This weekend I have been to my clinic twice - and now I'm feeling anxious. I'm not anxious about being pregnant or even having 2 children. I'm nervous about getting to these appointments without messing up Scarlett's schedule!
On Friday (it is the long weekend) I was able to leave Scarlett with my parents while I went out to M. for a 10am appointment. I didn't get seen until 11. I was VERY frustrated too. When I went for my appointment in March, I had all of the bloodwork and the physical done. My RE told me to come back when I was ready to start trying (after my evaluation - which went super well, BTW) and he would give me prevera to get me a cycle. I assumed on Friday I would be given the prescription. Nope, I had to have more bloodwork and then come back today, Sunday, for the prescription. Couldn't he just call in the script for me? I have a 15 month old and it's just so far away from my home.
They told me they had no appointments, but they would squeeze me in (after I almost cried) for a 12 noon appt. I wasn't sure how that would work, b/c I would leave Scarlett with my mom who would give her lunch at 11:15, but couldn't carry her upstairs at their house for her 12:00 nap and my dad was going to be at the synagogue for the Passover services. Luckily, on Saturday, I called the clinic and asked if they had any cancellations - I got moved to an 8:20am appt. I took Scarlett with me (and finally got to introduce her to my nurse and RE) and the timing was perfect - she ate her breakfast while we waited our turn, but then she napped the whole way home.
Being at the clinic made me wonder how I could ever bring her with me for u/s and b/w - there are two small flights of stairs (about 6 steps) just to get inside....I would need Scarett to be in her stroller if I'm going to keep her contained, and even then, she probably wouldn't sit still. I couldn't get the stroller into this place.
My RE gave me the script for prevera and told me that I have to have a sono (SHG) this cycle (to check my uterus - I just had a baby, it's fine!), and the uterus biopsy (which I want to have b/c it makes the lining sticky to hold the embryos (worked last FET). It just means that I am going to need more monitoring than I thought. I can probably do my monitoring before work - just b/c of Scarlett and her daycare, it would have to be 7:30am appt - with me waking Scarlett up early and taking her to daycare at 7am and messing up her whole day. Plus, would I be sure to get to work on time those days? I guess another alternative would be getting a 6:30am appt at my old clinic in W. or the new one in R. and waking Scarlett early, but taking her with me in her stroller (W. I know for a fact is stroller friendly - but there wouldn't be room for her in the u/s room in the stroller). That way I could still drop her off regular time at the daycare, and maybe she would sleep in the car. The problem is I would have to wake Scarlett 2 hours early - at 5:30 to be out the door by 6. It is not easy to plan this being a single parent.
I asked my mom if she would wake up early on some weekends so I could do monitoring or tests on the weekends - she does not want to wake up early. I don't blame her.
Or I could always take off some mornings at work, keep Scarlett on her regular schedule and go in for monitoring for 8:30 or 9 - take a chance hitting rush hour on the highways - and then be at work for noon. I couldn't make a habit of that - I don't want people noticing, plus it is a lot of work to set up for a supply teacher.
Fingers crossed that it only takes two cycles to conceive - they ask me how high stress my job is - they should know that this is much more high stress than any job!
Fingers crossed! I'm so with you on the issues that ttc with a toddler brings!
ReplyDeleteThat sounds so stressful! I was SO lucky - the only fertility clinic in Idaho happens to be next door to my office. I took an early lunch and walked over to get knocked up :-)
ReplyDeleteGood luck figuring it all out. Perhaps it's good practice for juggling two kids - it can be tricky!
All that planning! I hope you're able to work it out...hoping you'll conceive quickly :)
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