soon. I have all the medicine just sitting in my refrigerator! I definitely want to get this show on the road. I am ready to close the book to this chapter in my life. I guess I will update later on when we figure out what we are going to do and the timeline and finances and everything... Please please please PRAY! Prayer is a powerful thing and we need it!