...big (still) bruised backside! Maybe the title is a little harsh but I have had enough with the clinic in AZ. If it wasn't for the great Dr. G there and his prices, I'd be shipping my babies to TX. The staff at the clinic in AZ is on my crap list. I've had nothing but issues with them. I had called AZ about a week and a half ago to request orders for my FET monitoring to be sent to TX so that I could make an appt when I got AF. Easy right? Nope, they didn't do it, so on Thursday (1/12) I started my AF and HAD to make an appt for the next day (by the way, having a vaginal u/s on the second day of your cycle isn't pretty...actually, it's kind of creepy). I called TX and they informed me that they still didn't have any orders. I once again called AZ and left THREE messages to have SOMEONE call me back. TX ended up calling me and threatening that I only had 2 hrs left before I'd have to cancel this cycle all together and wait another month if they didn't receive orders. I then called AZ in a panic and demanded that I talk to someone. FINALLY after a LOT of unnecessary anxiety, with a half hr to spare, they sent the orders and I was able to get an appt. AZ said they would call me again within 15 mins to tell me about what meds to take and how much. Do you think they called me?! NO. I would never have started the meds if I hadn't been down this road before, but I have, so I took 4mg of Estrace. At the end of the NEXT day, after I had called another two times to talk to someone, Martha called me back. I never did figure out how much PIO I have to take (I'm going to do 2cc until I'm told differently) but at least I know when I'm supposed to start it and that my FET is on Jan 30. I'm sure AZ is overworked, but honestly, I don't care. I think it's terrible form to leave a patient hanging when all it takes is a three minute phone call and to fax some paperwork. NOT DIFFICULT. I was about to lose my mind on Thursday...I know I'll have to call again this Tuesday to make sure the orders are in for my CD12 u/s and b/w but I'm trying not to think about it right now. Oh and guess what? Apparently I DO have 13 embryos (like I was told right after my IVF), not 12 like I was told last year...AZ, you disappoint me.
I've booked plane tickets to AZ, leaving on the 29th. I had forgotten about the bed rest part of this and I was told that I wasn't allowed to fly back home until Feb 1. I would say that after my last IVF, I just took it easy, and wasn't really on bed rest. I remember holding a pillow to my stomach for the 90 mile trip home from Tucson though. I have to try and not use my stomach muscles for 48 hrs after the procedure. My mom and I will be staying at a hotel so it shouldn't be too hard.
A little about frozen embryo transfers. They are much easier on the body than IVF and much less complicated. I had a u/s on CD2 to make sure that I don't have any cysts and that my uterine lining is at an appropriate measurement. I'm taking Estrace to shut down my ovaries (basically a mild form of birth control) and build up my uterine lining during the first half of my cycle, then on CD12, I stop the Estrace and start PIO on CD12 (and have another u/s to check my lining again and have a progesterone blood test to make sure that I haven't ovulated) for a week before AZ will transfer two or three embryos via catheter directly to my uterus. Then approx two weeks later, I'll have a blood preg test. Of course I'll be testing at home before that...I just can't help myself! I got a positive home preg test 7 days after my last IVF transfer...that's pretty early, but I know it's possible!!!
While I'm writing...I have to say that I'm fully aware that this has a good chance of not working. I've done three clomid/fermara cycles, three inject cycles with timed bd, three IUI's with injects, two IVF's, and one FET already, which only resulted in ONE live baby. I don't expect to be pregnant after this first try, but I'm excited at the prospect. If it doesn't work, I'm pretty sure that we'll try again in two cycles from now. I can't see us flying back to AZ once a month for FET's. It's just not realistic.
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