Yesterday I had my meeting with the doctor and all is good to proceed. I already knew from my SIS ultrasound last week that my fallopian tubes and uterus looked good. He told me that both the hormone testing and first ultrasound all showed that I have a good ovarian reserve and my fertility looks good. So I’m all set to move forward as soon as I want to!

I also met with the nurse who walked me through what comes next and gave me advice on the whole choosing a donor process. Most of what she told me I had already found out in my research. She gave me a list of their preferred banks, which didn’t really narrow much for me. She did tell me exactly what I needed to purchase and that I could have it sent to the clinic as soon as I find the donor that I like.

There’s a couple of things besides choosing a donor that I have to do in the next couple of weeks. I need to go through a psych evaluation that they require for anyone using donor sperm, even couples. I also need to do one more blood test.

Then on day 1 of my next cycle, I call to schedule a blood test and ultrasound for day 2-3. During that consult, they’ll hand me my prescription for 50 mg of Clomid which I need to take for 5 days. Clomid helps with the stimulation of follicles, so it’s just to up my chances of getting pregnant. There’s only a 20% chance for anyone to get pregnant, so I’ll take the increase in chances.

I then have to monitor for ovulation. If by day 14 I haven’t gotten a positive, I go in for an ultrasound and if all looks good proceed with a trigger shot that night to stimulate ovulation. Then the next morning I’d go in for the IUI followed by a second IUI the next morning.

If I do get the ovulation signal prior to day 14, then I go in the next morning for the IUI. The doctor did tell me that part of what they’ll look at in the ultrasound prior to IUI is whether it looks like I have too many follicles. If there’s more than 2 ready to release, then they will cancel the IUI so as to not risk multiples. Even with 2 there is still a small risk, but it’s an 8% chance. If there’s more than 2 then it could result in even more than twins.

So that is it in a nutshell. While I feel somewhat more at ease now that I know my fertility is good and I’m ready to proceed, I haven’t fully processed everything. I’ll let you guys know more about what I’m actually feeling in the coming days. For now, I just wanted to provide an update and not keep you all hanging.