Phoebe: Pregnancy Test Next Thursday

Normally I would just wait for my period, but I am leaving town two days before it would likely come. So my RE is having me come in for a blood pregnancy test 12 days after my procedure that will determine our next course of action. Either I’m pregnant, in which case we know what the course of action is there, or I’m not. If I’m not, then the doctor will either prescribe more Clomid or start me on injectables since the last round of Clomid only produced one egg. I don’t think we can consider IVF at this stage with me leaving town for ten days.

My husband went for a scrotal ultrasound (it was a bummer for all involved), and we are waiting for the results. His urologist’s initial thought is that he has a varicocele. Here is a definition: A varicocele is a varicose vein in the cord that connects to the testicle. (A varicose vein is one that is abnormally enlarged and twisted.) Varicoceles are found in 15% to 20% of all men and in 25% to 40% of infertile men.

It can be corrected with surgery, but that would put our reproductive efforts off for about six months, so we are not sure how to proceed there. Anyway, he got a supersonic semen analysis and the aforementioned bummer of a scrotal ultrasound, so we’ll wait for the doctor’s assessment in order to figure out where to go on that.

Meantime, every gas pang and slight cramp I feel is immediately presumed to be implantation. I’m trying not to drive myself crazy with it, but failing miserably on that front.

Just very excited to be doing this…

Woo hoo!

Phoebe