Well, we had our appointment yesterday in Warren and it went pretty well. Surprisingly, there are nice areas of Warren which is where the office is. Our doctor, Dr Kowalczyk, is awesome and made us feel so comfortable. Jon says that she reminds him of Barbara Streisand in Meet the Fockers (Greg's mom) and I would say that's a pretty good comparison. She has patients from Muskegon, Alpena and even Sault Ste Marie right now so it seems that she must be good at what she does to have people travel so far.
Regarding Jon's count, she said that you really can't get a definitive answer from 1 sample so she wants 3 more done. I also have to repeat all of the hormone testing that I did in March so she has more up to date information. IShe also ordered me to have an HSG test which is where they inject dye into you via a catheter to see if there are any blockages; it sounds like a great time. After we get all of our testing done she will go over the results with us and we will put together a plan of action. October will be the cycle month that she will monitor and then we will begin some type of treatment in November. Due to us not knowing whether or not I will be in Marquette with Jon down here, we will probably go the invitro route. The other main option that she recommends first is 3 months of Clomid which would be kind of hard to make that work being 6 hours away from each other! Jon mentioned we could meet in TC at Stacy's, but I vetoed that idea. ;) We haven't decided for sure what we will do, but it was nice to see what our options are.
It appears that we have this month and next month to try on our own. Jon said that we are going to pull out all of the stops and use all of the advice that everyone has given us over the past year and a half. This includes certain positions and him stuffing "8 pillows under my butt when we're done". Also, Kaylie informed us once upon a time that I should eat the core of a pineapple because it helps make your uterus sticky. Jon misconstrued this bit of advice and informed me that he will also be sticking a pineapple up there...I quickly dismissed this idea and let him know that he will not be putting any type of produce into my body. Luckily we both still have our sense of humor!
At the end of the appointment Dr Kowalczyk informed us that when we get all of the results back in October she will call us instead of making us drive all the way back over there which was very nice and accomodating of her. She will only implant 2 eggs since we are both young and in good health. Sorry, no Octomom for me. :) She also said that she is certain that she will get us pregnant due to the previous two reasons. All in all, we are very excited that things are moving forward and that we could have a bun in the oven by Christmas!!
In other news, we made great strides with the master bath last weekend and can now use the toilet! It's amazing how spoiled you get when you have 2 and then are forced to use only 1. I'm pretty excited that one of us will no longer have to hold it while the other uses the facilities or, as Jon likes to do when I'm using it, go outside.
I also wanted to mention to those of you who can make it, we are having our Second Annual Barn Party on Saturday, October 22nd. It is sure to be a good time and we would love to have as many friends there as we can. Since it will probably be our last one, it could get a little rowdy!!
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