Expectation Management

I went and saw Seattle Reproductive on Friday for my post-op checkup. They took my vitals and gave me the all-clear. At the end of the month, I start on Provera to induce a period. On day 3, I start on Clomid. On day 14, I have an ultra-sound to see if I have a follicle. If so, they'll inject me with HCG(?) and then we'll come in on day 15 and do the IUI. Dov goes in first and gives his half...they'll give it a spin and extract the healthy swimmers. Then I'll go in, and they'll take a small pipette and insert the sperm past the cervix, and close to the fallopian tubes. (95% of sperm does not make it past the cervix.) Then we wait...

The doctor explained that due to my age and other factors, I'm in the 10% pregnancy rate group. Out of 100 women my age, 10% will get pregnant on the first try. The chances increase by 10% with each additional try, so my chance of being pregnant on the next try is 19%. After four tries, the majority of the women in my group would still not be pregnant, so he didn't want me to get too frustrated.

He also explained that the surgery we just did gave me a clean slate to start with. Just removing the polyps does not increase the chances of pregnancy.

We discussed that Dr. Criniti and I had already planned to attempt three IUI's then do a flush of the Fallopian tubes and try another three times. If not successful then, we'll look at other options.

Now is the time for me to focus on exercise and weight loss. Every 10% of my body weight I can shed will give a tremendous boost to our chances to conceive. I'm excited and terrified at the same time...but that's ok. God is in control whether we have a child naturally or not!