In the middle of Sept I decided it was finally time to get things rolling for our FET. If you recall, our one embryo that continued to grow from my last IVF, was frozen and sent to a local RE clinic in San Antonio. (Side note-SAAMC does not deal with anything frozen, sperm or embryo.) I couldn't even remember the name of the clinic the embryo was shipped to and had to do some searching. I played phone tag with that clinic for weeks until I finally was able to make an appt for the FET. Unfortunately, I once again had high hopes that this process would be painless and easy. HA! I was told that I would be considered a new patient with them (even though I was seen there back in 2009 for monitoring) and the wait for a new patient PHONE consult was a MONTH. They also wanted to charge me $100 for that five minute phone conversation and wanted me to redo my SIS (water u/s that I've done 8 times before) and tons of blood work. DH and I did some thinking and number crunching (and I did a lot of phone calling) and we decided that it would be better if we had the embryo shipped here since I'm already an established patient at the clinic in GA. I worked with a FABULOUS shipping company called Cryoport. I highly recommend them for all your human tissue shipping needs. They were extremely efficient, helpful, and FAST. They were also $300 cheaper than when I shipped embryos back in 2007.
Yes, I HATE the clinic here. Of all the RE clinics I've worked with (SEVEN of them I might add) this GA clinic is my absolute least favorite. They rubbed me the wrong way (literally, haha!) from my first appt with them but DH and I agreed this would be easier than traveling to TX for the FET. Of course, it's been very difficult getting started again here too. They want me to have an appt (more blood work too) before starting anything. Of course, my referral with Tricare ran out so I have to have an appt with my PCM (which is today in fact) in order to get another one for my appt on Nov 17. I'll be VERY surprised if this FET happens before 2015.
My advice to you: DON'T WAIT. Especially if you're military. This whole process is incredibly slow and obviously timed with your cycle so DON'T WAIT! There's always so many hoops to jump through, tests to have completed, and waiting time for appts. I know that if we were staying in one place, this would be a TON easier but that just isn't our life at the moment. I only wish I wouldn't have waited so long in starting this FET.
I have decided to do a couple things differently for this FET. I'm hoping to start acupuncture (to help with blood flow to my uterus) and uterine massage soon. Hopefully I'll be a little better with the blog so I can share my experiences with combining western and eastern medicine for this FET.
In other news, my little skittle is still getting over pneumonia and my DH has a stress fractured femur. Sigh. Though, I know things could always be worse :)
Here are a couple pictures from Halloween:
Jax stayed outside with me the entire time I handed out candy. For the longest time, he sat with his bum on the door frame and didn't move a muscle when kids came up. Adults from the neighborhood were taking pictures of him and were shocked at how great of a dog he was! I know he was pouting because of his pilot costume but it was hilarious!
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