Waiting Again

My DH and I have been TTC since my TR in January. My AF is due next week and again, I am hoping that it won't come. I am wondering if I have done the right thing. I belong to a blog for the doctor's ofc that did my TR.....and I am noticing a significant number of women that are having ectopic pregnancies or miscarriages. They seem to out weigh the normal pregnancies.

However, I do like being able to try every month without paying several thousands of dollars.

Waiting to TEST

I got a positive on my ovulation test around cycle day 12 and TTC. I am 7 dpo and waiting to test. My AF is due on 3-19. I am hoping that we conceived but not hopeful that we did...if that makes sense.

However, I am completely healed from my tubal reversal and feeling great.

Ready To Try

My AF showed up today. So, it is CD1 for me. I am going to use an ovulation kit this month and give it a try. I am kind of afraid....I haven't gotten over how painful it was to see a big fat negative on the tons of pregnancy tests that I took while going through IVF. Each and everyone broke my heart.

I told myself that I wouldn't take any until the day that my period is due. After two rounds with IVF...I am not feeling so positive about getting pregnant.

Recovering from Tubal Reveral

I returned from Chapel Hill, NC two days ago. I had my tubal ligation reversal on Jan. 31st as scheduled. It wasn't too bad immediately afterwards. Dr. B totally numbed my abd so I felt groggy and that was about it. I took vicodin for 2 days and had to get off that stuff because it was making me feel really sick! I felt dizzy and that nauseated me. So, these last 2 days that I have been off the narcs...I haven't felt nauseated but I have felt sore when I move around and I occasionally get chills and weakness. I have been pretty careful at monitoring my temperature which has remained normal.

I had concern before the surgery as to how my incision would heal because of excess skin from my gastric bypass. That has indeed turned out to be an issue. My incision is right at the bottom of my belly (bikini line)....which is right where I have excess skin (sorry about the TMI). It has been a chore to take care of that!

On another note...it feels so strange to be able to get pregnant! I haven't worried about that in 10 years! According to my cycle days, I ovulate this weekend. I hope that I am feeling better!

Tubal Reversal Scheduled

My tubal reversal is scheduled for January 31st in Chapel Hill, NC. I was able to get the time off work. I am really nervous about this. I just had major surgery less than two years ago with the gastric bypass and don't really look forward to my belly being cut again. I still also would like a tummy tuck in the future and that would be another time that my belly gets cut!

I am also terrified of an ectopic pregnancy. I hope that all goes well. I am due back at work less than a week after my surgery!

The Beginning Journey of Tubal Reversal

I guess that I should re-name this blog to infertility since I am no longer on the IVF path. I called the insurance company today to verify my benifits for a tubal reversal. I was told that they would cover 100% with an "in-network" provider and 80% with an "out of network" provider. I was also told that I do not need pre-authorization. Of coarse, I requested that they send me this in writing.

I am still waiting to hear back from Shady Grover Fertility regarding who does the tubal reversals through their clinic. They did my IVF and have all of my records. I was told that their process is....the doctor that did my IVF will review all of my information and contact the doctor in the practice that does tubal reverals and review all of my history with them. Then, they will contact me with his information so that I can set up a consultation. My doctor has been out of town for the holidays. She was due back today.

I would really like to just find out if their doctor does the "microsurgery" type of tubal reversals and how many a week does he do, how many has he done. I only want to have this done by a surgeon that is completely specialized in this, has done over 5,000 of them and does it via microsurgery.

There is a place in North Carolina that meets all of these requirements (of mine :-) ). However, they would be out of network...so, I would be responsible for 20% and I would have to pay it up front and then get reimbursed by my insurance company.

I sent the doctor in North Carolina the information from my pathology report of the tubal ligation. It states how much of my tube was removed and by which method. He is supposed to review this with my history and let me know if it is even worth doing. However, I can't imagine too many doctors saying "no" to money. Sad but true.

Conclusion to IVF cycle #2

I received my beta results yesterday....and they were in fact a negative. I fully expected that. I began to POAS early on with all negative results. I still don't regret doing that because it allowed me to grieve prior to getting that phone call with the negative beta results. Even so....it was pretty painful. I had to leave work because I just couldn't stop crying.

I really felt that if anyone touched me...I would totally lose control with the crying. On the flip side...I felt that if anyone said "well, at least you already have kids" I would have punched them. So, it was definately better for me to leave work and spend sometime with just myself.

My insurance didn't cover any of the IVF...it was all an out of pocket expense for us. I wish that we could try again but we just can't take out another loan. Therefore, we have decided to go ahead an go for a tubal reversal. We will be doing some research on it and then making an appointment with more than one doctor and getting some more information. After that...we will make our final decision about going ahead with it or letting go of this dream.

Our insurance will completely cover the reversal and if after two years of trying I don't get pregnant...then they will cover IVF.