Our new Doctor- Dr. F

So after our first IUI with Dr. H's office I just felt like we needed to move to a different doctor office. I was frustrated that it appeared the concerns we had with Nurse K were not important to anyone. Before we even knew if the IUI wasn't successful they started talking more about our only option being IVF...not what you want to hear from your fertility doctor and staff.
One of JD's co-workers and his wife are going through the same things and the day we found out the IUI didn't work for use they announced they were pregnant with twins. I asked JD to find out who their doctor was so I could ask them some questions. They had been seeing Dr. F at Utah Fertility Center in Pleasant Grove. I did some research online and both of us felt good about the move. A huge bonus is the office is just down the road from our house...about a mile away which is a nice bonus.
Our first appointment was March 8 with Dr. F. We had to wait 3 weeks to get into him but we were so happy and more important hopeful again when we left the appointment it was well worth the wait. Dr. F went over our histories and what we have done in the past two years. He then asked us what is needed to have a baby. It seemed like a silly question but we played along. Basically egg, sperm, female plumbing (uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries) and some luck. We told him what we had been told about us having to do IVF because of sperm morphology and he told us that wasn't necessarily true. He asked if I had a test done that checks to make sure my fallopian tubes are open. He said we could do a million IUI's but if my fallopian tubes aren't open then all of this if for no reason. Sooo we are in a waiting period *no pun intended* right now. I am on cycle day (CD) 39 right now waiting for AF to show up. After AF arrives we are at CD 1 again, then on CD 7-9 I will have a procedure done called hysterosalpingogram or HSG. They inject my uterus with a dye that should go to my fallopian tubes and take an x-ray to see if my tubes are open. If they are open, we are good to move forward, if not, we will have to decide what the next step is- either surgery or IVF, I guess.
Dr. F said we will plan on 3 IUI cycles- hopefully it won't take 3 cycles but if it does and we don't have success we will look at other options at that point, until then he won't bring it up.
I is all still pretty costly but a little bit less expensive with Utah Fertility Center. Dr. F said he tries to take care of his patients like he would like to be taken care of and cost is obviously a consideration. The meds are less expensive this time and the IUI will be about 50 bucks less at Dr. F's office. He also said that if I make more than 3 follicles they will extract the eggs over 3 and save them "since I have already paid for the medication there is no reason to waste good eggs and cancel a IUI cycle"...have I mentioned that I think Dr. F is great!
For now, we are playing the waiting game. JD and I planned a trip to Arizona the middle of April so we are hoping that we can have everything done by the time we planned to leave on our trip. If not, we will postpone the trip- it will be worth the wait if we have success. I have a feeling that we won't have to postpone- the great thing about all of this is I am very in tune with what is going on with my body.

We are hesitantly optimistic about what the future holds in regard to the possibility of expanding our family. Your prayers would be greatly appreciated.

Until next time...