@yaga Welcome to TCF! So sorry to have you in the check in. *hugs* You're in good company. You should intro to the whole board, too!
I almost did! But I figured I'd dip my toes in over here first.
FYI for those getting SHG/SIS - the saline only ones don't show tube blockages. They just visualize the uterus better. I had no idea about the blockage until they did a chromotubation during my lap. (The very dark blue dye is seen during the surgery rather than with an xray like in an HSG.)
Weird, my RE specifically mentioned the tube part.
ceejay, Enjoy your break from all the appointments!
AFM, I picked up my medical records from my RE this afternoon so I'm sending a big packet to the CA REs to give them a heads up about what they're up against 17 days until our first appointment down there!
QOTW: Tori Amos will always and forever be my favorite artist. She got me through HS and college.
Me: 31 Wife: 30. Legally married 2008, thanks CA! TTC #1 since 11/14 using donor sperm. IUIs Jan-Aug 2015 BFN Sept & OCT 2015 added Femara. BFN Saw RE December 2015. IUI with Clomid & Trigger Jan 2016 BFN IUI #13 with Follistim April 2016 BFFN IVF #1 July 2016. 14R, 10F, 6 Day 5 embryos. 4 PGS normal embabies!
Post by teachermomtobe on May 24, 2016 17:49:55 GMT -5
mustloveerica, Yay for a plan! I'm going for my IVF consult on Thursday. FX for you that this is it for you ugaqueencity, Glad your HSG is over! Did everything look clear? kayladawn91, Glad your OB is being so helpful and you are moving along with some testing. Have you asked your H how he feels about getting a SA done? daisy818, Sorry you're still having hot flashes. FX for you! Also my Estradiol was low too (18) and I questioned my GYN at the time and then the RE and got a general answer similar to yours that low was good. Neither seemed too concerned. jense927, IF can really take over your life. Glad you know you need a break and are recognizing what you need. Rama, Yay for clear tubes! cateyes, Thanks for starting the thread. I thought about starting it yesterday when nobody had but wasn't sure about it. June 6th will be here before you know it! @yaga, Sorry you find yourself here but welcome. butlerfan, Yay for moving forward! Hope you get a licensing worker assigned to you soon! ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪, good luck with betas on Thursday! ceejay, Sorry that things are tense with you and your H right now. Take care of yourselves.
AFM, We had an IUI on Saturday and we have an IVF consult on Thursday so that we will have a plan if this cycle doesn't work. I'm both excited (to have a plan and an increased chance of success) and terrified (the shots! the appts! the chance it won't work!)
QOTW: I'm loving "My House" by Flo Rida right now. I love the 90s and current pop hits.
Nothin new here, HSG tomorrow ::eek:: and now H might not be able to come with me because of something that came up at work. Hold me please.
handholds
Drink water, maybe take ibuprofen beforehand, relax relax relax. You'll be fine. The parts that might hurt only take a couple minutes and the cramps are typically nbd.
Nothin new here, HSG tomorrow ::eek:: and now H might not be able to come with me because of something that came up at work. Hold me please.
You can do it!! I was solo for mine...and it wasn't pleasant but it was over quick. Definitely take the ibuprofen if your doc is ok with it and you tolerate it ok!
TTC since July 2014. CP March 2015. IVF #1 March 2016, 5R, 3M, 2F with ICSI. Transferred 2 on day 3. CP. Surprise BFP and then CP August 2016 (prep cycle for IVF). IVF #2: zero eggs retrieved IVF #3: 6R, 5M, 5F, 3 (2 8A and 1 11A) transferred, one "B" graded embryo frozen on day 5. BFP (at home 7dp3dt, confirmed 14dp3dt with 1552 beta) and U/S at 5w5d, 2 sacs and 2 yolks!
ceejay sorry things have been tense with YH. I hope it gets better. TTC can put so much stress on relationships.
teachermomtobe GL at your consult! Eta: MH actually brought up getting an SA done months ago. He said he just wanted to let me know that if it came down to it he was more than willing to. I've told him that we're at that step now, but he doesn't seem to really care (or that's how it seems to me). So I guess I don't know where his head's at now.
rooskie I wasn't sure if that sounded right either. We don't have an RE super close to us, so maybe that's why? I'm super worried about the OOP expense involved with his testing.
Honestly I would do a SA before going to the Uro. Our uro is a MFI specialist and he will only take patients with 2 SAs. Is the uro the only place to get a SA done?
We are OOP and the uro specialist visits are like $300/appointment, RE is $100/appointment and the SAs are $85/ea. Before we got diagnosed RE was $50 and SAs were covered. (And this is how we went through $2k in 5 months)
So I'm probably asking stupid questions but I'm new to all this so please forgive me. My OB made it seem like a urologist should be the first step for MH but it doesn't seem like that's usually the case from everyone's experiences here. So can anyone answer any of these questions? My OB is obviously super unknowledgeable and never mentioned an RE as someone Mh could see. She went straight to the urologist. -Can he get an SA done through an RE without any sort of referral? -Does a urologist code things differently than an RE? -What does a urologist do that an RE doesn't?
Honestly I would do a SA before going to the Uro. Our uro is a MFI specialist and he will only take patients with 2 SAs. Is the uro the only place to get a SA done?
We are OOP and the uro specialist visits are like $300/appointment, RE is $100/appointment and the SAs are $85/ea. Before we got diagnosed RE was $50 and SAs were covered. (And this is how we went through $2k in 5 months)
So I'm probably asking stupid questions but I'm new to all this so please forgive me. My OB made it seem like a urologist should be the first step for MH but it doesn't seem like that's usually the case from everyone's experiences here. So can anyone answer any of these questions? My OB is obviously super unknowledgeable and never mentioned an RE as someone Mh could see. She went straight to the urologist. -Can he get an SA done through an RE without any sort of referral? -Does a urologist code things differently than an RE? -What does a urologist do that an RE doesn't?
Your RE or OB can generally just order an SA (like they would order lab work pretty much except, in our case, there is only one place that H could go for it). I would imagine a urologist would be the next step if there were issues with the SA.
Honestly I would do a SA before going to the Uro. Our uro is a MFI specialist and he will only take patients with 2 SAs. Is the uro the only place to get a SA done?
We are OOP and the uro specialist visits are like $300/appointment, RE is $100/appointment and the SAs are $85/ea. Before we got diagnosed RE was $50 and SAs were covered. (And this is how we went through $2k in 5 months)
So I'm probably asking stupid questions but I'm new to all this so please forgive me. My OB made it seem like a urologist should be the first step for MH but it doesn't seem like that's usually the case from everyone's experiences here. So can anyone answer any of these questions? My OB is obviously super unknowledgeable and never mentioned an RE as someone Mh could see. She went straight to the urologist. -Can he get an SA done through an RE without any sort of referral? -Does a urologist code things differently than an RE? -What does a urologist do that an RE doesn't?
I would think he could get the SA done without a referral, but it probably depends on the RE office. I would call your nearest RE office and ask if he needs a referral for an SA.
I would assume that urologists would code things similarly to an RE, but I'm not really sure. We have infertility coverage, so I didn't pay any attention to how things got coded at the RE vs. the urologist.
A urologist (specifically one that specializes in MFI) is an expert in male fertility problems and is usually the next step if a MFI diagnosis has been confirmed by multiple SAs. The urologist should be able to provide expertise/medication/surgery for specific causes of male infertility. If YH doesn't have diagnosed MFI, it's basically just overkill to see a urologist. All he needs at this point is an SA. It would be like going to a brain surgeon for a headache. (not really but it's late and I can't think of a better analogy).
Post by kayladawn91 on May 24, 2016 22:00:15 GMT -5
Thank you@ceejay and thechickencoop. That makes much more sense now. I don't understand why my OB would suggest going right to a urologist when an RE seems to be the better option since there's no known issue.
ceejay has me. My OBGYN ordered our first SA and when she saw the results she was all "can't help you" so we got our RE referral. The RE's office has done all of our normal SAs.
I wish we wouldn't have waisted the time with the uro and went straight to IVF in January.
You are so chatty today. I'll attempt to come back and tag later (ok, probably tomorrow).
So I had my first cycle over 29 days ever (or as long as I remember). I got to 33 days and guess how long my period lasted? 1 fucking day.
TMI Alert **** 1 hour of spotting on Sunday night, maybe 10 hours with actual flow on Monday, followed by spotting again today and super uncomfortable pressure in the center of my pelvis.
*Lurking* My OB ordered H's SA before we went to the RE but the only "lab" in the area that did the tests was a urologist. When we started with the RE we used the same uro. So your on might be suggesting a uro for that reason.
*Lurking* My OB ordered H's SA before we went to the RE but the only "lab" in the area that did the tests was a urologist. When we started with the RE we used the same uro. So your on might be suggesting a uro for that reason.
This would make sense. We don't have an RE local to us, but we do have a urologist.
Post by ohinvrtedworld on May 25, 2016 8:09:25 GMT -5
I just got out of my SIS -- turns out they can check your tubes. They put bubbles in the saline and you could see the bubbles on the screen pouring out the other side! My ute apparently is as normal as it gets and clear tubes, so that's good news!
I just got out of my SIS -- turns out they can check your tubes. They put bubbles in the saline and you could see the bubbles on the screen pouring out the other side! My ute apparently is as normal as it gets and clear tubes, so that's good news!
DNW to have another one for a while though. Ouch.
That is what my OB told me would happen with the saline at my SHG next month in order to check tubes as well. I'm glad everything looks normal, that's very good news! Sorry it was painful though!
I am coming back to tag soon! My computer keeps freezing so for now I will offer hugs
AFM, my appointment with the OB wasn't great as she was recommending unmonitored Clomid. So I am in the process of setting up appointments with REs. There is a great hospital near us with a recommended RE department (thanks mustloveerica !) and I was able to set up an appointment for next week. The appointment was all setup online- asking insurance information, how long we've been TTC, etc. but I'm feeling worried since I don't actually have a referral from my OB. Do I need that since they already confirmed the appointment? Do you have to get a referral from an OB to see the RE?
I am coming back to tag soon! My computer keeps freezing so for now I will offer hugs
AFM, my appointment with the OB wasn't great as she was recommending unmonitored Clomid. So I am in the process of setting up appointments with REs. There is a great hospital near us with a recommended RE department(thanks mustloveerica!)and I was able to set up appointment for next week. The appointment was all setup online- asking insurance information, how long we've been TTC, etc. but I'm feeling worried since I don't actually have a referral from my OB. Do I need that since they already confirmed the appointment? Do you have to get a referral from an OB to see the RE?
I did not need an actual referral. They kind of just took my word that it had been a year. I also did not need a referral when I changed REs. My OB and my RE are all within the same hospital network though so they can easily see my records online. The only "referral" I got was my OB gave me a phone number for an RE (the one we ended up not liking).
I am coming back to tag soon! My computer keeps freezing so for now I will offer hugs
AFM, my appointment with the OB wasn't great as she was recommending unmonitored Clomid. So I am in the process of setting up appointments with REs. There is a great hospital near us with a recommended RE department(thanks mustloveerica!)and I was able to set up appointment for next week. The appointment was all setup online- asking insurance information, how long we've been TTC, etc. but I'm feeling worried since I don't actually have a referral from my OB. Do I need that since they already confirmed the appointment? Do you have to get a referral from an OB to see the RE?
I did not need an actual referral. They kind of just took my word that it had been a year. I also did not need a referral when I changed REs. My OB and my RE are all within the same hospital network though so they can easily see my records online. The only "referral" I got was my OB gave me a phone number for an RE (the one we ended up not liking).
pinkcat on second thought it might be worth checking with your insurance. It's the insurance company that may require a referral before they will cover anything. Our insurance covers nothing so that may be why I didn't need a referral.
I am coming back to tag soon! My computer keeps freezing so for now I will offer hugs
AFM, my appointment with the OB wasn't great as she was recommending unmonitored Clomid. So I am in the process of setting up appointments with REs. There is a great hospital near us with a recommended RE department (thanks mustloveerica !) and I was able to set up an appointment for next week. The appointment was all setup online- asking insurance information, how long we've been TTC, etc. but I'm feeling worried since I don't actually have a referral from my OB. Do I need that since they already confirmed the appointment? Do you have to get a referral from an OB to see the RE?
Call your insurance and check if they need you to get a referral, but if they don't care and the RE doesn't care, then you're fine.
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