Infertility Update

Our appointment with Dr. Hill at Nashville Fertility Center was this past Tuesday. It went well. He's very nice, soft-spoken and he seems very determined. We went through our history and he discussed everything with both J and I. I had another vaginal ultrasound. I have a cyst...most likely from the Clomid and of course that polyp is still there. Dr. Hill examined me. Poor J-I think he was traumatized. He sat in the examination room with me the whole time so he saw my uterus and ovaries on TV.

We sat back down with Dr. Hill after my exam to discuss what the tech found on the u/s. I have either a uterine septum(I think this is the proper terminology) or something else which I have completely forgot the term but it is a deformity of my uterus or a uterine anomaly. That may pose a problem. Dr. Hill confirmed the cyst and the polyp. On CD1 I have to call to schedule another HSG. Dr. Hill mentioned doing a hysteroscopy and laproscopy. He wants to move quickly on these procedures so we can move forward and he can see what we are dealing with, especially in regards to my uterus. I spoke to him about Clomid and he wants to try a Clomid challenge which will involve a lot more monitoring than I just had or had in the past. It will also involve an HCG trigger and an IUI. Unfortunately, Sally did not send my records over in time so things may change a bit once he sees those results.

J and I went ahead and had the blood test to determine if we are CF(cystic fibrosis) carriers. J kind of balked at this but I pushed him to say yes. The man hates needles with a passion. I just reminded him that one little prick is nothing compared to how many times I've been poked and prodded thus far and what is still to come.

I told Dr. Hill about not being told I was not a good candidate for IVF and he said he doesn't think that is the case but he needs to review my records from Sally first. However he did say we may be closer to IVF due to my age. He doesn't want to wait and he said he will do everything in his power to help us and that he does not give up easily.It was a pretty good visit so I'm happy. I think J is scared of all of this. We didn't really have a chance to talk about it afterwards as he had to get back to the office.