Round 1 Testing – Check

First round of fertility tests – done. HSG scheduled for Wednesday. Follow up meeting with the doctor to go over the results on March 17th.

I went into the doctor’s office yesterday somewhat nervous, but not too bad. It was more nerves of never having done an ultrasound before. I got my blood taken for the hormone tests, as well as genetic testing. The nurse was just as nice as all the ones that I’ve dealt with there so far. She then had me wait in a separate waiting room for the ultrasound.

As I waited, a woman came in with her daughter. The little girl had a notebook and markers. This first thing she said as they sat down was, “I want to make something for that girl” as she pointed to me. It melted my heart. She drew me something and then walked over to give it to me and ask my name. We had a super cute conversation about how old she was and why she wasn’t in school until the technician came in to get me. It was a very heartwarming way to spend the time waiting.

The ultrasound went fine. I had been under the impression from the forum I’ve been reading that they tell me something right away in terms of how many follicles I have, etc. but the technician didn’t tell me anything. I asked her, but she said that I had to wait to review the results with the doctor. All she would tell me was that she was able to see everything she needed to.

My initial reaction was to think that something is wrong. If everything was great, she would tell me, right? Then she led me to where I needed to pay. I asked the women if I could go ahead and schedule the results follow up with doctor or if I needed to wait until after the HSG. She said she could schedule me and proceeded to tell me that the 31st was the first time the doctor could meet with me. I was devastated. If I wait that long, it would be very hard and leave very little time to actually start anything in April. I told her as much until she was able to get me something in their Margate location on the 17th. She was kind of cold or maybe I had just gotten so accustomed to the others in the office that had been so friendly.

I left a little depressed with worries about the ultrasound and then concerns about seeing a different doctor for the next meeting. I had to call to make an additional appointment with a nurse to go over the ins and outs of donor selection. At the office she had told me that this appointment could only be made on the phone directly with the nurse. When the nurse finally called me back later in the afternoon, she was very nice and also confirmed that I would be meeting with my doctor just in another location. This news made me feel a lot better.

I also posted about my nerves with the ultrasound on the forum and received lots of reassuring comments from the other women that many technicians are not allowed to tell you anything. Sometimes you get a chatty one that tells you more than you should. Some other women mentioned that it was their actual doctor doing the ultrasound which is why they got their results right away. Needless to say I feel less nervous.

Now onto the continued waiting…

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