Yesterday was our consult appointment for our upcoming FET. To be completely honest, it was underwhelming. First of all, the appointment had to be rescheduled last minute because our new doctor had to schedule someone for surgery during our original time. My options were to either come in at 10:00am or 12:00pm. I had a HUGE IEP meeting at 11:00, so those options sucked. I told the receptionist that those times just wouldn't work. My other options were to try middle of the day Thursday (when I work at a school across town from the clinic and my home), or wait until May 15th. I wanted to swear at the lady because we already waited a month from when I originally made this appointment, but instead I begrudgingly agreed. I happened to be at a meeting away from my school when they called me Monday morning, so the whole way back to school I wondered if I should try to make one of the other times work or if I was just being a baby. I talked to the principal pretty much the second I walked in the door and she told me, "A doctor appointment comes before an IEP meeting. Just go." I love her. So 10:00am it was. (And lucky me, I got back to school just in time for said IEP meeting, which lasted THREE flipping hours and kept me from ever eating lunch. Awesome.)
So, the appointment lasted 10 whole minutes*. No joke. Doctor was 20 minutes late, then breezed us in and out. He quickly explained that we will thaw one baby at a time until we get one "excellent" thawed embryo. Then we will transfer just the one, based on our previous success. I will have to do the trial embryo transfer again and have a hysteroscopy (a new procedure to me, add it to my ever-growing list) as apparently your uterus and cervix can turn into a total dump after childbirth and so they must be examined thoroughly. Both of those will probably be done between cycle days 5-12 next month. Then, at the start of my cycle around end of May or beginning of June, I will begin birth control. Add in some lupron and various other drugs yet to be discussed, and about 6 weeks later we will transfer a wee little embryo into my belly. It's looking like a mid-July transfer, which sounds perfect to me. Fingers already crossed. Tightly.
*10 minutes of facetime with your doctor equals $175. I so went into the wrong field.
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That does sound underwhelming. Thankfully you can still get pregnant even if your consultations leave you feeling less than thrilled with your doctor! I will be crossing my fingers for you!
ReplyDeleteAgreed that is underwhelming. We'll be going through the same thing with our donor embryos. :D Although we are shooting for an earlier transfer, we will probably end up doing it mid-July too! BTW, I don't miss three hour IEPs! :D
ReplyDeleteWow, that is a lot, but all of it is very exciting! Hope it takes as well as Noah did!
ReplyDeleteI'd wondered how they worked out the thawing so as not to waste any frosties. For some reason, it never occured to me that they could thaw one at a time. Much more efficient than what I'd imagined. I'm excited for you guys- seeing Charlotte as a big sister is worth the effort of juggling two kids (and all the IF effort too, of course). Will Noah mind having to almost-share his birthday? Good luck, and happy birthday to your little man!
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