Well, in a couple hours I am off to my first doctors appointment for "Pregnancy Planning".
Sidebar - I am watching the show Birth Day and the screaming is pretty frightening.
Anyways, I feel like I'm gearing up for it, but as I said in a previous blog, I'm pretty nervous. My doctor's group prefers not to refer out unless they have to, so even though it is not a normal procedure for them, I think that she is going to want to perform the IUI. We briefly talked about it a long time ago, and she said that she would read up on it and would probably want to do it. My partner, Shannon, hates this idea. She wants me to go to an Ob-Gyn. I figure, how hard could it be? Plus, I am much more comfortable with my doctor and if I can avoid the anxiety of seeing a strange doctor about all of this, that is what I want. At least this way, if my doctor doesn't want to do the IUI she can refer me to someone and I'm not just cold-calling places out of the phone book. Plus, I know the price would be a lot cheaper with her than at a fertility clinic. And as we all know, cheaper price = more tries...
So I'm armed with all of the paperwork from the sperm bank that she has to read and sign, print-outs of the ingredients in different pre-conception/natal pills, a list of questions, and a stomach of knots.
I quit smoking over a year ago, and I recently quit any social drinking. I have been watching what I eat and exercising, although I know that I am still overweight. I don't want to diet, per se, but I do want to eat as healthy as possible, and hopefully that means I drop a few pounds before we officially start TTC.
I guess I don't' know what to expect today. Are there any tests she will want to do? Will she frown at my weight? Will she want to do the IUI? If not, I have to go through this anxiety again for my next appointment. I'll be glad when it's over. I'll keep you updated. :)
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