Infertilty Diagnosis

The new year marks 18 months trying to conceive. I finally gathered my strength to see a reproductive endocrinologist (RE) & had an HSG done today to see if my Fallopian tubes were open. I'm completely heartbroken by the results. The RE said it usually takes less than 1 round of dye to go through the tubes. He pushed 3 rounds & couldn't get through my tubes. The catheter came out twice because he pushed the dye so hard, but it only puddled up & flowed back out. The RE also found a large polyp in my uterus. (I can't believe the 3 OBGYN's I've seen in the past 2 years at Kaiser missed this!!) The next steps are to schedule a Hysteroscopy to remove the polyp & Laparoscopy to see why my tubes are block & if it can be fixed. If my tubes can't be corrected, we'd have to do IVF which I was told we would have a high chance of success with as I'm otherwise healthy besides the tubal obstruction.

Right now I'm just in shock & grieving. I'm waiting to hear pricing & figure out the best route to go about getting the procedures done. My RE said he'd rather me get it done with him because both procedures could be done all at once & give me the best fertilty outcome, but it would cost around $7500 & there's a chance we'd still end up needing IVF on top of that. The polyp I can most likely get removed at Kaiser, but that means a longer wait time & having the procedures done separately. There's a lot to consider & I'm completely caught off guard. Part of me is relieved to have a diagnosis & know why I haven't conceived, but I never anticipated a diagnosis this bad. At least now I can really start moving forward to fill my heart's desire.

I am just truly grateful with all the tremendous support I've received through this difficult time & blessed to have the wonderful family I have including our 2 new fur babies, Fred & Ginger, 2 beautiful 10 year old cats we rescued last weekend. You all give me so much strength when times are tough. This whole experience has taught me a lot, the biggest being the power of love.