Another big week

I think things from this point forward will be kind of a whirlwind!!

We haven't been that thrilled with our current fertility specialist--he is just a strange grouchy man, but he does know his stuff....but no bedside manner whatsoever.  We went in for my ultrasound on Friday (luckily we were the first ones there, as it is first come first serve and the place was packed).  I introduced Pablo to the Dr. and he didn't even look up from his notes to say hi to him.  He instead said, "I'm disorganized.  I can't find my pen."  Not exactly the type of person you would want to entrust your embryos to!  Pablo asked him a question and the Dr. did not answer it.  He instead said, "You will have to make an appointment to have a consult, where I can answer your questions."  No thank you.

Despite the rudeness of this man, who looks like he just rolled out of bed whenever I see him, he did find good news.  The cysts on my ovaries are completely gone and I'm ovulating on my own.  We set up that consult with him for Thursday, but I may end up canceling and switching right over to the other fertility center here in Grand Rapids.

A few days ago, my mom pointed out an article in the paper, where The Fertility Center is offering a money back guarantee: you pay for 3 cycles of IVF upfront, and if this does not result in the live birth of a child, you get a full refund.  It is kind of a gamble, because if we end up getting pregnant on the first IVF try, we will end up losing a lot of money and getting the short end of the stick.  However, to me, the assurance is worth the extra money.  I can't imagine paying up front for a cycle and having all of my eggs in that one basket, unsure of what the outcome will be (which is a less than 50% success rate, so a gamble for sure).

I called The Fertility Clinic and set up an appointment with them.  I will see them tomorrow and ask what they suggest.  If there are other noninvasive ways that they suggest have a good shot of getting me pregnant, we may try that first.  However, if the odds are not in our favor, we would rather not waste the time and money on something that will most likely not work.  So we will decide probably tomorrow whether or not to pursue our first round of IVF, which would begin in a couple of weeks.

We are excited, nervous, hopeful, scared and praying for good news soon.