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ade2be

I just saw where you called insurance and need a referral to an RE.  Boooo!!!  That sucks!!!

 Are there many RE's in your area?  Do you know where your OB would refer you?  You could always call and schedule an appointment in advance if its a long wait and get the referral in Dec.  At least you wouldn't be stuck waiting months after the referral.

I don't hear of many people having problems with long times to wait for RE appointments.  I live near Indy and there's only about 5 REs within 90 minutes of Indianapolis......so it may be supply and demand here.

babes12

hey, sorry it's taken so long for me to get back to you.  DS and i were out galavanting around.  LOL 

Looks like there's a few RE's about 10-15miles around me so that's not too bad.  and i have no idea which one my OB would refer me to.  That sucks you have such a long drive for your RE.  eeck! 

Oh yah, i'm still spotting, it's like day 5 or something like that.  i think the red rasberry tea leaf has definitely increased my LP and now i don't like it.  hahaha!!!!  i think next cycle i'm stopping everything except my PNV's.  i need a month off. 

Also, i rescheduled my u/s that i was supposed to have after my D&C to chekc a cyst that was on my ovary so i'm going to ask this OB how long he'd wait before he'd refer me to an RE.  (this is the ob that doesn't seem to think there's any fertility issues w/ us).  if he says to TTC for another year i think i'm definitely going back to my old OB since he said he'd refer me in Dec. 

ade2be

Hahaha. I hope you guys had fun

 Glad there are RE's close.  I can't believe all of mine are so far away.  There used to be several on the southside of Indy (which would have been about 45 minutes), but none of them are there anymore.  It sucks.  I had a minor freak out last night after I got the 1st RE paperwork because EVERYTHING talked about IVF.  So I called them this morning and they assured me that they do other treatments like IUI.  So I guess we'll see in a couple weeks.

Believe it or not, my wacky chart gave me CH.....and I'm starting to believe them.  I think I O'ed last Friday which is good since we actually BD'ed that morning.  I'd love just to not worry about any of this RE crap.

RRTL lengthed my LP (which I wasn't going for)...but I do spot for 2 days now prior to flow which is annoying. 

When is your u/s to check on the cyst anyways? 

babes12

ugh, Will you have to make many trips to see the RE?  i have no idea how any of this works since i haven't even begun looking into this yet. 

babes12

shoot, i hit reply or something.  LOL

Hopefully your 1st appt. goes smoothly and you can get all your questions answered. 

that's great your chart gave you CH's!!!!!  and even better you guys BD'd on O day!  i haven't even been charting my temps just using opks and stuff.

 oh my u/s is on sept. 2nd.  i really hope the ob can answer some of my questions while i'm there.  it's not like i'm there for an actual appt. just an u/s so we'll see.  i have really painful ovulation too so i'm wondering what that means etc...

ade2be

I'm not sure on the # of trips either.  A lot of them will allow bloodwork to be done locally and results sent to them.  So I'm guessing a cd3 u/s and then cd 10, 12, 14 with IUI in there somewhere.  That is assuming they allow us to continue IUI and not push toward IVF.  IVF I think is a lot more visits.  I've just spent my last hour on CDC's website comparing all the RE's in the area on IVF rates.  The ladies on the Indy board gave me a few to go look at that may be able to get me in sooner if I don't like the 1st one.

Hopefully you can talk to your OB for your u/s.  Hopefully your cyst will be gone....although the painful ovulation doesn't sound like much fun at all!

babes12

oh boy, that sounds like a few trips.  how come nothing can ever be easy???  ugh.  i hope you can find an RE that you really like and feel comfortable with.  i hope it doesn't have to come to IVF. 

yah my O this cycle was so bad i couldn't even do my normal exercise routine, i could barely walk.  odd. 

sunshinenva

Butting in hope you don't mind...Melissa I just wanted to say hello and hope your weekend is going good. You have been on my mind. I read your above posts and I hope you can get to an RE soon.  I would not stay with a doctor that wants you to TTC another year.  That is ridiculous!

I am doing my first IUI this cycle, but after talking a doctor/friend that is TTCAL IRL this morning she doesn't have any faith in IUIs.  I am bummed now!  I wonder if we are wasting our time with IUI and should just go to IVF. 

Enough of me!  I wanted you to know you have been on my mind.  Try to enjoy the rest of your weekend.