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Thursday, May 1, 2008

Babysitting and HSG re-cap

So yesterday I left my house around 11am to go visit my best friend and her three little boys.. They are adorable.. although they were all somewhat crabby yesterday.. The older two (two year old twins) didn't want much to do with me because their dad was up and then they took their nap.. The baby (6 months old) is super cute but also seemed a little crabby (Teething I think) and didn't seem to want to nap.. So he spent a good portion of the time I was there crying.. Sometimes I feel like its me and I make babies cry..
Then I had to go pick up my niece Kennedy from Daycare.. For some reason the people at her daycare think she's the greatest kid ever, even though she's a little pisser.. Then home to see her brother and sister who were playing next door til I got there.. My older niece and my nephew are just getting so big and grown up now.. My niece just turned 8 and my nephew will turn 10 in a couple of weeks.. He's starting MIDDLE SCHOOL (they start in 5th grade) next year.. They're not much fun to "play" with anymore.. but in turn.. they also don't require much effort to watch.. My niece had softball practice at 6:30.. so me and the other two kids waited for her.. The place were her practice was was this town-owned property..There is a "records building" in the front but there are all these broken down buildings/farm equipment, everything in back.. Of course my nephew wanted to go into every single one.. and I couldn't let him.. And he found what he said was a partially open well.. I think this is excellent for a piece of land where there are frequently children playing at..
Then we went to Pizza Hut, which went well.. We got a stuffed crust pizza and breadsticks.. and the four of us ate almost everything.. We saved two pieces of pizza for Jeff when he got home.. On our way home my sister and BIL called.. They talked to the kids a bit.. And I'm pretty sure my sister informed me that she had gotten a tattoo on the back of her neck.. EXCELLENT.. It was just about Bedtime for the kids... I had to fill out this thing for my niece for school. I think its something they are doing for Mother's day, but they wanted the mother's to write out a favorite family recipe.. but you see.. my neices mother abandoned her for Vegas.. So she got her Auntie's favorite family recipe.. Then.. when my older niece went to bed, she had to make sure she had her favorite stuffed animal.. which she has had since she was a baby.. It made me flash back to her when she was about 2 year old in a crib still.. They grow up so fast!
I left my sister's house about 6:15 to make sure I got to the hospital on time for my 7:15 appt.. because as the lady at my Dr's office told me.. if I was late at all they wouldn't take me.. OK.. great.. So I actually ended up getting to the hospital by like 6:35.. I sat in my car for a few minutes and then made my way up to the radiology department.. which was a bit of a maze to get to. I was there before 6:45. Did all my check in stuff and watched the Today show for awhile.. Decided I really do like Barack Obama..(even though I voted for him in the Primary in like February).. The lady called me back to the changing room around 7:20 along with another girl who was there for an HSG with my Dr. (despite the fact that I was sure she was there for an Xray since she was on crutches).. And then I waited.. I had to pee really bad so even though I was told to sit in my dressing room.. (a 2x2 stall.. very fun to sit in for a half hour).. I had to sneak out and go to the bathroom, which was convienently located next to my dressing room.. After I returned from the bathroom.. about 5 minutes later they called me back.. it was about 7:50.. So a lot of waiting for not a lot of test..
My Dr comes in complaining that its Cold.. Yeah.. at least you have your pants on, sir.. My Ipod then falls out of my purse which is over on the chair and he picks it up for me.. Asks if its a Palm.. hmm.. How old is this Dr I wonder... even my mom knows what an Ipod is.. .
He gets his speculum in and all set up.. and starts talking to me.. and then another Dr. comes in.. The one that will operate the machine that actually takes the pictures.. He looks vaguely familiar.. My Dr then tells me his name.. O...M...G.... Its one of my regular customers at work.. His wife is Angry Scowling Lady.. and he is angry scowling lady's friendly husband who tips well in order to compensate for how angry and mean his wife can be to waitresses.. but now he will forever be the guy who took the pictures of my uterus..
The test was slightly uncomfortable.. The Dr started asking me if stuff was hurting.. til he got to the part that actually did hurt.. Everything was fine til the dye started going in.. Then it was one giant cramp.. Not unbearable by anymeans.. but I had some issues talking to them during it.. But it let up almost immediately.. Now later on today I am still slightly crampy.. mostly when I get up from laying or sitting down.. Dr said my uterus is totally normal.. Tubes looked clear too.. but the one goes waaaay up high(uterus photographer had to move his machine up and get another shot of it since it didn't fit in the original picture) and the other goes down low.. I asked the Dr if that is why the crazy ultrasound lady lost my ovary that one time.. He said most likely.. Its higher up than most.. but we assume it works since I got pregnant twice.. So thats good..
Dr. says he should have all my bloodwork stuff back in about a week and he'll call me after that.. So hopefully we will have answers soon..
I hope that we have answers back before I ovulate this month.. We really want to try.. but the one I am hesitant about is the CF screening test.. If I come back positive then Jeff will have to be tested.. and that will mean more waiting.. The rest of the stuff.. the regular RPL stuff, if I happen to get pregnant and the results come back with something...it won't matter as much.. cuz they can treat it with medicines and stuff whether or not I am pregnant.. With the CF test.. it either is or it isn't.. so.. I don't know.. I'm just hoping it will be negative.. then we will have no worries about that and can figure out a plan for the rest of the stuff.. Trying to remind myself that 50/50 really does mean JUST THAT.. there is just as good of a chance that it will be negative as it will be +..

3 comments:

Stephanie said...

I can't believe the guy that did your x-rays is a customer from work! Holy crap, I'd be so wierded out by that. I'm so happy the HSG was good though. I hope you guys can try again soon!!!

Monkey's Mama said...

Ugh, reading your blog is tearing my heart out all over again. I went through exactly what you're going through now, with all the miscarriages, the HSG, etc. My HSG showed something funky with my uterus which they thought might be the cause of the miscarriages, but after they fixed it I had ANOTHER miscarriage. Anyway, we were "unexplained" recurrent miscarriage + infertility (took a long time for me to get pregnant naturally). After going through all the tests, artificial insemination, Clomid, yadda yadda yadda, we finally ended up at in vitro and it WORKED. I have a 16 month old girl now, and I still can't even believe it's really happened. I was CERTAIN that I would never get here. It was the worst time of my life going through all of those miscarriages and tests--4 years of nothing but disappointment. One thing my RE kept telling me the whole time was not to worry because I'd gotten pregnant on my own a few times, just like you, so that is a great indicator of eventual success. I just want to be a voice out there letting you know that it DOES happen to girls like us who loose all hope and can see no way out of the darkness.

I wish you strength for this time! Hang in there. I'll be bookmarking you and following along.

Monkey's Mama said...

Oops, I mean "lose" all hope. I'm an ex-teacher; I should know better :)