My morning started off with a little more stress than I would have liked. I got a call from my doctor’s office saying that the sonogram tech had called in sick and they would need to reschedule the appointment. L I have waited nearly a full month for this appointment, my doctor said I needed to get the sonogram within the first 3 days of my cycle starting… today was day 3. I called and let the scheduler know that this appointment was time sensitive and I would need to be seen today, if not at their clinic, then somewhere else. No one likes to loose business… they had the nurse call me back within a couple of hours and they squeezed me in with a different tech. I thanked her profusely. I love nurses; they are generally a helpful group of people as long as you explain the situation. It helps that my mom is a nurse, so I am always very nice to nurses.
Doc is working nights again this weekend, so he was able to come to the appointment. I am going to be a little gross for a moment as I describe this, so if you turn away from medical shows on TV, feel free to skip this section. In case anyone doesn’t remember from health class back in the day; day 1 of a woman’s cycle is the day that her period starts. This appointment takes place on day 3... The appointment started with the sonogram, an internal sonogram. For those of you that haven’t had the pleasure, this is a sonogram done from the inside using a magic wand. I look over at this magic wand and all I can think is that it looks like a very thin dildo. Doc is in the room for this so of course we begin joking about the magic dildo. It is larger than a tampon, smaller than a penis, I really don’t know how else to describe it. It doesn’t really hurt unless they are poking at an already sore spot (such as my left ovary). So, this lovely young lady comes in and violates me with a magic wand. I’m given a minute to get dressed (and clean up) before a nurse comes and tells me to come with her… There is nothing more terrifying than a nurse that rushes you from one room to another and says NOTHING!!! She has my sonogram in her hand and puts me in a regular exam room. She then tells me to get undressed (again) and wait for the doctor. Thank God Doc was with me, or I would have been in tears waiting for my doctor. Instead of worrying and crying, Doc begins telling jokes about the number of pelvics I have had in the last month and trying to calculate the amount of money the doctor makes each time I visit. We end up laughing about the fact that the equipment to look in ears has dust on it and that every medical problem can apparently be diagnosed with a pelvic. This is just one of many reasons I love my husband. He keeps me sane when my imagination could run away with me. J
My doctor finally comes in and informs us he will not need to do an exam and I can get dressed. J I get dressed and my doctor comes back in to discuss my results. Everything looked good on the sonogram. He said small adhesions won’t show on it, but no structural issues were present that would keep us from getting pregnant. J A big sigh of relief!! He then asks if we had decided we wanted to start the Clomid, because he remembers us being a bit cautious about it. I explain that after we read more about it we had decided to start it. And that was that, he gave me a ton of information, a new schedule to live my life by and told me I needed my first dose today. And that was it!
Our new schedule is a bit rigorous. I take meds from day 3 until day 7 of my cycle. We are supposed to have sex from day 11 until day 18 every other day or more (the doctor’s note even says we should try to have fun J). I am now required to lay on my back for an hour after sex!!! I'm not sure there is enough Angry Birds for that much time laying around. I may need to buy a book or two. On day 21, I come back for blood work to make sure I ovulated and all that jazz. Then on day 28, I come back for another pelvic, because all of the world’s problems can be solved with a pelvic! Actually, it is too make sure my ovaries didn’t become overactive and enlarged, which is a real side-effect of the med. Then we start the dance all over again! Here is hoping we have good news in the future! J
Ahh, the sonos and clomid. I thought I misheard when they said I'd have an internal sono while on my period. Here's hoping that this is the only day 3 sono you'll have to get. *fingers crossed*
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