Go follicles go!

I went for another blood draw and ultrasound today. My follicles are not growing as rapidly as they expected. I only had two follicles that were in the okay size. So a little more waiting time. I'm going back to doctor's office tomorrow to see the progress. Once my doctor decides that my follicles are in the right size, I will need a "trigger" shot, which get all the eggs ready to ovulate. But instead of letting them actually ovulate, my doctor will surgically remove them (with a needle) from the ovaries. That's the process of retrieval. Right now, my retrieval is scheduled either on Sunday or Monday depending on what we see tomorrow at the ultrasound.

Mike and I went to an information session by an OB practice this evening. I am not pregnant quite yet, but I will need a doctor if this IVF works. I did have a midwife who was doing well-woman care but I decided to find another provider. The midwife didn't take me seriously when I suspected that I might have a fertility issue. To be fair, it was still early in my "try to get pregnant" phase, so she did not have a strong reason to believe that I had a problem, well, except the fact that I had a reason to believe so. I usually know what I'm talking about especially in medical stuff. I'm not sure if she is the most caring provider, and I don't want to go back to her. I was deciding a midwife vs OB doctor. I love the idea of midwife and I WAS 100% certain that I wanted to go with a midwife practice until I had this fertility issue. I still want unmedicated birth if possible, but I do want to get monitored closely. Midwife practice does not use much technology to monitor pregnancy, which I think is okay and great for people with uncomplicated pregnancy. I want tons of monitoring, however. I'm spending so much energy getting pregnant that, if there is any problem during pregnancy, I want to know RIGHT AWAY. The OB practice I found sounded perfect for my needs. They call themselves "minimally invasive."They like when patients delay epidural even though they are not against it either. They like to do whatever to avoid c-section (mostly by being patient with a slow labor progress), and their c-section rate is as low as a birthing center (even though they take high-risk cases). It's basically two doctors who just love delivering babies. Here is their website: http://www.villageobstetrics.com/index.html

I was telling my ovaries that I found the good OB doctors so I can really get pregnant now. Get these follicles working! Okay, I've started sounded like a crazy person, so I'll stop here :-)