Monday, January 23, 2012

The First of Many Big Days...

Tomorrow we begin our IVF treatment.  I start the day by having my blood drawn to check my estrogen and FSH (follicle stimulation hormone) levels and have my first ultrasound.  I also start birth control.  It has been a crazy week getting everything all lined up since last Wednesday when we received our results from all of our previous testing.  It turns out that my right side is blocked which wasn't a concern to our doctor since my left side is wide open.  Also, my liver panel showed that it was 1 point above normal...oops!  I guess all of those years of boozing is showing up!  The good news is that if we get pregnant, it will have 10 months to heal itself! :)  Back to the results: Jon's testing showed that his total count is 17 million (20 million is normal), his motility is 56% (60% is normal); all of which did not bother our doctor.  Her main concern was the shape; only 3% are normally shaped (4% or lower is abnormal).  We joked that he could have 2 headed sperm and when we went home to look it up, it turns out that yes, he definitely could have 2 headed sperm...many of them!  Therefore, she said that our next step was IVF because the specialist would be able to isolate his good sperm and connect them with my eggs in her petri dish. 

Many phone calls later and I have everything set up to start this process.  Even though Jon's insurance covers IVF up to $15,000 per year; that is only in Detroit.  Unfortunately, the fertility clinic that I have to use for my monitoring in Grand Rapids does not accept our insurance and therefore we will be paying roughly $1,000 out of pocket over the next couple of weeks...ouch.  I'm going to break the news to Jon tonight that his social life is pretty much over for the next few months until we can get through this.  Bonus for me because I won't have to sit around and be jealous that he can have a beer or glass of wine and I can't!  :) 

I'm feeling good about everything so far.  I'm trying to stay as stress-free as possible which is tough for me because I tend to overreact at times.  I'm also not researching anything on the internet because there are way too many horror stories which I do not need to know about!!  :)  Here's hoping that things will go as planned and I'll be knocked up by this time in March!!!

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