Today I had my first RE appointment. Ha! They even gave me a button! Here's the official infertility button. I just know your jealous.
It was an interesting process. As they called my name to go in, they asked for the usual things like my licesnse, insurance card, and verifying all my information was correct. But, they also had an attendent similarly to a coat checker where asked me to check my *modesty, *privacy, *embarassment, etc. Then they handed over my pin, and I was "official".
Nurse Peppy was very nice, she laughed with us as we answered her questions as she gathered our history. As we were about to go back to the waiting room, she then mentioned that Dr. K was the only RE in the practice that perferred her patients no wait in the front but rather in the little sitting area in the hall. She always wants to be cognizent of patients waiting on her. Wow, that is nice. I've never had anything like that at Dr. Obgyno's office. Nothing against Dr. Obgyno, but how great is that to actually meet with your doctor as they drink their first sip of coffee for the day and while you still have your pants on?
Dr. K, agreed that everything seemed normal enough that after 8 years of zero, nada, zip birth control, I definitly fit in with the uh, clientele. She decided for starters we can do a monitored ovulation and the SA for hubby. The other nice thing about this office is the onsite work they are able to do. I don't have to go chasing a bunch of different labs, radiology offices, or ultrasound facilities. It's all one stop shopping. In fact we got M's SA back ten minutes later. The good news is after the humiliation of having to go through with that test at least he gets something to brag about. The goal number of sperm per mL is 20 million. That is considered normal. Gracious me... his was 65 million!
As far as my testing goes, there's still more to come with an HSG next month if get a BFN and we're back to CD1. But, they did do an ultrasound. I got the up close and personal look of my uterus and ovaries. We even saw the whole thing in 3D. Pretty neat. Dr. K did think that there may be evidence of endrometriosis on the left ovary, so they're going to keep an eye on that one.
So, we're thankful to have found the right place in this RE practice. Thankful for the doctor and staff. Thankful for insurance coverage. And hoping that just one of those 65 million does it's thing.
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