Marked one off the list.

Well, we have marked the first of many IVF appointments off the list! We went yesterday to get our initial testing done. The FDA mandates that couples going into IVF have a certain laundry list of blood work done to make sure certain diseases are not passed on, as well as checking for immunity in the mothers to avoid obstacles during preganacy. In addition to the blood work I had a saline infused ultrasound and they did a "trial transfer" to practice the actual embryo transfer (they do this in an effort to avoid problems on transfer day). Then we spent what seemed like forever signing paperwork that resembled signing the papers when you buy a house. So not such a fun visit but it is behind us now and we are getting really excited about the next few weeks. The next step is starting the meds. Looks like I will start out with a couple oral medications and two injections for the first week, then dropping the oral meds and adding in another injection... Not sure if I have that exactly right but I will know more when the nurse send my medication calendar this week. Guess thats its for now... Will let you know more soon!