I was very excited about our RE appointment on Monday, but left feeling very disappointed and discriminated against.
The Reader's Digest version is this:
RE won't do monitored cycles without NKD jumping through a few hoops first, one of which includes attending a therapy session! (B and I already fulfilled this requirement when we started since we would be the parents.) I kept reiterating the fact that she would have no contact with the sperm and we would do all of the inseminations at home, all I wanted was the ovulation induction and the ultrasound monitoring. No go. She did say (flippantly, might I add) that I could get the Clo.mid from my Ob/Gyn. She upped my dose of met.formin and said that perhaps that would regulate my cycles on their own. Whatev, lady.
So I think we are going to do this minus the RE. I will monitor myself with temps, OPKs, CM, CBEFM, and possibly the ferning test as well. I have all at my disposal.
I still have to email NKD and tell him all of this...
We were both a little angry when we left there and I needed a day to process all of the information. I can understand she needs to cover her own a$$, but I still feel like there are more hoops that usual to jump through here.
Currently I am on CD51. FF said I O'ed on CD46 (on my own), but I am not sure if I believe it looking at the chart. I didn't do any OPK's or anything this month, and will hop back on the CBEFM once CD1 arrives. We can do this by ourselves. I know we can and we will.
BLC (Biggest Loser Club-group I started at work for weight loss): Our first weigh in after a week of exercising and eating right was yesterday. Together (12 of us) lost over 70 pounds! I lost 7 and my team mate lost 8.4 Together, we won the first week's kitty, $30 each! I know the first week is when you lose the most and I shouldn't expect that much each time, but it sure felt good!
5 comments:
Ugh. What a pain in the ass. That's ridiculous. I mean, our RE was going to do the interview with the therapist thing for all three of us, as well (only needed if using a KD; J and I didn't have to do one just ourselves) but as long as we did the insems at home (ie. the clinic wasn't dealing with the sperm) he didn't make us do it. It's ridiculous that you should have to.
Holy Cow on the weight loss! Good job! I tend to be the person who eats ice cream while watching the Biggest Loser. :) On the ttc front, I cannot believe the RE is not more helpful...isn't that their profession? Good luck with everything.
So sorry that you had to deal with that at the REs. I like your hope and faith! Great job at the weight loss!
Is the therapy thing just for known donors? I have never heard of that.
You guys can SOOO do this on your own. You have everything you''ll need!! You'll do it and it will work without that RE sucking your money! UGH!!
Great job with the BLC!!! That is a great first week loss!!!
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