Doctors Appointment

The doctor went pretty well. The nurse brought us back to a room and did the usual vital stats and everything. Then said the doctor would probably come pull us into his office because that's where he likes to do his consultations. Immediately, my heart dropped. I had prepared myself for not having anything done today, but it's hard to hear "consultation." To my surprise though, we've been started on a course of action! The consultation went great, Dr. Young is VERY nice! He was very short and to the point, but informative. He hadn't gotten my records from Dr. Sposato, so we had to go to Ankeny after that and sign a release form. Anyway, Dr. Young asked me a bunch of questions and then asked Troy a bunch of questions. And then we went over some options. I am relieved to say, there's 3 options before we even get to the IUI and IVF stage. The three options he gave us were:

1) An injectable, 90% of women actually ovulate from this...I forget the pregnancy percentage. There's also a very high risk of multiple babies. (I should mention, this is actually the first option he named off so I assumed it was the first course of action...I about fainted! I'm not sure I'm mentally ready to have to give myself a shot.)

2) Ovarian drilling...an outpatient SURGERY (also ready to faint at this point) where they basically poke holes in my ovaries to induce ovulation.

3) Femara...a fertility pill much like Clomid. I've mentioned this in my previous posts but never really knew a whole lot about it. I did know it had much lower side effects, like I wouldn't be bitchy on it. I found out that Clomid induces ovulation by targeting a place in the brain. Femara induces ovulation by targeting your ovaries directly. He gave me the success rate of this compared to Clomid, but I forget.

With all those being mentioned, this is what Troy and I will be doing.
-I start Provera tomorrow to induce my period. I will take the pill for 7 days, and he said it could take up to 7 days after my last pill to start my period.
-On days 3-7 I will take the Femara
-One day between days 6-14 I will have an HSG (The name is too long for me to spell out). They will insert dye into my uterus, this is to check that my fallopian tubes are open, it can also check for other problems within the uterus. (This is something the doctor before Sposato had wanted to do, but we put off doing because my insurance only covers part of the procedure.)
-On day 14 I will have to have a vaginal ultrasound to see how my ovaries are looking
-On day 21 I'll have a progesterone blood draw.

It is definitely a lot more involved than my Clomid cycles, and I'm not excited about having to drive to West Des Moines (especially in the winter time), but it's what we've got to do. One of my managers had also mentioned his wife went to a chiropractor right by the fertility clinic and after a few months of going there they got pregnant (they also had fertility issues.) So I'm thinking about maybe trying to make a couple chiropractor appointments the same day as my fertility appointments and kill two birds with one stone. I must say I was very nervous for this appointment, but it went incredibly well. Now I'm exhausted!