What happened with the fertility doctor…

I have had two cups of coffee.

And a glass of wine. I feel very light headed!!!

So you guys must figure out that I had some news that I needed to digest. And break my fertility diet for.

As you can figure out by reading my post  about the problems I have been having during menstruation lately, there have been some problems that I needed answers about.

Well today I went to Medfem Fertility Clinic.

First of all I did not manage to get my previous gynae’s records on time. He is on leave and has not done it in time. Sigh. What could I do but give what I had (the gynae before that one (2007) and my HSG report (which was clear).

The place is right next to my previous acupuncturist, so I found it ok.

It is quite big – there is a clinic, the doctor’s rooms, a lab – and that is just what I saw. I had to fill out a big form. Twenty minutes later I got in. Dr R is a very nice guy. I told him all about my history and then he scanned me.

Well what do you think he saw?

A big fat cyst. And it is big. And it would explain the pain that I have been having.

So I have to have a laparascopy. We have booked the date – 16 August. (It is in the middle of my holidays). At the same time he will also check for endometriosis and remove it if it is there, and also check my tubes.

So instead of doing IUI/IVF in August I will be having an operation which will apparently take a week to recover from.

He also looked around at my uterus and said it was on the small side. This apparently means that my ovarian reserve is low. This doesn’t mean that I can’t get pregnant, but it just means I don’t have so many eggs left.  It also explains my shorter cycles (23 days).

He said that he won’t make any promises about if IUI / IVF will help. He will wait until after this operation and then re-assess the situation.

I have to do blood tests on day 3 of my cycle (which should be this week: I am expecting my period to come tomorrow or Wed) and Brett has to do a sperm test again. Shame. We have booked it for Friday morning.

Well after all this info I went to my car in the parking lot and phoned Brett. So good to hear his voice and then book the sperm test (at the Medfem lab, if you please, no more Cyrobank!). (Looks like it will cost more!).

I then went to my friends from my cell group (church Bible Study) which was so good. They are also teachers and are also off on holiday. What was good is that one of them is also having problems so we could chat together.

I will probably need my mom to come up to Joburg for this op. It would be really nice to have her here. So I did ask and she will see. I hope she can. Otherwise if she can’t I will get a friend to take me to the clinic. My hubby needs someone to drive him around (due to his epilepsy) so if my mom can’t come, then maybe his parents can.  And we can ask people from his work to drive him there and back and get groceries for two weeks. Funny my first concern is looking after him rather than myself.  But it is a reality. But I am sure we will work it out.

Well it was good to chat to my mom and let her know about everything.

 

But it is all ok. I believe that everything just happens for a reason and it all works for good.

I think at least I have some information now and we can work on clearing me out before attempting anything further.

So here’s to sorting me out and getting me healthy before we even think about making babies.

Cheers!!

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