Good to go!

Finally!  We are good to go!  Did the dummy catheter trial yesterday and even though it still didn't go all the way in. Dr P is happy that she can get it in far enough for insemination without a local :)  I am uber happy about this!  She was still of the opinion that we will most likely end up having to do IVF in the end given the extent of my endo and damage to my tubes, but we are going to try one IUI (or ICI depending on how far she gets) first before moving on to IVF.  This is a good outcome given how much difficulty she's had with trying to get anything through my cervix.  So I am very excited that we are ready to go next cycle :)  And that's just 2 weeks away!  Also -she said I got a 6.2 on the second AMH test which is awesome (twice the first one) so it looks like I have a few more eggs left in me than we first thought :)  This is the first consult with Dr P that we've actually come out of with good news so I have been on a bit of a high since then.  And to top it off, Dr P also bulk billed our consult so we didn't have to pay anything!  How good is that?!  She has been great and we are so glad to have her as our specialist :)  It's just a relief to know that we are finally on track for making this baby and that despite all the issues that have come up, we now have a plan which will hopefully get us there.

We discussed doing a natural vs low does stim cycle for the IUI and have decided to do the stim given the issues with my tubes.  This means there is potential for more than one egg to be released, which Scout is a little freaked about.  I have tried to allay her fears by telling her the chances are low - less that 15% chance that we will even get pregnant via IUI and if we do - 20% chance they will be twins.  But all she can focus on is the 20% LOL.  She is convinced we will end up with twins and heaven help us if it's two more girls!  I am less concerned - probably because I don't expect to get pregnant first go IUI anyway.  I just want to give it a go because we've been going to appointments for this since December and we still haven't even had an attempt at it.  I just want to do SOMETHING.  We will need to start again with the counselling, financial and nursing appointments to do IVF, so in the meantime it's worth trying one IUI just for the hell of it.  I am excited about it - even if it's unlikely to work I'll just feel better that we are finally 'trying'.  I am even excited about doing the injections ... although I imagine the novelty will wear off pretty quickly.  Scout, on the other hand, is bracing herself for the hormonal ride and me turning into a cranky emotional wreck of a wife.  It's going to be interesting ... And I can't wait!