Bob Evans is apparently favorite childhood restaurant of Shaun's from his years in Ohio (learned something new about my hubby!). He spotted one near our hotel so we had brunch there. We are only a few hours away from our appointment and getting excited and nervous.
After the appointment we had several hours to kill before needing to head to the airport. The Henry Ford museum was only a few miles away so we decided to walk around outside since we were too cheap to pay admission. Here is Shaun posing with Henry.
Whew! Back from a whirlwind trip to Detroit. Shaun and I are feeling encouraged. We had two big concerns and neither should prevent us from moving forward in this process of embryo adoption.
Our first concern was how my endometriosis and possibility of having ovarian cysts again would affect the success of this process. I really don't want to undergo another laparascopy to remove the cysts before being able to proceed with the FET (frozen embryo transfer). Thankfully the doctor agreed that I shouldn't need to remove the cysts if my next ultrasound reveals that they have indeed come back. He said that women who cannot get pregnant through natural means because of endometriosis usually do very well with IVF, or in our case, a process very similar to IVF. So that just confirmed to me that we are headed down a road that has a good chance to be successful!
Secondly, timing was a big question in my mind. Going into the appointment I was hoping and praying that we could work everything out to be able to do the FET sometime in the first half of September. I am at a perfect place in my current cycle for that to be possible so I am really excited to know that we will hopefully be able to do the transfer in September. Then I would have a due date of late May or early June if everything goes well and these embryo babies take hold and stay alive inside my uterus. We also confirmed that we will transfer two embryos. I am honestly still trying to wrap my head around the possibility of having twins again, but ultimately I trust God to give us the children we are meant to have.
A large part of our appointment was spent speaking with the RE (reproductive endocrinologist), getting all of our questions answered. He was very patient and soft spoken which I really liked. Then we spent a long time with a nurse going over all of my medication protocol for the next 2 months. I left feeling a bit overwhelmed and still confused but thankfully I will be in very close contact with her so she can make sure I am taking all the medication at the right time. She found out I am a registered nurse and was relieved because I am not freaked out about giving myself injections and she didn't have to train me in how to draw up and administer injections!
This fertility clinic was also really great about letting me get as many tests, medication, and appointments done through my local gynecologist as possible which will hopefully help financially because our insurance will cover more of those things when they are not being billed through a fertility clinic. I will find out today how much my local doctor is willing to help me out, but she has been pretty great about that so far so I don't think it will be a problem.
Overall it was a really good trip. We now know what to expect over these next 2 months, we had a positive experience with everyone at the clinic, and now I have the fun time of starting all sorts of meds, getting ultrasounds and bloodwork, and praying that everything stays on track for an early September FET.
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