My first month with my new fertility doctor went as follows:
Day 1 - Fasting Lab (means I don't eat from midnight until I go in, then they take blood to test for different levels, including cholesterol)
Day 2 - LTZ Challenge Test (more blood is taken to get a base line for my progestrone levels)
Day 3 and 4 - No needles and no pills
Day 5 - LTZ pills (a form of Clomid)
Day 6 - LTZ pills
Day 7 - SPA test for husband (you know what this meant) and LTZ pills for me
Day 8 - LTZ pills
Day 9 - LTZ pills
Day 10 - Another LTZ Challenge Test (this one was to see if the LTZ pills helped)
Day 11 - Absolutely nothing! Woo hoo!
Day 12 - Start testing for ovulation
Day 13 - Another testing for ovulation
Day 14 - HSG and Follicle testing to get ready for IUI (artifical insemination)
Day 15 - IUI
Days 16-20 - NOTHING - How wonderful to have a rest
Day 21 - Progesterone Test
Days 22-27 - Progesterone pills (let me be clear this did not get taken with water, they had to be inserted in another area)
Day 28 - No pregnancy (we have to start again!)
This first month was constant testing and visits to labs but we learned that some things needed some help. The next two months were holidays where we were out of town but we will start again this cycle. Luckily we will not have to repeat all of this testing but we get to do injections this time instead of pills so more fun to come!
At least all of the needles were new each day!
2 comments:
what a way to keep your chin up......horray for new needles. sorry thats all I could come up with.
As horrible as it all sounds, I have faith it will work out in the end. It may seem like an eternity of prodding and poking, but I'm positive it'll happen
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