Nothing to see here, move along...
Well, the sonohystogram went pretty much as expected. For those of you who need this procedure done, let me warn you about the evils of the metal speculum. UGH. I cried when the Dr. put that thing in, it felt like it was scratching and pinching me the whole time. So the Dr. took it out and requested a pediatric speculum. Um, I've had regular speculums before, I'm sure I'm not that small. Anyway, he couldn't see anything with that in and was getting really frustrated, and asked if I could maybe try it again? So I tried, and it still hurt. No surprise there. Then Nurse Nice busted out the regular, adult sized plastic speculum, and oh, how I was so forever grateful! I couldn't even feel it, but since it was adult-sized the doctor could finally see what he was doing and all was right with the world. There was some intense pain for like 30 seconds when he threaded the catheter through my cervix and filled me with saline. But once that was over I didn't feel any pain, and was able to "enjoy" the view. I was still spotting anyway, but haven't noticed any more than I would normally have this day in my cycle, so all in all, I survived.
The upshot is that he didn't see any structural deformities. I was expecting this, since I've had 5 or so ultrasounds and never had anything abnormal show up. Although I did find out that my uterus is tipped back a bit, but the doctor said this is no big deal and shouldn't be any kind of problem. So testing is officially complete, and we're no closer to knowing anything than before. Everything appears to be normal, and "all systems go". He implied that it was basically just bad ovulation and crap luck. I asked what our next step should be, and he recommends 3 cycles with Clomid, and if that fails, to go straight to injectibles. I also asked about the clotting panels, and he said that losses this early aren't indicative of that problem, and unless I know of someone in my family that has a clotting disorder, he won't test me. He also kept saying things like "at your age, we should move as fast as possible". When did 29 become geriatric? He also kept referring to our 3 losses, because the fourth happened after I had submitted my paperwork. It's just not worth correcting him.
So now I have to call my OB/Gyn and set up an appointment to get my Clomid prescription. For some reason the specialist wouldn't prescribe it. UGH. I guess I need an annual anyway, but geesh, it would be nice to go a few weeks without someone fiddling with my girly parts, don't you think? And so, even though I'm still spotting, now we wait for my period to start so we can try, try again. Here's to Hope.
The upshot is that he didn't see any structural deformities. I was expecting this, since I've had 5 or so ultrasounds and never had anything abnormal show up. Although I did find out that my uterus is tipped back a bit, but the doctor said this is no big deal and shouldn't be any kind of problem. So testing is officially complete, and we're no closer to knowing anything than before. Everything appears to be normal, and "all systems go". He implied that it was basically just bad ovulation and crap luck. I asked what our next step should be, and he recommends 3 cycles with Clomid, and if that fails, to go straight to injectibles. I also asked about the clotting panels, and he said that losses this early aren't indicative of that problem, and unless I know of someone in my family that has a clotting disorder, he won't test me. He also kept saying things like "at your age, we should move as fast as possible". When did 29 become geriatric? He also kept referring to our 3 losses, because the fourth happened after I had submitted my paperwork. It's just not worth correcting him.
So now I have to call my OB/Gyn and set up an appointment to get my Clomid prescription. For some reason the specialist wouldn't prescribe it. UGH. I guess I need an annual anyway, but geesh, it would be nice to go a few weeks without someone fiddling with my girly parts, don't you think? And so, even though I'm still spotting, now we wait for my period to start so we can try, try again. Here's to Hope.
posted by Michelle at 11:33 AM
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