Our Sadie's appetite is improving. Not only haven't I needed to doctor her food to coax her to eat since Monday, this morning she ate her own food, padded nonchalantly into the kitchen, inhaled our cat's full bowl of wet food, and then took the initiative to start on the dry food before we got her to stop. What a mooch.
After reading some blogs, I'm tempted to ask Dr. S for a more aggressive approach next time I see him (which, unfortunately, won't be until September now). I'm tired of watching the months go by with nothing happening. 40 is approaching entirely too quickly. Unless I get pregnant this month, I will be in my 40s when (assuming we manage to get pregnant) a baby is born.
Forty. That's insane. I'd always imagined I'd be married and have my first child by 25. I'm running a few years behind.
DH asked last night if we had a visitor (his term for AF). He looked disappointed when I told him yes. Not just disappointed, but disappointed in himself. He's concerned about the poor forward progression. So am I, I'll admit, but I have a hunch it's not the only cause of our infertility. It's the "known" problem. I'm sure something on my side is part of the problem, too. Old eggs, probably ("old" at 39, now really . . .).
Anyway, if I ask Dr. S about trying a more aggressive approach, how can we act more aggressively with slow forward progression? The Proxeed has most likely done as much as it's going to do. Is there anything else we can do short of IVF? I'm not finding any answers out there that don't lead to that. What other options do we have? That's not a rhetorical question: I really want to know.
I'll keep praying for an answer (more like a miracle). Back to work for now.
2 comments:
Wow, this sounds like detective work, and I really WANT to help. Trouble is, I don't know a whole lot about forward progression. Let's see. I assume you've done the knee-chest position for half an hour after sex? Done anything more aggressive - i.e., more upside-down? Optimized timing? Do you have good mucus? If not, there are lots of medicines, plus Tony Weschler apparently had some couple use ACTUAL egg white, and it worked. What about...let's see...I tried keeping the whole business inside overnight with some success once. I mean, not success in the sense that I got pregnant. Now I'm trying to think of things that would get them to start out at a higher velocity - no, nothing there. I'm no sperm expert, but it seems as though there's always SOMETHING you can do. Also, if your next appointment isn't till SEPTEMBER, you need to ORDER your doctor to be more aggressive! Unacceptable that s/he is not more on the ball. And why can't you have an appointment in, say, July???
Thanks for your comment on my blog...as you may remember..the dr that just did my lap surg is really aggressive and the first dr to be so. Whew! He's the third dr I've seen re this IF. I'll let you know how the inject.ibles work out for me. I've read that they help with couples whose male partner has some sperm issues. The inject.ibles makes us Ov more eggs giving better chances. So...I'm giving it a whirl. Prayers to you and your dh...there has to be an answer. I like Misfits response...someone used actual egg whites and it worked? Huh?
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