Into the testing we go.

So I haven't written all summer, but the same has been going on. No preggo yet. Remember that abnormal pap that I had back in April? Well Dr. did a colposcopy, to take a sample of the tissue, to see what grade of significance this might be. It came back negative. YEAH! So now I think we are back to square on having 3 normal paps in a row. Next one is scheduled for October, I beleive. Dr. also set up our appointment to go over infertility testing for Sept 18th. That brings us to today.

LMP: 8/23/08
Dr. set up a few tests that we are doing in the first step of tests.

• Pelvic Ultrasound - to see if there are any abnormalities within the Uterus and Ovaries.
• Thyroid and Hormonal Labs - blood labs to be drawn on the 3rd day of my period to see how my hormonal levels are.
  
• Hysteroscopy - to check the endometrial lining of my Uterus.
• Semen Analysis - to see what sperm count is with hubby.

I just had the Ultrasound this morning and everything looks okay with that. Just a little bit of free fluid behind the Uterus, which is normal and common. I *should* be starting my period sometime next week, so I'll get those blood labs drawn then. Dr. wanted the Hysteroscopy to be done in 2 weeks, but the first available isn't for 4 weeks on October 22nd. Bummer! And hubby will have to try to make an appointment with the lab to drop off his sample within 30 minutes of producing it. Thats gotta have some perfect timing I guess! Hope that times out well.

Dr. says that if these tests all come back normal, we would move into doing a Hysterosalpingogram. Which inserts dye into your fallopian tubes to see if there is blockage in them. They watch this under fluroscopy and usually the dye that is force in the tubes will clean out any blockage if there is any there. Sounds painful and usually is, but I know the Xray tech that does this procedure at the hospital and she actually had this done herself a year ago. But we will worry about that when that time comes. Thats if all 4 of these tests come back normal.

So maybe we will get the Ultrasound report and blood drawn lab results back by the end of next week. I'll update when something changes.

Blogging the cycles

I've decided to start this blog to keep track of how this infertility journey is going. Just so we can look back on it one day and see where we come from once we do get pregnant.

To be honest, I'm not overly upset or frustrated anymore with not getting pregnant. Yes, I want to be pregnant right now, but I think just knowing that we have one biological child is putting my mind at ease. We do want more children, obviously. So if we can't more biologically, then we are pretty sure that we will want to adopt. Either way, we still plan to have a family of four... or five. :)

err...

lmp: 5/17/08

thats all i have to say about that.

i hope this is the month.

any day now i should be starting my period. i hate waiting to know. i want to just take a test, but afraid i'm gonna jinx it.
i hope this is the month.
hubs birthday is this saturday and i will probably take one then. what a great bday present for him, if i am pregnant.
i hope this is the month.
i had cramps last friday evening and thought i would be starting. but nothing yet, and its been almost a week since any cramps.
i hope this is the month.
there are a lot of exciting things going on right now. selling our house (hopefully), hubs getting a contract (hopefully), and trying to get pregnant (hopefully).
i hope this is the month.

lmp:4/10/08
edc:1/15/09 (if preggo)

answer to my issue... well sorda...

i got the call last week from my doctors office and they said that we can go ahead with still trying to get pregnant. they said the pap came back "atypical" but wasn't as bad as last year in april when I first got my abnormal one. so I guess dr. vendola wasn't too worried about it. my next appointment is in july which we will be looking at fertility issues if I'm not pregnant by then.

which is my next issue. we've been trying to get pregnant for 8 months now with no success. only took two months with my first child. we just started using the ovulation test strips this month and i'm on day 21 with no positive reading yet!! doesn't everyone ovulate when they have normal cycles? my cycles are normally around 32 days, so you'd think i would have ovulated by now. well, i guess now we'll see what comes first, a postive ovualtion test, a positive pregnancy, or a visit from aunt flo.

Positive Ovulation Test vs. Positive Pre-Cancerous Cells

I just don't get it! I had my yearly gynecological exam done one year ago and it came back as precancerous cells on my cervix. Which meant I had to go through different tests and biopsies and also ended up getting a LEEP procedure done to remove all the precancerous cells. This was a slight burden on our family planning, as we had planned to start conceiving our second child in the summer. So Dr. V told us to wait for 3 periods after the LEEP procedure before we start trying again. That brought us to October. We've been trying to get pregnant since then, with so far no success. Meanwhile I also need to have 3 normal paps within the next year to be considered free and clear of these pre-cancerous cells, and then go back to just having yearly paps again. First 2 paps were negative. Excellent! I just had the final one a week ago and needed that to be normal as well.

Of course.. it wasn't.

I just bought ovulation test strips so that we could track more precisely when I am ovulating. Which is suppose to be some time next week. And I'm guessing that my doctors office is gonna call me sometime next week to tell me my 'wonderful' news.

So.... What's gonna come first... My positive ovulation test or the phone call about the positive per-cancerous cells that are back?

And if I get the positive ovulation test strip.. what do I do? Do I still try to get pregnant and ignore this inside info that I've learned? I mean, Dr. Vendola did say it was okay to try to get pregnant, even before I have to obtained these 3 paps. I am just so sick of all this crap and having to deal with it. I am constantly reminded by it every week when I have to keep calling my insurance company from last year about all the procedures that they still have to pay for. Which is a whole other topic. Ughh!