The Rest of 2010
After my (second) polypectomy, my doc wanted to wait a cycle or so, then see me again. Let me have a chance to get a good lining in my uterus. And then she refers me to their in-house fertility specialist (another nurse.) They don't do anything beyond prescriptions and IUIs, but more of my visits might be covered, since they aren't an infertility specialty practice.
I consult with the nurse, and don't really like her. I don't hate her. But we just don't gel. And she's all "so, when you think you might be ovulating, give me a call and we'll do an ultrasound. I charge extra for Saturdays." Um. Okay. But... can we make sure I'm even ovulating first? If a blood test can show that I'm not ovulating that cycle, can't we do one of those before hopping in for an ultrasound? Since the U/S may not even be covered by my insurance? How frustrating. And I have no clue when I'm ovulating. My basal temp hardly ever formed a pattern, the 6+ months that I wasted on that. And the pee sticks never gave anything but inconclusive results. Yet ultrasounds showed big huge egg-making follicles. So, disheartened, I went home.
My husband was not in love with the cost, especially since he was still under the probably mistaken impression that now I would magically get pregnant, with those pesky polyps out of the way.
Plus, over the next summer, we had to buy a new washer, dryer, vacuum, steam cleaner and water heater. Which kind of depleted our savings.
So. Another year wasted. I mean "trying." With no way, other than my iPhone period tracker app, to determine when I was probably ovulating, it was tough to know when to try. Plus my gooey-egg-whites were happening at a different time than the period tracker had down. So who knows?
Magically, despite everyone telling me stories of how women who were told they couldn't have babies got pregnant weeks to months after adopting or having their first child through the magic of science, babies didn't spontaneously appear in my uterus. Nuts.
25 January 2010
I just found out that my health insurance not only covers infertility treatments (at around 80%, I think) but also they cover IVF! Well, they only cover it if more traditional methods don't work, but we may have covered all that with the first go-round. So I made my first appointment, with a different specialists office that our first go-round. Since the first place was so professional and impressive and all. Gag.
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