i think we are going to wait at least 6 months to a year to try again. I have too much of a broken heart at this point to even think about trying again.
Holly-ibelieve134
My Journey continues....
November 10, 2008
My journey continues with my first appt with the RE today at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. I wasn't overly thrilled. Not disappointed, but not overly thrilled either.
We got to the clinic at 1pm and after tons of paperwork, we finally saw the dr. It wasn't the dr. that we thought we were seeing - rather a dr that works with Dr. Jansen. He began to talk with us like HE was our dr. - all very confusing. Then he said he was going to talk to Dr. Jansen - about 10 min later both him and Dr. Jansen come and and the rest of our appt was dh, myself, and two dr's. One wasn't training or anything, they are both full doctors. It was a little strange.
Then we started to discuss what was going to happen next. They want to give me an HSG and both DH and I are to be tested for chromosomal abnormalities. I also have to do a few other blood tests to test for clotting, etc. The Dr. wants me to go on progesterone when we start trying again and continue on 1 baby asprin daily when we begin TTC again.
So then we went down to lab but had to stop off at the financial office to discuss insurance - where we learned that we need to have written approval from our insurance company for any of these tests prior to doing them - so that will take up to 30 days:( So we were SUPPOSED to get the blood tests and instead we just got out approval faxed to the insurance company.
I still havent gotten a period since my last miscarriage (just over 4 weeks ago) but as soon as I get that hopefully my approvals will have gone through and I can get the HSG done. Grrrr - I absolutely hate all of this.
The dr.'s were nice though. They said that we are not the typical patient as dh and I have had no problem GETTING pregnant - but rather STAYING pregnant.
Hopefully we will get some answers soon.
We got to the clinic at 1pm and after tons of paperwork, we finally saw the dr. It wasn't the dr. that we thought we were seeing - rather a dr that works with Dr. Jansen. He began to talk with us like HE was our dr. - all very confusing. Then he said he was going to talk to Dr. Jansen - about 10 min later both him and Dr. Jansen come and and the rest of our appt was dh, myself, and two dr's. One wasn't training or anything, they are both full doctors. It was a little strange.
Then we started to discuss what was going to happen next. They want to give me an HSG and both DH and I are to be tested for chromosomal abnormalities. I also have to do a few other blood tests to test for clotting, etc. The Dr. wants me to go on progesterone when we start trying again and continue on 1 baby asprin daily when we begin TTC again.
So then we went down to lab but had to stop off at the financial office to discuss insurance - where we learned that we need to have written approval from our insurance company for any of these tests prior to doing them - so that will take up to 30 days:( So we were SUPPOSED to get the blood tests and instead we just got out approval faxed to the insurance company.
I still havent gotten a period since my last miscarriage (just over 4 weeks ago) but as soon as I get that hopefully my approvals will have gone through and I can get the HSG done. Grrrr - I absolutely hate all of this.
The dr.'s were nice though. They said that we are not the typical patient as dh and I have had no problem GETTING pregnant - but rather STAYING pregnant.
Hopefully we will get some answers soon.
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Holly,
I forget about this thing here! *LOL* Been wondering how your appt went and sent you a PM too...and I rememebered to click to here.....
Sounds like a decent enough appt...sucks that you have to wait for approval, though!
Why are they doing the HSG if you are getting pregnant? Thought that was to check for blockages? Good to test everything, I guess :) Better than not doing anything at all!!!
I'm giving consideration to seeing a RE, for medication reasons only. We'll see.
Take care and keep us allllll posted on what goes on!!! Hope everything turns out great and you get pregnant when you return to TTC and the progesterone will help you carry full term!! *S*
~Dee
I forget about this thing here! *LOL* Been wondering how your appt went and sent you a PM too...and I rememebered to click to here.....
Sounds like a decent enough appt...sucks that you have to wait for approval, though!
Why are they doing the HSG if you are getting pregnant? Thought that was to check for blockages? Good to test everything, I guess :) Better than not doing anything at all!!!
I'm giving consideration to seeing a RE, for medication reasons only. We'll see.
Take care and keep us allllll posted on what goes on!!! Hope everything turns out great and you get pregnant when you return to TTC and the progesterone will help you carry full term!! *S*
~Dee
I FINALLY got AF since my m/c on Oct 9th. I thought I would get it today or tomorrow as I am fairly sure I ovulated 14 days ago. (according to my cm).
I have an appt for an HSG next Friday and I am REALLY nervous. They know my tubes are open, but they are looking at my uturus to see if i have a septum. If I do, its likely that the babies are implanting on the septum and they arent getting the nurtients needed to survive. Thus the reason for the multiple miscarriages and why I never get past 5 weeks. They think its unlikely though.
However, if I do have a septum, then they would schedule me for surgery to have it removed. :( Booo - I hate all of this.
I have an appt for an HSG next Friday and I am REALLY nervous. They know my tubes are open, but they are looking at my uturus to see if i have a septum. If I do, its likely that the babies are implanting on the septum and they arent getting the nurtients needed to survive. Thus the reason for the multiple miscarriages and why I never get past 5 weeks. They think its unlikely though.
However, if I do have a septum, then they would schedule me for surgery to have it removed. :( Booo - I hate all of this.
Thanks Fran - but we wont be falling pregnant too quickly. I am still so so sad and angry about the other miscarriages that I just dont think either dh or myself is ready for another one. We are going to wait awhile...I think. At least that has how I have been feeling. Hopefuly the new clinic can help us out!!!
Thanks Fran - but we wont be falling pregnant too quickly. I am still so so sad and angry about the other miscarriages that I just dont think either dh or myself is ready for another one. We are going to wait awhile...I think. At least that has how I have been feeling. Hopefuly the new clinic can help us out!!!
Thanks for checking in. We don't know anything. One of my tubes was blocked at the HSG but the dr. doesnt know why. We have only tried to get pregnant twice and both times we did. The tube was blocked from the uterus. LIke there was something in my uterus blocking one of my tubes, it wasn't blocked in the tube. I asked if the dr. thought it could be cancerous, and he said that based on my age alone he didn't think so. Ug, not what I wanted to hear. he has no idea what it is, but on Dec 12th I am going back to at least talk about what it could be and they MIGHT do an u/s at that time, he would also like to re-do the HSG because he said it could be that my tube was spazaming. They really don't know. But if there is something in my uterus blocking my tube, it could be what the babies are implanting on and there are no nutrients there and so they die.
He said that they need to figure out what that is that is blocking my one tube first and then go from there:( So not looking forward to doing the HSG again - it HURT - or any other tests for that matter.
I don't think we are going to try to get pregnant for a LONG time. I am terrified of having another m/c and feel like all of my pregnancies will always end baddly. Poor dh I don't even want to bd anymore in fear that we just might get pregnant. :( Its been a rough 6 months and I am still struggling to not cry every day:(
I am sure it will get better someday, but for now that is where we are.
Thanks for checking in!!! Its nice to feel like someone cares. I really don't have any friends left anymore - its like no one knows what to say and everyone I used to be friends with are all having babies, so they just don't even talk to me anymore:(
Thanks Ladies!!
He said that they need to figure out what that is that is blocking my one tube first and then go from there:( So not looking forward to doing the HSG again - it HURT - or any other tests for that matter.
I don't think we are going to try to get pregnant for a LONG time. I am terrified of having another m/c and feel like all of my pregnancies will always end baddly. Poor dh I don't even want to bd anymore in fear that we just might get pregnant. :( Its been a rough 6 months and I am still struggling to not cry every day:(
I am sure it will get better someday, but for now that is where we are.
Thanks for checking in!!! Its nice to feel like someone cares. I really don't have any friends left anymore - its like no one knows what to say and everyone I used to be friends with are all having babies, so they just don't even talk to me anymore:(
Thanks Ladies!!
Well at least you got some info even though it just brought about more questions. It's so frustrating to not know what is wrong in there. Your fear of getting pregnant is very understanding considering what you have been through. NO ONE understands how emotionally draining all of this can be.
I was supposed to have a lap done in Jan. but I have chickened out. I am super afraid of surgery. I don't like being put under and once I found out about everything that could go wrong during the procedure, I freaked. I spoke to my RE and we are just going to a HSG instead. I haven't had one done in over 4 yrs and since my 4 IUI's haven't worked, it may give some answers. It's not as good as a lap would be but it's all I'm willing to do right now.
Keep us posted on whatever you find out on the 12th. I'll be thinking of you!
I was supposed to have a lap done in Jan. but I have chickened out. I am super afraid of surgery. I don't like being put under and once I found out about everything that could go wrong during the procedure, I freaked. I spoke to my RE and we are just going to a HSG instead. I haven't had one done in over 4 yrs and since my 4 IUI's haven't worked, it may give some answers. It's not as good as a lap would be but it's all I'm willing to do right now.
Keep us posted on whatever you find out on the 12th. I'll be thinking of you!
I am sure that all you have went through has been very hard. I can completely understand about not wanting to get pregnant and the fear that comes with it if you did. I hope you appt Dec. 12 goes well and that you find out some more answers. Good luck and I will be checking in to see what happened. Good luck hun.
Hi Holy,
I agree with you on what a horrible and painful experience it is. I feel like it is no different then loosing a child that is born. The worst thing is that people don't understand. We told our family and friends that we were pg. When we lost our angel baby, some of those people didn't even say they were sorry. Not even with a note. I still am having trouble getting over how people treat you when this happens. It's just so lonely. Sorry to be so down.
I wish you luck and loads of baby dust.
How long have you and DH been trying?
I agree with you on what a horrible and painful experience it is. I feel like it is no different then loosing a child that is born. The worst thing is that people don't understand. We told our family and friends that we were pg. When we lost our angel baby, some of those people didn't even say they were sorry. Not even with a note. I still am having trouble getting over how people treat you when this happens. It's just so lonely. Sorry to be so down.
I wish you luck and loads of baby dust.
How long have you and DH been trying?
Hi Holly I posted last month about the HSG. I wasn't able to do mine bcuz I'm allergic to iodine so I have to reschedule and take meds before the procedure. Anyhow I read that you said it hurt and I wanted to know how bad it was and did the procedure take long to complete? I had an endometrial biopsy yesterday and blacked out afterwards. : ( So I'm terrified!
Josh - truthfully it wasn't TOO bad. But they had a hard time getting my cervix open. And it didn't help that they had an intern try about 5 times before the dr. finally stepped in. The thing that hurt the most was when they had to use the clamp to get my cervix open - that is not normal though - they just had issues with me for some reason.
Then when they shot in the dye that hurt like crazy too, but i have something strange in my uterus and it was blocking my tube. Because of that they had to shoot the dye into my about 5-6 times. That is not normal!!!!!
You will be just fine. As soon it was over (about 15 min even WITH all of the issues) it didn't hurt anymore. I had some cramping but nothing more than a minor period.
Good luck!!! Its not too bad. It hurts, but take like 4 advil before you go. You will be just fine.
Then when they shot in the dye that hurt like crazy too, but i have something strange in my uterus and it was blocking my tube. Because of that they had to shoot the dye into my about 5-6 times. That is not normal!!!!!
You will be just fine. As soon it was over (about 15 min even WITH all of the issues) it didn't hurt anymore. I had some cramping but nothing more than a minor period.
Good luck!!! Its not too bad. It hurts, but take like 4 advil before you go. You will be just fine.
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November 11, 2008
The baby aspirin and the prog are such a great idea, esp since you get preggo just dont stay preggo!
You may have something so simple as the clotting disorder adn the baby aspirin will solve that! WOuldnt that be great?!?!?!
I hope that your ins doesnt take that long so that you can get tested right away. The HSG sucked for me but it is over quickly and was able to say that my tubes were not blocked.
We also had chromosomal testing done after our 2nd m/c to see if it would continue to happen and we were a-ok.
I got AF abotu 6 weeks after both of the m/c's, usually that is about the time you get it with ovulation about 4 weeks after an early m/c.
I actullay got preggo the month we met with the RE so maybe you will too :)