Took a little time after the miscarriage, and I'm ready to go again. IVF this time. I've secured the sperm - going with a new (giant) dude who is 6'6 - and found a doctor I like. I actually met her and her fellow doctor husband at the gym - they both went to Duke, so we had a nice little rivalry happening. I finally tested the HCG out of my system last week (lord that took forever!) and started my period a month earlier than I was expecting to. Never been so thrilled to start a period in my life - I'm just so ready to move on. I feel like every day that passes, someone else is getting pregnant, not me. So I go back to see Dr Lee today for an ultrasound and hysteroscopy (where they put a camera in and check everything out). Hoping if all goes well I can start the injections next month. I'm going to get the genetic testing done, which is costly but the total is still around $15K for everything, which is what I budgeted for. But as excited as I am, I'm also very nervous and trying to be realistic - the odds are like 50% for success (closer to 80% with the testing though). Two of my Bravo shows are going through IVF right now, ironically (or not) with the same doctor in Orange County. Megan on Real Housewives of Orange County had most of the process filmed, and it was very informative but also devastating - out of 17 harvested eggs, 10 fertilized, 8 were able to be biopsied (genetic testing) and only 4 were deemed good enough to implant. She picked two and is pregnant with one baby.
I would be happy to have two good embryos after all is said and done. But my fear is what if I have NONE. Might chat with the doc about this today...
