4.12.2012

Thank you and SF analysis fun begins

Thank you all for your responses to my last post.  I simply can not believe how many of you have ovulation pain!  What I guess I am still wondering though is do you suspect you have it b/c of endo or similar or do you accept it as normal?  I realize what is "normal" in the IF population isn't necessarily normal in the typical population, but I figured I would ask :)

So the seminal fluid analysis fun begins already.  My ob/gyn doesn't do the test, so they are sending me to the RE that so many non-Catholic friends I know use.  My ob/gyn assured me they have the collection condom, but the receptionist didn't think so.  Then she asked and, low and behold, they do!  Guess it isn't that common.  Lol.  This makes scheduling easier because I don't have to wait for PPVI to ship it.  The conversation with her was a bit awkward, not that I have any boundaries about this stuff because I do not.  It just made me chuckle.  First she told me we needed to be at least 2 days out from intercourse, but no more than 7 days. This was news to me.  Since I just came off my fertile time and we are at the tweaking meds phase, we were avoiding.  It has been more than 7 days.  Now we "get" to have two instances of intimacy that are planned.  If we were intimate tonight, the minimum of two days put us over the weekend.  So there is some planning involved, but at least we have a window (and therefore some planned spontaneity, if there is such a word) for the first instance.  Add children that wake and the fact that the specimen needs to arrive 20 min away, or more in morning traffic, within an hour...this is going to be interesting.  I can only imagine the pressure on both of us to preform on command-sheesh!  We will have a 6:30am appt with each other, door locked of course, children usually awake at 7:10 or later-but it has varied a lot lately so it could be as early at 6:30-so I might very well have to wake them and put them in the car with cheerios in cups or a waffle in hand to accompany me to take in the specimen.  At least we are looking at a non work/daycare day or that would throw something else into the mix.  This is all new to me folks, and I must say, the whole experience requires a sense of humor!

On a side note, yesterday was my first hcg shot in ages.  I had to reread the instructions a few times since I am doing half the dose.  I ran my math by dh (so I can either do half the concentration and give myself the full cc or do the full concentration and give myself a half cc) and then I was good to go.  I must say, it didn't hurt at all (thanks to belly padding-hoping the hcg melts that away like previous....) and I feel good to go for as long as necessary.

6 comments:

More Than Anything said...

Good luck with the SA! We did ours yesterday and it was hard enough with no kids to worry about.

I walked away with one opinion....condoms suck!! :)

and SAs are NOT fun! Too much pressure!

Hebrews 11:1 said...

I'm with MTA...I hated our SA too and condoms are awful! Definitely one of those things you just have to get through and be glad when it's over. Good luck with yours!

All in His Perfect Timing said...

Like the other ladies said, the SF analysis sucks, but I can't imagine trying to schedule around kids wakeup times. Regular "scheduling" was hard enough. Talk about performance anxiety!!! I am always a ball of nerves. :-)
Good luck!

WheelbarrowRider said...

To take my lack of boundaries to a whole new level, since my mom works at the hospital and I was going to see her tonight, I asked her to pick up the kit. :)

polkadot said...

Ugh. I hated doing the SA. Your logistics seem extra complicated! Good luck!

Did you double check that your kit has the requisite hole poked in it? PPVI poked holes in the kits they send out so we didn't have to. Not sure if your source for the kit is Catholic or not and would think of that detail...

Little JoAnn said...

We refused to do the SA. Nah!

But, we did take reccomended antioxidant vitamins that urologists do suggest, there is a whole long wesbite on CORNELL WEILL's urology Department's website about proper care for male fertility, what underwear not to wear, other things that can lessen or damage male fertility, diet wise as well! Having your husband check his cholesterol level and doing a post coital test and having them not inbibe in any alcohol or nicotine or excessive sugar intake and again, there is a vitamin protocol, conception X or you can take these vitamins separately over the counter yourself, basically antioxidants...and also having relations ahead of the date of timed ovulation but not too ahead...saving up as well as keeping sperm circulating....

There is alot of male related things to do...and I do believe in doing them.

Also, having the male take a course of antibiotics along with the wife and of course using only preseed.