Who else starts their morning this way??

I would guess that most couples, at some point, have had some *fun* in the morning before work.  It's only the ones with fertility problems who then put their husbands semen in a vial, tuck it into their bra strap and hop on the bus to take it downtown.

I made it to my doctor's office with five minutes to spare.  My doctor was sitting at the front desk and when I said "good morning," he said "good morning!  Do you have a package for me?"  This is why I love this doctor.  He didn't need my chart in front of him to remember why I am there.  Even more impressive, he then started to go on about my blood results and the next steps we should take. 

This is what I learned this morning:
- He will test the semen sample I brought in and compare it to the other two.  Hopefully the results will be closer to the second analysis, which was the better of the first two, meaning the sperm are not so bad.
- During my luteal phase, on my cycle day 21 (when I had my blood drawn on Monday), my estridol should have been 10x as much as my progesterone.  He said he likes to see estridol over 200pg/ml.  My progesterone was around 19ng/ml.  He said in a perfect study he would draw blood from me every 20 minutes and we would see if the progesterone was going up or down.  He would like to see it over 20ng/ml (as 10x that puts my estridol over 200pg/ml). 
- Of course, those levels (and should they remain that high) would indicate a pregnancy.  At this I scoffed and he giggled.  I'm glad he's not trying to force me to be overly optimistic.  We just had regular ol' sex this month.  That hasn't worked in the last 2 years & 7 months, why should it  work now?

So, today he will get results from the sperm and on Friday I will call him and we will discuss those results.  On Monday or Tuesday I should start my period.  After I am done with my period and before I ovulate, we will probably do an x-ray of my fallopian tubes to make sure there are no blockages (e.g. a weird mucus plug or something).  He said he will more than likely give me something to "stimulate" my system - meaning a fertility drug - but he didn't say when I would start that. 

I don't want to be stamped with the label "unexplained infertility" but weeks of testing, the stress of waiting.....it's rough.

Oh, more questions, more answers yet to come.....