Well, the day finally arrived! August 7th was the day we met with our fertility specialist. DW and I were out at Camp Harmattan, where DW was on the worship team all week. I joined him after work Thursday. Bright and early Friday morning, we got up, and headed to Calgary! After a quick stop at the special sperm lab, we headed to Phil's for breakfast, while we waited for our 1pm appointment. So say I was nervous would be an understatement, I had been making myself ill for the past two days, upset stummy, threw up once, but mostly just felt nasty. DW on the other hand , was excited.
At 12:45 ish we were ushered into a small exam room with a table, 3 chairs, and a lovely exam bed with stir ups. Weird meeting room. Anyways, the super friendly nurse gave us a wee bit of info, then in came Dr. Joseph O'Keane. He had the weakest hand shake EVER! Totally wierded me out.
Anyhooo... This is the skinny. After a quick glance at my info, and having me repeat all the info I had just filled out, the Dr. decided I have PCOS because I don't ovulate. I do not have cysts, and I did not respond to Metformin, so I'm a little confused but schmutever! He told me to absolutely NOT gain any more weight, after I told him I had lost over 15 pounds this year. And then after asking me how many weeks since my last period, and me repeating, oh maybey 6 times, that I was on CD28, he decided to give me a prescription for a drug similar to provera (which I have been on) but the name escapes me right now, and I'm to lazy to go look at it. I am to start taking it tomorrow, to induce a cycle in 10 days. Then comes the fun part! On CD6-10, I am to have an HSG (or Hysterosalpingography)! I am so not looking forward to this, but am excited to see what the results are.
The appointment was about to end when we realized we didn't know DW's swimmer test results. The nurse said everything was great, 'Champion' in fact! So YAY for me being the whole problem! I also got to hit the lab up and loose a it of crimson goodness. The nurse taking my blood LOVED my star tattoos, in fact she called the rest of the staff in the lab to check them out. Lacombe nurses HATE my tattoos and grumble every time I come in. Oh well, guess the big city is more accustomed to body mods.
That is the low down. Next appointment: TBA (for the HSG) but should be sometime around the 31st to 3rd... which means I shall get AF on my vacation to BC... seems to be a pattern there. Next appointment at the clinic (for test results and such) September 28th!
Welp, time for bed!
