IF Update

When I called Cindy, our fertility nurse, to tell her of this months BFN, she told me she was increasing the Clomid and to proceed as usual. I was so confused. My understanding of Clomid is that it aids in ovulation, something I thought I did just fine on my own. So, after talking to Chris, who was confused as well, we decided to meet with the doctor for some clarification. So on Friday we did just that.

When we were undergoing initial fertility testing I had an ovarian ultrasound and the doctor said everything looked great including my egg quality. Well, apparently one egg is only good enough for someone without fertility issues. My doctor is increasing the Clomid in hopes of me producing up to four eggs. Apparently, I either have an understanding problem or my doctor has an explaining problem because I also was under the impression that my sole or at least main problem was a small cervical opening. Turns out she thinks that while I do have this issue it is not my main problem. The problem is, as it is for most people, unidentified infertility.

So, the plan is as follows. We are doing another ovarian ultrasound this month to see how many eggs I have on 100mg of Clomid. Then we will proceed with the third IUI. Of course, it is going to work this time! But, being the planner that I am, I have to think of what’s next. My doctor gave us some options and this is what we decided…we would do an additional two rounds of IUI with a new variety of oral drugs before moving onto IUI with a different class of injectable drugs. To sum it up we would give it six more rounds before considering IVF. I am certain that we will not get that far!