After a long and intense weekend of birthday celebrations I find myself ready for my Lupron injection and a good nights sleep. Friday morning I went to my appointment at the fertility clinic with my boyfriend and my film maker. The film maker met us at the appointment, we were sure that he did not want to spend the day with us shopping, skating and running around with my favorite derby gal. We should have invited him, my favorite derby gal is single and so is he! OK no match making. My boyfriend hung out in the waiting room during the appointment with his coffee and his iPod. They have a Senseo Coffee maker, fire place, free wifi and the softest leather couches in the waiting room.
I filled out all the legal paperwork at this appointment, and my boyfriend (bf) and the film maker (fm) had a chance to get to know each other. I think my bf is confused and kinda annoyed at times with the filming and what not. I’m doing my best to keep him out of it.
Before I describe the appointment itself I want to say how impressed I was with the nurse that has been handling my appointments. She’s sweet, intelligent, and has a nifty wrist tattoo (black nail polish and leopard clogs). I love that!
Now the important stuff, I had to pee in a cup, that is so messy. I hate doing it and I am sure the lab technicians don’t like to handle it. I get paranoid and I clean the cup with Lysol (from my purse), I had my blood pressure taken and some blood work done. The fm was sure to get some intense close ups of my super hairy arms! oh well, there are worse parts he could have taken some close ups of. I had a vaginal ultra sound this time, this is very interesting to do with a somewhat stranger in the room, I was surprised how calm I was. I am still very self conscious of the camera but the fm doesn’t freak me out too much.
The nurse gave me a paper drape for my lap, and said you know the drill, naked from the waist down. The fm looked a little nervous and made a run for the door. I told him I’d call for him when I was ready, it wouldn’t take long as I am a super quick undresser. I tossed off my pants and undies at a super fast rate of speed and hopped up on the table and covered myself with the drape. I called to the fm a couple of times, he didn’t hear me so I hopped off the table, scooted to the door, opened it up and asked him to come in. I had to waddle backwards, to keep my rear from showing. The fm interviewed me a bit while we waited for the egg coordinator to come in, she’s pretty awesome too. As she came in she totally dimmed the lights, the mood lighting is supposed to relax me and make the image on the ultra sound machine appear clearer. I think of it as mood lighting, because she is probing my lady bits. She had me lay back, she guided my feet into the stirrups and warned me that the “probe” will be a little gooey. That is an understatement.
The fm turned on the camera and the fun began. The egg coordinator was poking around and pointing out all the lady bits on the screen for the fm. This is her right ovary, this is a cyst, this is the lining of her uterus, etc. My left ovary always hides, so I feel a deep pressure as the probe gets wiggled around searching for it. She takes screen shots and uploads them to my digital chart, very awesome. I like that they are paperless (for the most part). I get a combination of good and bad news, I have a cyst on my right ovary again. This has happened with each of the previous cycles. They do not go away on their own so they often need to be drained. We will wait until the night appointment to find out if that is going to be necessary. The lining of my uterus is also thick, it wants to make a baby. I will most likely get that third period I have been hoping to avoid. One more period and I should be good to go. The good news is, everything seems to be in working order. My lady bits are still first rate, high quality even. When the camera was on the screen I was fine, when the camera was focused on my face while I was being probed I think I blushed a few times. This is a super intimate moment to be experiencing with a third party in the room.
I have to continue my nightly shots and I have another appointment set up for Friday morning. It will have to be super early as I have a VERY long work day ahead of me. More to come. I think I will be editing this tomorrow. I wanted to write this and get it posted but I am too sleepy to proof read.
MellFire 