Testing, Testing is this thing on?

Yay! Today I started the first tests of the IVF process at Oregon Reproductive Medicine!  I had my base ultrasound and blood test done to check my hormones.   Ya, Ya! I already know, you know, I know, that I am crazy!  Just got a call from the Dr. and the results are in!  I am hormonally balanced and my ovaries look great, with about 10-12 follicles on both side!

I can’t believe this process is finally starting.  It’s all been very hypothetical up to today; even when Rob and I initially met with the Dr.  It just didn’t seem real.  To start with, this has been a year in the making with many changes.  Rob and I have been trying for about 9 months (Editor's note:  practicing for about 5 years!) with no success in the baby making process.  After talking with my sister, we decided to get some tests done to see if my tubes were blocked.  My mom was gracious and took me to get the imaging done, and low and behold, both my tubes were blocked!  It was such a disappointment.  My mother was great and insisted that we’ll get through this and get that BABY!   Our next step was to find the perfect Dr. to start the IVF process with.  After meeting him, I got the shocking news that I’d have to have my tubes snipped!  We were like WHAT? WHY?  I am only 30 and want to have children…and you want me to do WHAT?  Anyways, I did it, and after the surgery I was told I had to wait a month to be fully recovered to start IVF.  *Side note- Take Rob’s phone away because he’ll take embarrassing pictures of you in the hospital.  I’d show everyone my awesome professional internal pictures and the embarrassing husband pictures, but I wouldn’t want to gross anyone out so they stop reading my extra awesome family blog, but literally my tubes were the size of sausages!!!  (Ed:  pics to come!) 

Once we get to the stage where I have to do injections, I know it will become a reality and I'm nervous! I hate shots!  Blood draws and iv’s are ok, shots where the fluid is going into muscle or just plain epidermis, not good!

So our next appointment is Aug 15^th.  After talking with Rob, he and I have decided to change Dr.’s.  Even though he was a great physician he just didn’t fit our family. (Ed:  And didn't seem to know the difference between degradation and destruction.)  Since this is elective, and comes with a pretty price, we need to feel comfortable with our Dr. and while I am sure we’ll come in contact with him again as the clinic is small, we’re glad to find a better fit.  So on Aug 15^th we’ll be meeting Dr. Hesla. (Ed:  Rhymes with Tesla...good sign!)  He comes highly recommended by my OB and he also helped Colleen.  She said that he understood her humor, so maybe he’ll get ours.  Well, at least mine.  Rob’s a lost cause!  (Ed:  Not many people have obtained that level of humor yet.)