The days up to our first appointment were long. We spent a lot of our evenings researching adoption options, and what our insurance covers (which was nothing outside of diagnosis) and talking and planning out what we wanted to do. On January 30, 2012 we met our doctor- Dr. Sagoskin and our nurse Paige. They explained as much as they could to us, were supportive, gave us loads of information, and an arsenal of tests to take. Our next appointment was scheduled for March 21, 2012.
Tests and Results: We spent months taking tests. A bunch of tests. Most of the tests were on Sandra, Jay only had one- no points will be awarded for guessing which one. What did we learn from all of these tests? The results are as follows:
- Sandra has a beautiful uterus. Nurse's words, not ours. Well, they're ours now too. So there are no issues there.
- Sandra's hormone levels are normal.
- Jay's sperm count/shape/motility are all normal.
March 21, 2012- So what's going on? The doctors says that Sandra's brain and ovaries are not communicating well, and as a result, Sandra's eggs are are being formed but not released. So more than two dozen are still there, sitting on the ovaries, giving the appearance of cysts. This is called PCOS, or poly-cystic ovary syndrome. It's fairly common.
So what's the plan? The doctor is recommending another round of medication that Sandra has already used with ultrasounds, and one other medicine, along with an IUI, which is short for Inter-Uterine Insemination. It is less invasive and less expensive than an IVF, which is good because it's equally uncovered by our insurance. It will still require some money and several doctor's visits. The only risk is of twins, which is at 7%. We will be able to swing the cost of these procedures (there will be up to 4 attempts). This will however put a nasty dent in our Faberge egg collection.
And then we waited for the start of a cycle.
