Before I begin, it's important to
note that I'm overweight. I know I'm overweight and I've been anxious this
whole time that no matter what I go to the doctor for (fertility or otherwise)
that my weight will be a cause. I know I should lose weight and I'm working on
it, but I didn't want to hear that I should try to lose weight first before
they'd do any tests...
08/21/15 - Doctor visit (Goal: ask
for fertility tests)
Happy to report my doctor never
mentioned weight as a problem! She said normally their first step is to advise
you to use OPK's to check for the LH surge and as I told her I already am/have
she okay'd the next step. She also mentioned stopping the BBT and just focusing
on the OPK's.
She gave me lab slips for:
- Semenalysis for DH
- Pelvic ultrasound on any of CD's 4
through 7 [check ovarian reserve]
- Blood draw testing for:
AntiMullerian Hormone, Glucose (fasting), Insulin (total), T4 free and TSH.
She said that the blood tests should
take about a week to get the results back so I'm having them done tomorrow as
I'm CD24 tomorrow. I need to fast from 10pm onwards so I think a Saturday is
the easiest for me to avoid questions from work.
They're also testing me for hypothyroidism
so we'll see how that goes. I'm glad we're doing all the testing at once but as
you all know I'm in the US so we shall see what this all costs (we do have
insurance thankfully but the deductible isn't low ).
08/22/15 - Blood test (CD24)
Took 2 vials of blood. Was told they
need to send off for them. Should take about a week to get those results
08/29/15 – Blood test results
- Antimullerian Hormone: 3.35 ng/ml
- Insulin total: 20.5 (I only fasted
for 8/9 hours, instead of the 12-14...)
- Glucose: 95
- FT4: .90 ng/ml
- S-TSH: 2.05 international units/ml
All normal
08/31/15 - Period started
09/04/15 - Ultrasound & doc
visit (CD5)
8am: Ultrasound to check my
reserves. Started internal but had trouble finding ovaries. Abdominal one
(fatter ended wand) found them much easier.
8:30am: Doc visit to talk about
results. Saw Dr. Naylor. He didn't explain the results outside of
"normal". Said he wouldn't order a "dye test" until after
we'd been trying a year and after DH has received his sperm analysis results.
Asked to test progesterone and he gave me test slip. Needs to be done 7 days
after OPK peak (so CD27).
Results of Ultrasound were sent to
me via the patient portal. 4 follicles on one ovary, 5 on the other which is
normal for someone my age.
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Rather than waiting until I have the Day 21 bloods (7 days after positive OPK so actually Day 27 for me on a typical cycle) I've decided to post this post now. The initial bloods cost just under $400.00 so I decided to wait for the rest until the start of the year and a new deductible.
The same for DH's sperm analysis... too close to the end of the year so January is our month (unless we get pregnant on lucky month 12!)
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