One-year TTC appointment tomorrow.

WaitingOnTwoPinkLines

I'm scheduled for my yearly checkup & one-year TTC appointment tomorrow with my midwife. I'll hopefully be finding out what the next step is (either referral to an RE now, or testing & then referral).

That's all for now, I guess. Just needed to put this out there. Wish me luck

ChicagoWeded2007

Hi and welcome!

I would recommend you go straight to the RE to avoid having to do testing twice and being able to get them done more quickly.  I started testing with my OB, but she only did one test per cycle and she also didn't accurately read my husband's SA and caused us a significant delay in treatment.

Good luck!

katib77

Whether you get refered to an RE for testing or testing then referal - testing is clearly in your future.  I wish you good luck for speedy results and a good plan moving forward.

Gregermis

Good luck!

WaitingOnTwoPinkLines

Thanks for the replies, ladies. I intro'd a couple weeks ago & have since been lurking & occasionally replying to other's posts.

I figure we'll get started with the standard SA & HSG. I tend to have long, sometimes annovulatory cycles, so maybe Clomid is in my future. Because of you ladies, I know not to accept Clomid without monitoring, so I'll probably see about going straight to an RE. Plus, as was mentioned, I don't want to have to get tested twice.

It's a little intimidating, I'll admit. Add to it that I'm a researcher by nature, & it gets even worse. I've stayed away from IF research for the most part, until I have something more to go on. But I hate not having something to read up on yet. I just have to remember, "Patience is a virtue". (Funny story, my dad used to say that to me all the time - I was quite the impatient child - & I always thought he was saying, "Patience is avert you". No idea why or what I thought it was supposed to mean... maybe patience is washing over you, like a Jedi mind trick? Anyway, I was a good bit older when I finally realized what he was actually saying.) 

ChicagoWeded2007

WaitingOnTwoPinkLines:

Thanks for the replies, ladies. I intro'd a couple weeks ago & have since been lurking & occasionally replying to other's posts.

I figure we'll get started with the standard SA & HSG. I tend to have long, sometimes annovulatory cycles, so maybe Clomid is in my future. Because of you ladies, I know not to accept Clomid without monitoring, so I'll probably see about going straight to an RE. Plus, as was mentioned, I don't want to have to get tested twice.

It's a little intimidating, I'll admit. Add to it that I'm a researcher by nature, & it gets even worse. I've stayed away from IF research for the most part, until I have something more to go on. But I hate not having something to read up on yet. I just have to remember, "Patience is a virtue". (Funny story, my dad used to say that to me all the time - I was quite the impatient child - & I always thought he was saying, "Patience is avert you". No idea why or what I thought it was supposed to mean... maybe patience is washing over you, like a Jedi mind trick? Anyway, I was a good bit older when I finally realized what he was actually saying.) 

ha!

mrsharris15

Good Luck!

katib77

mrsharris15:

Good Luck!

Mrs. Harris I just have to say I love your quote from Empire Record's in your siggy!!  Love that movie and don't even really know why...but my friends and I often will complain with "Damn the Man" references.

renee3n2008

Hello and Welcome!

Just my $.02 I sometimes feel like I wasted months (almost a year) with my OB. If you can I would try to go straight to an RE. I love my OB and trusted her a lot but I always wonder where I would be if I would have gotten a referral to an RE sooner. She did all my testing and it seemed like she took forever I swear it was one test a month. Once all the testing was over she sent us on our way. Also my DH SA came back normal to them only to find out once we seen a RE that there standards were different and his SA really wasn't all that normal.

Good luck! I hope you get the answers you need.

 

JennPierog

All the ladies pretty much said it all, so good luck and your midwife will be thrilled when you come back to her pregnant!

lynn0926

Good luck!