R.E. Visit

First of all, thanks so much for everyone that was asking how our visit went. It helps so much knowing that so many of you care about us and your journey. There are so many that read my blog that I didn't know about. To all of my blog readers, please leave me a comment and your blog address so that I can also keep up on you.

The trip to the R.E. was very difficult. The directions that I had weren't very clear and ended up getting turned around a few times. DH arrived at the RE right on time at 4:40. I on the other, hand was late. The trip should have taken me about 30 minutes to get there and it ended up taking me over an hr.

Thankfully the staff was ok with it(DH told them that I was on my way but stuck in traffic). I filled out the rest of the paperwork that they didn't include in the packet and went back to the room with the nurse. They asked where I was in my cycle, got my height and weight and all of that kind of stuff.

Then we were taken to our Dr's office and introduced to him. We went over some of the medical history and all of that kind of stuff. I could tell that even he was discouraged that I don't have a cycle on my own. We talked about my ovaries and he said why don't we check them out.

We then stepped into the exam room and I removed everything below the waist. The dr and nurse came in once I was ready and did a transvaginal ultrasound. If you've never had one, it is a wand that is inserted to get a look at your reproductive organs from the inside.

He said that there were many follies, and that I had an orphanage of follies waiting. He said all we have to do is to get them to grow and develop. One of the problems with PCOS patients is that it is very easy to over stimulate the ovaries. So we will be using Femara again and a small dose of injectables. I will be closely monitored at all times.

So first step will be to have my Fasting Glucose test checked again(PCOS) and that will be done on Friday. Then sometime in the near future I will start the medicine to induce my period. This medicine will be taken for 12 days and then a period should start 3-7 days later.

Once I have a cycle, on CD5-12 I will be having a HSG(this is an x-ray of my "stuff" :) For this I will need to have a driver and I will have to take antibiotics 2 days before(day of and 2 days after). I will also have to take Valium one hour before the test and 3 ibuprofen. For this I will have to take the day off of work because they only schedule it in the morning.

This cycle I will be using the Femara and an injectible drug(the drug will be dependent on . I will also have to schedule my class for the injectables.

DH is going on Monday for his S.A. We have to abstain from Friday on :(

Dh was awesome about all of this, and he told me how much he loves me and appreciates me going through all of this for us and our dreams. He also told me that he was sorry about me having to do the u/s. I love my hubby he is awesome.

Then when we left, I knew that my car needed gas, so we were on our way to the gas station. Then all of a sudden my car ran out of gas. DH was in his car in front of me and we were on the phone. So he parked his car and ran back to my car and pushed me into a parking lot. Thankfully there was a jogger nearby and he helped too. We couldn't get the car started with gas put into it for over 2 1/2 hrs. We called a friend and they called a friend to help us. We didn't get it started until we filled the tank and then put a little continuous pressure on the pedal and starting the car.

My appointment was at 5pm and we didn't get home till 9:30. It was a long hard day.

For anyone that has made it through this entire blog, you are one awesome friend and please leave a message. Thank you so much!

You guys are awesome!