IVF Orientation

So I had our IVF orientation on Tuesday (Feb 3). I got up at 6:30am, left the house at about 7:45am, I thought that I should leave earlier because DC traffic can be insane. Well, turns out that I really didn't need too, I got there at 11am (an hour early). I checked in and read until we all got called back.

I would say there were about 8 couples and 4 ladies (including me). I was pretty happy that I wasn't the only one without my husband. *sigh* Dr. Payson (IVF director- head doctor) came out and talked to us about everything. He had a whole slideshow about the IVF process, what to expect, the risks, percentages and everything. Pretty interesting but I knew most of it already. Walter Reed and the ART Institute of Washington, Inc. work together in this program, they've been consistently in the top percent of ART clinics in the country since they opened. So I'm happy that they're so good. After Dr. Payson's presentation, one of the nurses came out and had us sign and hand over a bunch of paperwork, we also got a list of the medications that were already prescribed and ready to pick up. She also went over the IVF schedules, when we'd start, etc. etc. Next came the financial lady (Leslie). She talked about what everything costs, collected our deposits and had us sign even more paperwork. OMG I'm sick of paperwork already. LOL. Well, once we're medically cleared, Leslie will call for us to pay and then give us our baseline date. She should start calling for payment at the end of February. Jeff and I are all ready to pay because we want to get in ASAP, we should be set to cycle in around April 7th.

After all of this (about 2.5 hours). We had to run down to Walter Reed's pharmacy, got a number and waited around for awhile for it to be called. Once my number was called, I went up to that window and got my medication. I have the Birth Control Pills I'll have to be on, some more prenatals and my Lupron (which is sitting in the fridge since my house can get warmer than 77 degrees on warm days). Then I got to drive home, OMG it took like almost 4 hours to get home! I got caught in some traffic and also had to stop to get some food because I was STARVING!

O yeah here's some freaking bad news:

So I got a call from my doctor (well they called Jeffs phone for some reason) on Monday, so I called back while I was driving up to Walter Reed. So she informs me that my pap came back Abnormal. GREAT! Just what I freaking wanted to hear! And she couldn't even tell me if this would interfere with my IVF. I called the appointment line today (Jan 5) and they couldn't get me into March 16! WTF we're PCSing on March 1st! So I called the actual clinic to make an appointment and they said they could get me in on March 2nd. Well that won't work, we'll be in Maryland. So I called back my doctor's office to see what I'm supposed to do and am now waiting for one of thier moronic nurses to call me back. UGH

So right now, I'm waiting for AF to show so I can schedule my Saline Sonogram and start my Birth Control. I'm hoping she'll come early next week. And I'm also waiting to hear back about what I'm supposed to do about the other appointment since I need a colposcopy and it has to be done soon. Hope I can catch a break soon.

We got it!

We got the house! Look Here

OK it shows the address, nobody stalk me! lol

Quick Update

Just a quick update to say that we got our IVF orientation date for February 3rd. So I get to drive up to DC by myself and try and find a parking spot. I've been told that parking is hell right around Walter Reed, eep.

I'm nervous and excited for it. Just one step closed to actually doing the IVF. So far we're looking at cycling in in April. I only have to get the saline sono done (needs to be done between CD 5 and 12 so next cycle) and Jeff needs to do their in depth SA. But they said it was OK for him to do it in March since he's not home right now.

We're moving in a little over a month. I think we've *hopefully* found a place to live, we're just waiting to hear back from the realtor about it. It's really nice though.. I'll share some pics once we hear word..

Well thats it, nothing much is going on over here.

Just need to get some things out....

AF showed today.. I mean I knew I wasn't pregnant, the test was negative. But still, I'm so freaking bummed about it. I really don't know how much longer I can do this.. how much more I can go through.. how much more I can put myself through... This month marks month 15.. Seriously..it's not supposed to be this hard to get pregnant.. You shouldn't have to inject yourself with drugs and use artificial insemination. It should be natural. I'm so sad that I can't just have sex with my husband.

I'm so tired of everyone around me in real life and online getting pregnant so easily. It's not fair. Why do we have to go through all this? What the fuck did we do wrong? Are we not meant to have children together? It breaks my heart that we can't seem to get pregnant. It's so unfair.

I hate that we have to resort to IVF in order for us to have a baby. I hate that we have to wait so long to do the IVF. We've been waiting long enough. I hate this.

Another one..

Well I tested yesterday at 12DPIUI.. of course it was negative. I don't know why I let my hopes get up, I just felt sooo pregnant (I've been before I know what it feels like). The test completely broke my heart, I cried for awhile. To top it off, I had to bring Jeff to the airport yesterday so he could go back to Florida.. not really what I wanted to happen on that day.

That was our last shot before having to do IVF and that won't happen until March/April at the earliest. Walter Reed has a wait list so it could potentially be September before we cycle in. I still have to get some blood work done (CD 3 labs), a pap smear and physical done. O and Jeff has some more blood work to do as well. Once I get those results I have to fax them up there, then we'll officially get accepted into the program and get our orientation dates. I'm hoping to do the saline sonogram at Portsmouth and do the orientation up at Walter Reed in one day w/o Jeff. The only thing I'm concerned about is Jeff has to do a SA for them... hopefully they'll waive it since he's in Florida at the moment and he's already done 3. I'm really hoping that we'll be able to cycle in right after we move up to Fort Meade, that way (if it works) we'll be do in December! I really don't want to wait until 2010 to have a baby. I'm so ready now.