Eleven months ago Daniel and I decided to start trying for baby number two. I figured making another baby would be as easy as (Porter) pie! Wow, could this experience not be any different from how it was 2 1/2 years ago. After not getting pregnant during the fifth month I went to my primary care physician to have my fibroid checked. I had put in an IUD and after Porter's birth in hopes of it shrinking, but that was not the case. As it turns out, it grew 2 mm over the past 20 months. Fortunately, my OB did not think this it was playing a role in my not getting pregnant.
I have had several people talk to me about acupuncture and how they found it beneficial in their fertility process. I decided this was the next step that I would take. I scheduled an appointment and for the next two months received acupuncture and drank a lot of really nasty Chinese herbs! I was actually very hopeful that this was going to be the answer to my prayers. Two months ticked by and still nothing. Something in my gut told me to move away from Eastern medicine and began the route of a Western fertility doctor.
Fast forward to the past six weeks. Daniel and I met with a doctor from the Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine. Here she drew up a timetable of the next six weeks. If I was not pregnant that month, I would begin a series of tests that would hopefully lead us to an answer.
Unfortunately, that month my period started and I was devastated. It was really the first month that I felt disappointment. I could not believe that I was actually about to begin this journey. The first test happened during the first few days of my cycle. I went in for a vaginal ultrasound. Here they were looking for blood flow, follicles in my ovaries, as well as taking my blood to test for estrogen levels, and a million other acronyms. The results from these tests came back "good ". All my levels were average and between the range the doctors like to see.
The next procedure I had happened a few days later is called a HSC. In this procedure they inject my uterus with a dye. The die then travels through my Fallopian tubes and they capture the whole process on film. Nothing was blocked and the die flowed freely. Again, this test came back as normal.
Several tests later led me to one last 3D ultrasound. A few days after this procedure the doctor called me and asked me to come in for a "mock" procedure. What she concluded was that in actuality my fibroid is blocking cervix- so much so, that she doesn't think any sperm are even making their way past my cervix. The only way I could get pregnant with the fibroid still in place would be with help of a good ole turkey baster- aka IUI. She wanted me to come in to do this mock procedure to see if she could even get a tube past the fibroid and into my cervix.
After a successful mock-IUI, she gave us two options: keep the fibroid and do an IUI or get the fibroid removed and get pregnant naturally. The downside of IUI is it is expensive. The downside of surgery is surgery (duh), 2 weeks recovery time and 3-4 months before we can even start trying to get pregnant.
We met with a high risk pregnancy doctor last week who assured us that carrying a baby with the fibroid would be a-ok! There is very little chance that the fibroid would interfere with any part of pregnancy. Next Wednesday we meet with the surgeon to discuss the pros and cons of surgery and how it relates to pregnancy.
And here we are! No baby, no decision but very very very happy in our lives. Porter is the most amazing little boy who makes us happier than ever (and sometimes makes us want to pull our hair out!). School is fantastic! My 24 kids are AMAZING. They are so eager to please me and to learn. I can't wait to have an entire year with them, I feel so lucky after coming off a year like last. I deserve an amazing year!
I promise to keep you posted on what happens in the next few weeks. Love you all!
Mama Jess
After a successful mock-IUI, she gave us two options: keep the fibroid and do an IUI or get the fibroid removed and get pregnant naturally. The downside of IUI is it is expensive. The downside of surgery is surgery (duh), 2 weeks recovery time and 3-4 months before we can even start trying to get pregnant.
We met with a high risk pregnancy doctor last week who assured us that carrying a baby with the fibroid would be a-ok! There is very little chance that the fibroid would interfere with any part of pregnancy. Next Wednesday we meet with the surgeon to discuss the pros and cons of surgery and how it relates to pregnancy.
And here we are! No baby, no decision but very very very happy in our lives. Porter is the most amazing little boy who makes us happier than ever (and sometimes makes us want to pull our hair out!). School is fantastic! My 24 kids are AMAZING. They are so eager to please me and to learn. I can't wait to have an entire year with them, I feel so lucky after coming off a year like last. I deserve an amazing year!
I promise to keep you posted on what happens in the next few weeks. Love you all!
Mama Jess
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