We went to see our RE this morning to go over all our test results and her recommendations.
Tim - Super. Although he was told to really stop smoking cigarettes (no social smoking) to improve the quality of his boys.
Me... All 13 of my genetic testings came back negative. No disease whatsoever. Every other numbers were in normal range, except my Antral Follicle Count. It was 5. Adhesion in my one Fallopian tube. Polyp in my uterus. So I am wondering, my AMH test showed normal, and that means I have good enough amount of egg inventory. But low antral follicle count means that any given month, I only have a small batch of eggs that are put out to become a mature egg. Don't I only need one egg? Does it really matter how many are put out every month? So what my body is a bit stingy.
First mandatory procedure I have to go through is Hysteroscopy to remove the polyp. She said at the same time, she could to Laparoscopy to try to open my tube.
That being said, my RE told us her concern is my low Antral Follicle Count of 5. She said that makes her lean toward more "aggressive method." By aggressive, she meant IVF. She said if IVF was possibility, I won't need my tube and I won't be needing to do Laparoscopy. All I could think was there's no way I could afford it. Neither of our insurance covers such a thing.
I am glad Tim came with me, because he was asking her all kinds of questions while I really couldn't. He asked her to repeat my Antral Follicle Count in case the ultra sound technician made a mistake. He asked her how could everything else be in normal range and this one thing is way off from the normal range. Tim is Business Analyst and this was where his personality traits really came in handy.
We decided that we'd schedule both Lparoscopy and Hysteroscopy and see what happens. I've already matched my deductible for the year, so it is essential I schedule this before the year ends. Since we are planning on going to Costa Rica for a week in Thanksgiving, the surgery will have to be after that.
On the way home, I said to Tim "Hey, do you think this is just the beginning of a crazy long road? You were freaking out when I first said I wanted to have a baby. You were saying you weren't ready. Did you think it will be this hard? Are you ready now?"
Oh hun I am so sorry about everything you found out. I'm glad you will be having surgery soon and maybe that will be what is preventing you from getting pregnant. I will be keeping my fingers crossed for you. I'm glad you had Tim with you too to ask the questions - I always need time to process everything and it's not until after the consul that I have my questions.
ReplyDeleteI'm also sorry about your low AFC :( It's not fair and I know you must be so upset. IVF is crazy expensive and even though it's our next step, my husband and I are scared, stressed and worried about the financial burden it is going to put on us. All I can say is "why God?"
My husband was scared to start trying too three years ago when I was ready. Now, he wishes we had started sooner. I tried to warn him too that it doesn't happen overnight. Oh well, no point on dwelling on the past though. It's amazing though how in the last two years he has gone from being nervous, not sure if he was ready to I want our baby and feeling the disappointment with me.
I wish we had a vacation planned this winter b/c I feel like I need another one! You are going to have a fabulous time.
By the way, took a test today at 13 DPO and it was negative :( Not looking good for me.
Thank you. I should have just stayed home today. My tire went flat on my way to work.... Of course I could not get hold of Tim, because he is probably in meetings. My friend came and picked me up so I made it to my office, but I am about to have a melt down!!!
DeleteYes, it is too scary. When was the last time we tried to shell out that kind of money for something that is not even guaranteed? Never, I bet. I am really thinking about doing it in Japan... It's about 1/3 of the price. It looks like they have a minimal stay plan for people coming from far away. I will research it. Hell, I might as well go see my family while I am at it.