Another set back...

Well...we went to see Dr. Carnovale today to do another SIS (saline infused sonography/US). I had one done right before my lap last year and he just wanted to make sure nothing had changed since then. This test shows if I have any fibroids, polyps, etc hanging out in my uterus that would prevent a successful pregnancy. This involves him doing a vaginal ultrasound and then sliding a tube through my cervix and then injecting saline while looking at it with the ultrasound. This is supposed to be a simple procedure, but I have a crazy cervix so it isn't for me. When he put the ultrasound in the first thing he saw was a very large cyst on my right ovary. I have had these before but usually they go away. This was left over from the last IUI and now it is large and has what appears to be a blood clot in it....GREAT! He then stuck the little tube through my cervix (which took forever and I came very close to breaking Matt's hand) and injected the saline. This showed that I have a little scar/polyp in my uterus that is attached on the right side of my uterine wall and then stretches over to the left side....ANOTHER GREAT!

So...what does all this mean? It means that I have to have this thing in my uterus removed and that can be done simply with a hysteroscopy and then we are good to go. However, if after he checks my ovarian cyst in 4 weeks if it isn't better then I have to have another lap to remove it and then he will do the hysteroscopy at the same time. If all goes well from that then we are still on track for the June 15th egg retrieval for IVF! I really don't want another lap but I will do what I have to. So we had planned on my to start taking my birth control pills for the IVF next month, but he thinks they might help shrink the cyst so I start those today now.

I am loving that the process is getting started. I am also loving that the weather is starting to improve and I am hoping that will improve my mood as well. I am still spend most of my days off in bed and would like to stop that! I have to start weaning myself off of my Zoloft so that won't help me out anymore either!

My next ultrasound is April 12th....I will post more then!

The Next Step

So I met with Dr. Carnovale today to discuss the new "game plan" and it went well. After the events with the last IUI, Matt and I came to the decision that we weren't going to do anymore IUI's. With my first IUI I had complications and then with the second those complications got worse so I could even fathom how bad it would be with another IUI. So we figured why waste the money, money that we could be saving for our IVF.

So I met we Dr. Carnovale to find out the next steps. We don't currently have the money for IVF but we are close so I wanted to get something planned. We decided to go with the date in June. That gives us a few more months to save before we have to start shelling out the big bucks. He wants to do another saline infused sonography (SIS) before the IVF, so we will schedule that soon. I will start taking birth control pills in April and then go from there! I am excited and starting to get some hope :)

On another note, the cycle I am currently on is going well. It will actually be a normal length and not 60 days! I saw Dr. Vessely (my primary doc) yesterday and he increased my Zoloft because I am starting to get my depression symptoms back. Hopefully works!

More later....