After many emails

I finally gave up and called FedEx myself and they said there should be no problem delivering to my house. Yeah so I called NW and talked to the guy on the phone, he double checked and said he didn't see a problem for shipping it to my house either! So the girl on the emails doesn't know what she's talking about and it's always better to talk to someone directly rather than exchanging a million emails and still not getting the answers you want.

I'm torn on weather to order this month or not. I believe the Dr is doing this next cycle as medicated but no AI. So I'm thinking I'll do it at home, but then again maybe that's a waste of my $$ since the frozen has yet to work for me doing it myself. Or I could do a fresh cycle since my friend is still in town. Most likely that is the route I'll take since he's worked for me in the past, and if it does work then I'll already have the prog and monitoring from the Dr.

Should have AF tomorrow. sucks b/c we're going to the Brad Pa.isley concert tomorrow night and the first day of my cycle is the worst with lots of cramps, back ache and a little nausea.

NW Shipping

Agg So I finally got THE email today. yeah I'm approved to be a client again, but at the bottom of the email it states that I live in a FedEx extended service area (?) and therefore I can't have the dewar shipped to my house! I'll have to use a fed ex facility-not a fed ex kinko's or any other contracting facilities!! I've emailed them back asking why that is since I only live about 1 hour away and not way out in the sticks. I just don't understand what my $130 shipping fee would be going to if I have to drive into town every time to pick it up/drop it off. How inconvienient and possibly embarrassing! I'm hoping to resolve this some how and get it to my door, we'll see. :(

A productive day

Today was my day off and instead of running tons of errands and shopping I decided to stay home to clean and bake. I made an apple crisp with all the apples that no one was eating! I almost burnt it but it still tastes good. I also made "english muffin bread". This is so easy to make, tastes just like an english muffin and best of all there's no kneading involved. After that I proceeded to re-arrange my living room, clean the kitchen and our bedroom and do all the laundry. The only thing I didn't have the energy to tackle was our DS's bedroom. What a mess that is. Everytime I had to add the the pile it gave me quivers, but couldn't convince myself to clean it. If I would have started that I would have been throwing things away, and giving a lot to the Goodwill and when I'm in one of those moods he ends up missing a lot of his toys. lol So for now I settled with just shutting the door.

As for TTC I'm estimating that CD3 will be friday or saturday and will go in for more testing then.

14

Count them-FOURTEEN vials of blood taken yesterday for I think 16 tests (I lost count)! I thought I was gonna faint but I did really well. Other than that Dr visit went good. He started by talking a lot about the percentages of getting pg normally and % of when there may be an issue. A little about chromosonal abnormalities that would prevent egg division, that he doesn't usually test for this until after 6 or so m/c b/c this test is VERY expensive. He gave me a breast and pelvic exam, plus are you ready for this: a rectal exam. I joked telling him that wasn't part of the deal but explained that he's had a couple of patients with cysts that are not noticiable other than with a rectal. Anywho, he pretty much treats every one with Clomid, monitoring, trigger than insem followed with progesterone!! Yeah I was worried that he'd want to try a couple cycles unmedicated, but I figure if I'm paying for this I better get the full treatment. I don't think we're trying in March, that we'll be doing the blood work throughout the month and then go ahead, but maybe I misunderstood him. Bad of me I know not to get a def but I'm ok either way. Just some of the tests he ordered were: AIDS, lupus, diabetes, blood type and RH factor; then it looked like T4, and a whole bunch of other things but those are what I remember. The lab is right across from his office and he kept walking back and adding more tests I thought the lab tech was gonna hit him.

I'm to call on CD1 to schedule CD3 testing and it sounded like ultrasound. I'm hoping to hear back from NW soon. Wouldn't that just be awful if I finally get the ball rolling only to have them deny me! They didn't last time so I'm pretty positive but the thought does cross my mind.

He also mentioned that I could pick up the vial myself on the day of insem. This was discussed in a thread on the NW forum. Sounds like if you pick it up then you don't get a dewar. That would just totally depend on my work schedule, but it would be nice to save the $$. Sounds like his scheduling is "workable". I told him that if I have to work the day of insem/testing it would have to be in the am. He prefers am apts so they have plenty of time to get the test done and results back and if he's booked then he'll come in earlier.

Probably since I'm so chicken and scared to find out the possible cost of all this I didn't ask! I know I said I was but I just couldn't. I just keep hoping and praying that the insurance will cover a lot of it. I'm think that Ultrasounds will be covered and that would be a big chunck of the monitored cycle expense. At this point I'm willing to just write the check and worry about it later.

Dr apt set for Friday

So the great Dr P has reviewed my records and an initial apt is set for this Friday! I'm super excited it didn't take forever. Plus it will be before AF so if he should want tests done it will be good timing for next cycle. I'm super nervous thou since I prefer a Femal Dr and I've never had a guy dr before. Silly I know but it's still a little uncomfortable for me. But heck I'm willing to do anything to get this journey going.

I need to hurry and resubmit my paperwork for NW. It's been so long I guess I was closed out :( Plus there's been a lot of talk of how they've been dening more people as clients with no explanation so of course that has me worried.

The best part of all this is I've already talked to my husband and told him I want to be able to use all of our tax refund for this TTC process! So I'm super excited to know that we have the $$ to get this done (hopefully).

Doctor P.e.n.n.y

Well here's how it went: I showed up a little early (I always do), filled out some paperwork and waited; but not too long. I was called into the back fairly quick. A nurse asked me some more questions then took by blood pressure, weight and height then showed me into the room where I expected to wait FOREVER! But I didn't, not even 5 mins, I'm liking this place every second. The dr. penny jr was really nice and I liked him immediately. After but 2 mins he suggested I work with his dad which is what I was hoping for anyways since he deals with AI. I met Penny Sr, he seemed nice but wasn't quite what I was expecting. I'm hoping that I warm up to him when the time comes. Anyways, introductions in the hall and then ushered over to his receptionist for more paperwork. Unfortunately this guy likes to review medical records before any visits occur!!!! Bummer for me. So this morning I'm trying to track down my hit and miss records that are spread all over the U.S. The way things go I probably won't be back until March or so; and then if he wants to do any testing first it'll be April or later before I even do a Dr assisted AI. :(

When I asked the receptionist if she knew the best way to find out what is/isn't covered by insurance she said "well if he diagnosises you infertile that first visit, then most insur doesn't cover after that". Why she would jump right to infertile was beyond me, and second how could he diagnose that after just 1 visit? I just hate it when Dr's/offices jump to the wrong conclusion, where we all know that once that dreaded word is even mentioned it can wreak havoc.

So not a very good apt overall, serves me right for dragging my feet. I should have followed up with this when I said I was way back in November.

AF right on Schedule

I think the title says it all. I knew she was on her way a couple of days ago yet the pain is still there. Hoping I feel comfortable with the Dr in the am. I want an all out frontal assault on this issue and want the Dr to be in sync with that and run every test imaginable, give me every drug possible and get me pg very soon! I'll let everyone know how the apt went.