Friday, December 4, 2009

Killing Pirates

I went to the doctor to do a post coital test. This test tells whether or not I am creating the cervical fluid that the sperm can survive in. It was simple, like a pap smear, the doctor takes the sample then runs some tests and looks at it under a microscope. It was discovered that my body recognizes the sperm as an enemy, and is I have created anti-bodies that are killing the little swimmers before they can get to where they're supposed to be going. The doctor let me look under the microscope and see the dead little guys myself. It was a sad sight. I say that sarcastically, but when I got home and told my husband the results, I did break down crying. I'm literally killing our chances for a baby. Our only option is artificial insemination. My doctor said that we could schedule the first try the very next day, but we're a little too stressed. (our apartment building caught on fire earlier in the week). So next cycle, we'll do the artificial insemination, providing that the clomid works again and I get a positive ovulation test.
The good news is we're able to do it at the student health center, and the cost is only $40, rather than the usual $300 or something. So hopefully it'll work before we move.
I have also been very blessed while taking clomid, I still didn't get any of the awful side affects this cycle and I got all the signs that ovulation was present.
I try to remain optimistic and trust in the Lord's timing.
The good news is, and it's hard for me to say this, if we were to conceive this cycle, the baby would be due at a most inconvient time as we are planning on moving in the summer for my husband to begin law school. But, I don't care much about inconviences, I just want a baby.

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