The Initial Visit

Usually when I'm heading into uncharted territory, I make a plan.  I google, I read, I get a book from the library, I browse chat rooms and message boards.  Even if I throw out half the ideas I come across, I like to know it all.

I didn't do that before today.  I didn't want to be scared off by people's comments.  I am sure this who process has chat boards buzzing around the world, just based on the things I read during wedding planning.  If people will have 425 posts about exactly which pink they should make their bouquet, then I'm pretty sure people will have at least that many about how babies.  I just didn't want to read it.

We met with Dr. Katz today.  Being in the office was a different experience than many other doctors offices.  First of all, we were the only ones there.  Someone showed up just as we were leaving, but other than that the place was deserted.  I wonder if they do that on purpose, or we just happened to hit a light day?  

So amusing brain lapse - we both had to fill out questionnaires before going.  My husband put our anniversary as 6/29/08 - which is indeed the day we got married.  I however transposed some numbers and put 6/28/09.  What? I just took a year off our marriage.  Oops!  Dr. K interviewed us about our family history and our medical history and all the basic stuff before telling us the timeline and plan that was in our future.  I could tell that Dr. K gives this speech all the time, because not only could he recite the information, he wrote upside down on yellow graph paper so that we could see it while he read.  (I bet he uses graph paper on purpose to make it easier!)

Basic info - now that we've broken past 1 year and are moving steadily towards a year and a half, our chances of being surprised one month are getting slimmer and slimmer.  So - we test!

Mike's test is easy and takes no time at all, of course!

My first test is an ultrasound to see if I have the eggs I am supposed to have, along with blood work.  Good thing about this test is that it'll be on a high pain day - perhaps it will give a clue as to the pain!!  That is the hope.

Then I do another test called an HSG to see if my insides are nice and healthy.

Concurrently, we will do a DNA test to make sure babies we have won't have any serious carrier type diseases like CF.  That's the testing that the big glossy packet mentioned.  

So...that's the plan.  We did not get to meet the nurse that will be our primary nurse because she was off today.  Same with the woman who is in charge of financial stuff.  However, I did dig around in my health insurance website and I'm fairly certain that I'll be covered for initial testing and some of the treatments.  A little frustrating to not get to meet all those people today, but when you get squeezed in before the big holiday I guess that's what happens!