I've put off writing this post for a variety of reasons. Maybe it's a bit of me putting my head in the sand, but mostly, I think, it's because I'm in a good place where our TTC journey has lead us. I honestly just haven't given it that much thought in the last two weeks. With that said, we have our initial RE appointment tomorrow. I did mention it in a TTGP IF Check In two weeks ago, but haven't talked too much about it since, with the exception of privately to a few bump friends.
But, yes. We're at the point where seeing an RE is appropriate.
Honestly, if it wasn't for TheBump, I probably would have moved to this stage around the 6 month mark. Am I impatient? Yes. But, more so, I honestly just knew in my heart of hearts, that we would be at this point. I'm wasn't being pessimist, and I wasn't trying to "borrow trouble", but sometimes you just know things. I knew we would have trouble trying to get pregnant. Deep in my gut, I accepted this as fact. Of course I secretly hoped I was wrong, but obviously, I wasn't.
So, our initial RE appointment is tomorrow. Luckily, I have some amazing ladies at school who were willing to talk to me about their TTC journeys. Two of them recommended an RE who has an office less than 10 minutes from our house. I fought with myself about the appropriate time to make an appointment, but finally felt comfortable at the end of my last cycle (when the spotting made it obvious cycle 9 was a bust). I called and talked to their new patient nurse to schedule my appointment. Honestly, she was amazing. She made me feel comfortable and went above and beyond simply gathering my basic information. I'm hopeful that my experience with her is an example of the care I can expect from this office.
Unfortunately, DH can't come with me tomorrow. He only gets two weeks of leave from his job (for both sick and vacation time) and works over an hour from our house. Basically he's gone from 6am-6pm everyday. Although I would love to have his support tomorrow, and it would be best case scenario for him to be there too, it just isn't really an option for us. Assuming we move forward with testing/treatments, I'd rather he save his time off.
So, yeah. That's where we're at. Hopefully, after tomorrow, I'll have a plan for moving forward.
(((hugs))) You'll do great, I'll be thinking of you! Please give me an update tomorrow!
ReplyDeleteBest of luck. I'm sorry it's gotten to this point for you, but I'm glad that you'll be able to start moving forward.
ReplyDeleteGood luck tomorrow! I know what you mean about "just knowing" there was a problem because I felt the same way from about 7 months into our journey. I wish we would have gone to the RE sooner because (not to sound dramatic but) I suffered with each subsequent cycle. Even though I was in denial for a bit, I finally got over that and started to feel hopeful for the first time once we had our diagnosis and started our first medicated cycle. I hope you get answers and a plan ASAP and that your journey doesn't have to go on much longer!!
ReplyDeleteGood luck at your appointment today! I hope it goes well.
ReplyDeleteGood luck at your appointment! I too had that feeling then it turned out after all of the testing they found nothing wrong soooo we are just back to TTC naturally. I almost think finding nothing might be worse just because you can't fix it.
ReplyDeleteI hope the appointment went well yesterday! Hopefully now you can come up with a plan and keep moving forward!
ReplyDeleteI hope your tests went well and that you will get an answer soon! ((hugs))
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