Ok, so shame on us for not posting anything recently. However, we really haven't had much to post. With our commitment ceremony and Thanksgiving in November, and our trip to New York City and Columbia, Missouri over the Christmas holiday, we have been very busy and unable to focus on tests and appointments.
Now that the holidays are over and the new year has begun, we are ready to get moving on the road to building a family. The Center for Reproductive Medicine is where our doctor is - Dr. Sharon Jaffe. They require a battery of tests including bloodwork, Hysterosalpingogram, pelvic exams, and even a psychiatric evaluation.
Once all of the testing was completed, the next step was to choose a donor. We have been reviewing the hundreds of donors available for the last two months and finally got the list narrowed down to 13. We made our final decision a few nights ago and purchased five vials of specimen. Dr. Jaffe says that it takes the average woman three or four cycles to concieve with IUI (intra-uterine insemination).
We have an appointment on Monday, January 25th to discuss what the next steps in the process are. The nurse who booked the appointment said that typically Dr. Jaffe will prescribe an ovulation inducing medicine. This is taken on the first day of the new menstrual cycle. We just missed this one, as it was on the 8th, so we'll have to wait until next month to get started.
We'll post more after our appointment on the 25th!!
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To learn more about the process, here's the website for CRM (Center for Reproductive Medicine): www.ivforlando.com
To see more info on the donor we selected:
http://www.cryobank.com/Donor-Search/Donor-Profile/index.cfm?donorNo=02414
If that link doesn't work, then you can go to www.cryobank.com and do a DONOR SEARCH and put in his number - 02414.
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