Whew, times two

I am feeling relieved. I had both my local fibroid consult appointment, as well as the phone regroup with Dr. Famous. Why is it that all of these eventful things happen together? Why does the universe not spread out the excitement? Why clumps of action, followed by long stretches of waiting? Sigh....anyway....

First, the fibroid. I went to an new OB/GYN practice. I've never been attached to my old GYN, and as I described before, the practice was waaaay crowded and big. So I've been shopping for an new GYN anyway, and this new practice was recommended by an old co-worker. Long-winded story short, I loved this practice. Loved the professionalism of the receptionist - and all of you IF vets know how rare it is to find good receptionists/support staff. Loved the tech who did my u/s (and they had my favorite thing - the screen on the wall so the patient can see without craning necks) who was thorough and talked to me like I had a brain. And best of all, loved the doctor. She was honest, frank, straight-forward, explained everything to me until I completely understood. I loved her. So yay! If I can ever get pregnant, I've found my OB.

But that's getting ahead of myself. We must deal with the fibroid first. After taking lots of measurements, she said is was still fairly small (1.2cm x 1.2cm x 1.0 cm) and just barely protruding into the very lowest part of my uterus. Just under the endometrial lining. She said she was more concerned about scarring from removal than from the fibroid interrupting implantation. So she did not recommend removal.

Great! I was leaning this way anyway, so it confirmed what I had suspected. But doing IVF cycles can make it grow more (them fibroids love estrogen!), so we will have to keep an eye on it as we go forward.

And the phone call with Dr. Famous. Another long-winded story short, it went well. Yes, I am allowed to cycle again. Yes, my eggs are turning crappy, but aren't fully crap yet. So we are going to try a new protocol and I will cycle again in November. 4th time is the charm? I sure hope so.

Honestly, I'm not sure why we had to have that call with Dr. Famous. I guess this is their effort at being touchy-feely or connected to the patient. But I didn't really get anything new from it, and would have rather known all this a week ago. But whatever.