My FA appointment

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   Hey guys. I posted this in the TTC threads as well, but thought I would pop in an update here too. Still don't think I "belong" in an infertility thread yet, but I have learnt so much of you girls recently that I thought I would share as well. 

I went to Fertility Associates today, with DH, and the news was as good as I had hoped. The man we saw (founder of Wellington FA) was really lovely and on-to-it, and completely backed up everything our doctor has recommended, which also gives me faith in my doc too.

We started with DH's results, which came back better than they did when MedLab did the test. Count was 46 million/ml, (last time it was 20 mil/ml) which is up in the normal range. Motility is our issue, as he only has 30% motility, but an equal rate of fast and slow swimmers, so that is not so bad. Dr H didn't think it was terribly much to worry about but has ordered some blood tests as there seems to be no obvious reason that the motility would be low.

Then he got to me. It was nice that he was impressed by my own knowledge of what's going on with me... he thought I had a medical background!! He did almost fall off his chair when he saw my old scans with the cysts on them - it seems they were pretty bad! He was more concerned about why they appeared and why I had pain with them. That's something to monitor. But the good news is that he did another scan and my ovaries are now completely void of any cysts. I was so happy I almost cried! That is such a relief.

So.... he's sent us on our merry way saying that he wants us to try for another 4 - 6 months. We have a good chance of getting pregnant on our own, but it may take longer than other people due to the motility issues. On the flip side, we HAVE to just do it quickly because it's quite likely my cysts will come back after I stop the pill. So - it's a bit of a catch 22.... we need more time and we don't have lots of time! You can see the dilemma.

If we are not successful and the cysts come back, then I have to have surgery to find out why they are coming as big and fast as they were. Fingers crossed it doesn't come to that!!

The appointment was really good, and was a $175 well spent (particularly considering I paid $171 for a private scan last time and needed another anyway!). It was nice to hear a specialists opinion and have a plan of attack.

So now we just need lots of luck and lots and lots and lots of baby dust. Fingers crossed!

Thanks for listening. :o)