We have a plan!!

Ladies and Gentlemen,  We have a plan!!!!!!!!!!! I have no idea if this plan is going to work, but for now, IVF is NOT the plan. Woooohoooo!!!! To say I'm excited is an understatement! Actually, it's been a very long, emotional day! Even without mention of IVF, the appointment this morning was very taxing.    We arrived to the fertility center on time (woohoo!). After handing over the 3 inch stack of paperwork, having our pictures taken (why?!), ID's scanned and insurance checked...we waited.    I don't know why I expected this office would be any different?! About 30 minutes after our appointment was supposed to have started, we were called back to get my 'vitals'. You all know this means stepping on the dreaded scale!! Boo... My vitals were checked and we proceeded back to a very nice, but FREEZING office.    I was pretty happy with Dr. M. I was thrilled that he didn't just jump in and suggest IVF immediately. In fact, he took a look at all of our test results, talked to us about our history and suggested that we haven't even had enough 'chances' to call us infertile yet!! That basically means that I ovulate so infrequently that we've only had a few REAL chances to get pregnant.     So, here's the deal. There could be some physical reasons why hubby's SA numbers are not so great, plus there could be some hormonal issues going on. Hubby had blood drawn and we'll get the results next Monday or Tuesday. Dr. M's office is going to send those results to a urologist. Hubby will go see that doctor with Dr. M's recommendations for what types of things to focus on. They will also rule out any physical issues: eg - vericocile, masses or 'hot' blood vessels (that could be keeping things too warm down there). It's not very likely that the physical things are the problem. That leaves us with the hormones. So...we'll see.    While this is all happening, I am going to be doing a 'medicated' cycle. I'll go in on CD 3 and have blood work and a baseline ultrasound done. Then I'll take Letrozole (many of you know it as Femara) on CDs 3-7. I'll be charting my BBT (basal body temp) all throughout the cycle to confirm ovulation. Dr. M isn't even going to make me come back in for a mid-cycle ultrasound!!! Woot! On day 21 I'll need to come in for a progesterone check. That'll do two things - 1, check to see if I've O'd and 2, make sure that my progesterone is at a satisfactory level.      We'll do 3 medicated cycles with timed baby dancing! :-D If we're not pregnant at that point we'll have to start talking about more invasive things. I'm not even thinking about that yet! I'm just thrilled to have a few more chances to do this as 'naturally' as possible before we jump to the big guns!!!    All you prayer warriors out there, start praying!!!