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June 20, 2005
Many people might ask why we have chosen to go this route. I am hoping that this journal
will help with many questions and that I myself may find some answers to the many questions that I have. Not as to why, because
I understand that very well. My questions are more along the lines of the medical how and the deep unknowing.
Shane and I have been married for 7years (January 16th, 1998) and have been
quite happy. We met in Carson City Nevada. I had lived in Carson City for a lot of my life and Shane had moved to Carson City
just a year before we met. I was working raising Travis and Ashley by myself. Travis was 9 and Ashley was 7. Shane has a little
boy who lives in Minnesota; Colin at that time was not even a year old. We met through my sister and although we were both
a little leary of meeting we hit it off very well. I believe we were both looking for a person who truly cared and was not
out to play a vicious game. I truly found my best friend within Shane. We have had our ups and downs and have come through
many things together. We were not really on the path of having more children and didn’t really explore it to much since
I had my tubes tied many years ago. We did go to a doctor when we were first together to see what we would have to do to have
children. At that point we were not emotionally ready or financially ready. Years go by and we moved to Minnesota and back
to Nevada. Continue to raise Travis and Ashley, Change jobs, buy vehicles, buy a home and. Many times Colin had been with
us during visitation. Building a relationship with him. A couple of times his mom and him lived with us in Carson City.
So, there we were just living life.
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Then one day, wham!
We were talking about having a baby and the thought of that really warmed us both. Pretty euphoric. Well we continued to talk
and then made and appointment to see about having a tubal reversal done. This appointment seemed like it was so far in the
future. But the day came and not we have had two appointments at Dr. Foulk’s office in Reno Nevada. The first was to
talk about having a tubal reversal. Dr. Foulk talked to us about the possibility of reversal not working and then still not
being able to conceive. At that point we talked about In vetro fertilization. This seemed like a much better option and went
forward with this. That day we had an ultra sound that looked at the outside of the uterus and ovaries. The doctor said that
it looked good. We then talked to the nurse about how IVF works. Not much information was really given or not really much
that we understood.
The next step was a ton of blood work, to check for infectious deseases and hormone
levels. The start birth control pills to regulate my cycle. This will help the center to better understand how my body is
working so that they can time the IVF perfect. At this point I am doing a lot of research on the internet to really understand
better. A lot of information.
So far we have had a baseline ultra sound and a water ultra sound. The base line ultrasound
was the one that looked at the outside of the uterus and the ovaries. The water ultra sound looked at the inside of the uterus.
They filled up my uterus with water and a dye to look at the inside. They were
looking for any pallups or cysts. Everything looked great. So, for now we continue with birth control pills. Our next appointment
is on July 7th, 2005 at 2:30pm. This appointment is called a “plan of care” appointment. At that time
we will set up all medications, appointments, ultrasounds and blood work. With these appointments come the Embryo Retrieval
and Embryo Transfer.
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My second set of blood work I found out that I have a hyperthyroid. So right away I
was put on medicine, and learned that this thyroid of mine can cause some fertility issues. Great! And I thought this was
going to be a smooth. lol...
June 27th 2005 - Went
in for more blood work. No big Deal.
To have more blood work done on the 30th. To recheck my Throyid.
June 30th
geezzzzzzzzzzzzzz............. I had my blood work done today to recheck my thyroid. What the heck.
It hurt like madness. I can not believe how many times a person can stick you. I think that she should be in a different job.
WAAAAAAAAAAAA.
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