My FA appointment
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Topic: My FA appointment
Posted By: KiwiL
Subject: My FA appointment
Date Posted: 18 July 2007 at 8:10pm
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Hey guys. I posted this in the TTC threads as well, but thought I would pop in an update here too. Still don't think I "belong" in an infertility thread yet, but I have learnt so much of you girls recently that I thought I would share as well.
I went to Fertility Associates today, with DH, and the news was as good as I had hoped. The man we saw (founder of Wellington FA) was really lovely and on-to-it, and completely backed up everything our doctor has recommended, which also gives me faith in my doc too. We started with DH's results, which came back better than they did when MedLab did the test. Count was 46 million/ml, (last time it was 20 mil/ml) which is up in the normal range. Motility is our issue, as he only has 30% motility, but an equal rate of fast and slow swimmers, so that is not so bad. Dr H didn't think it was terribly much to worry about but has ordered some blood tests as there seems to be no obvious reason that the motility would be low. Then he got to me. It was nice that he was impressed by my own knowledge of what's going on with me... he thought I had a medical background!! He did almost fall off his chair when he saw my old scans with the cysts on them - it seems they were pretty bad! He was more concerned about why they appeared and why I had pain with them. That's something to monitor. But the good news is that he did another scan and my ovaries are now completely void of any cysts. I was so happy I almost cried! That is such a relief. So.... he's sent us on our merry way saying that he wants us to try for another 4 - 6 months. We have a good chance of getting pregnant on our own, but it may take longer than other people due to the motility issues. On the flip side, we HAVE to just do it quickly because it's quite likely my cysts will come back after I stop the pill. So - it's a bit of a catch 22.... we need more time and we don't have lots of time! You can see the dilemma. If we are not successful and the cysts come back, then I have to have surgery to find out why they are coming as big and fast as they were. Fingers crossed it doesn't come to that!! The appointment was really good, and was a $175 well spent (particularly considering I paid $171 for a private scan last time and needed another anyway!). It was nice to hear a specialists opinion and have a plan of attack. So now we just need lots of luck and lots and lots and lots of baby dust. Fingers crossed! Thanks for listening. :o) |
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Posted By: noodle
Date Posted: 18 July 2007 at 9:14pm
yay laurie that is awesome news! lots of baby dust heading your way for after you finish the pill!  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 18 July 2007 at 9:30pm
Hi Laurie, I know nothing about your journey but the news today sounds good and I hope you are able to get your BFP soon as planned  -------------  |
Posted By: ginger
Date Posted: 19 July 2007 at 3:31pm
Yay! Woohoo!! *Does a happy dance* 
That's wonderful news about the cysts, and I am so happy for you too that your DH's results were better - that's the best way for these things to go! All the best with TTC - here's hoping it all happens quickly and we can boot you out of here   ------------- Cuinn Lachlan 23.1.09 - 22:00 Antonia Helene 4.8.11 - 09:41 |
Posted By: KiwiL
Date Posted: 19 July 2007 at 11:25pm
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Heh heh - thanks Ginger and everyone else who has given me support lately.
Ginger, I was just reading another one of your posts and it struck a chord with me. I have been thinking all today how much I am NOT really looking forward to TTC again. I mean, a good end result will TOTALLY make it worth it, but over the last 3 months it has been SO nice not to have to think about taking temps, OPKs, when to BD etc. It's been a special time with DH when it really just was about 'us' again - I'll kind of miss that. But not too much! Gotta focus on the end goal, right?
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