It's In Vitro time!

Michael and I found out that his work is getting rid of our insurance plan and starting January 1st we'll have just a PPO. This plan doesn't cover all infertility processes. So we are speeding up our infertility by starting in vitro. We just had a visit to the doctor today and learned about the medicine process for the next few weeks. Oh my is all I have to say! Here's a picture of all the stuff I will need:

AAAAAAhhhhhhh!!!!

As my Dr. says, it's time to Hans and Frans you up. Lol! So here's an outline of what I need to do:

*I started birth control 2 weeks ago to ready my follicles for mass egg production.
*Monday Michael and I start an antibiotic so we don't get me sick. I also start Lupron - an injectable hormone. This will be once a day.
*In about 2 weeks I start another injectable that I will give myself 2 times a day. I will still be taking the Lupron so I will have 3 shots a day.
*I will be monitored 3 times a week at this point to check which day will be best for egg retrieval. Once things look good I will take a shot of Ovidrel to help make sure the ovulation process will happen. This helps loosen the eggs so that they can retrieve them.
*The next day I will start the progesterone pill 2 times a day.
*The next day they will retrieve my eggs. I will start Medrol (2 tabs twice a day for 4 days). I will also take a few antibiotics to make sure I don't get an infection.
*A few days after this I will get my embryos transferred into my uterus. Sometime around this day I will take another shot. The day after the transfer I will use Crinone which is a vaginal progesterone liquid.

After all this, hopefully I will be pregnant!! Our fingers are crossed!

Infertility Update

I think it is amazing that anyone actually even gets pregnant. It seems like one thing after the other doesn't work out for us. We have tried insemination 4 times now, all without any luck. We met with our doctor and he said the medicine I'm on, Clomid, is an estrogen blocker. This means it is helping me produce FSH so I can have eggs, but is blocking my estrogen production so my tubes may not be picking up my eggs. Now I will trying a new medicine which is the natural form of FSH. So hopefully this will kick my estrogen into gear.

I have to skip this month of trying because one of my eggs did not drop and grew a little too large for my body to absorb it as quickly as normal. Apparently I can't start the medicine unless my eggs are perfect.

If this doesn't work then I may have endometriosis, which is a form of scar tissue on productive organs that makes it hard to get pregnant. So they might have to do exploratory surgery and if they find any endometriosis then they will laser it out of me and then I should get pregnant easier.

We've waited 4 1/2 years to get pregnant, we can wait a little longer right?