Clearly this baby making wasn't going to happen naturally!! My husband is a Pilot and he started traveling more and of course it happened to be during the times I would have been ovulating, which poses a huge dilemma in the baby making process!
I had gone to my regular doctor for my annual check up and told her my concerns. She was amazing...she ran some blood work to omit the usual problems and wrote a script for a semen analysis (SA). Once everything came back perfect...I felt like a failure; my body wasn't going to allow this process to be easy. I especially felt like a failure towards my husband, which he thought was ridiculous since "we" were in this together. I am so lucky to have him as my biggest supporter! I just never envisioned this to be so hard and emotionally draining.
I was then referred to make an appointment for a consultation with...let's call her Dr. Untalented!! The reviews/opinions towards this doctor were mixed; some loved her and others thought she had the worst bed side manner. I loved her at first because I had no one else to compare her to since this was my first experience with an RE and slowly grew to dislike her VERY much. The usual work up was done... to make sure my tubes were clear, etc. Everything looked great...now let's make a baby ASAP please :-)
On my first "official" visit I went alone because my husband was flying. I was ok with that, but what I wasn't ok with was the nurses performing my ultrasounds...I am paying Dr. Untalented to get me pregnant NOT the nurses...WHAT!! On the first visit they found several cysts on both of my ovaries, they decided they would put me on birth control to shrink them...hahahaha...joke was on them and me. My cysts continued to get larger from the birth control; it was doing the opposite and feeding my cysts. After a few months of the cysts not diminishing Dr. Untalented suggested that I have laparoscopic surgery. I was ALL for anything that would help me get pregnant. Here I was 27 years old having my 1st surgery for NO reason in the end.
I had to wait approx 2 months in order to schedule my 1st IUI as long as the cysts were gone. I was so excited about this first step towards making a baby and the doctor was very hopeful this would be it! During this cycle I was given 5 mg of letrozole per day for 3 days to help with ovulation and sent on my way. I was told to monitor with the OPK's and once I saw the surge to call and schedule the IUI for the following day. Not only did I not get pregnant, but my cysts were back...OMG!! I was devastated. I felt like my ovaries were being held up at gun point and being forced not to release any eggs!!
Whenever I look at my scars I get angry and have bitter feelings towards her lack of knowledge and horrid bed side manner. Least to say this was my first and last cycle with this RE. I honestly don't even count this as IUI #1. Not to self and others…always seek a second opinion when it comes to surgery! On to the next Doctor I went!
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