"Are You Sitting Down???"

We had our appointment with a fertility specialist December 14, 2009 at 7:30 a.m. Both Dustin and I were required to go to the consult visit so that they could get blood work and paperwork from both of us at the same time. We were very excited and anxious that morning as we drove the hour to the doctors office. I had no clue where this place was, but of course my sweet husband reassured me that he KNEW. Well, lets just say that he DID get us to a doctors office, but it was the WRONG one. After searching and calling, we finally found it. We were worried that they wouldn't take us because at that point it was 8:00 and we were 30 minutes late. But they were extremely nice and took us straight back.

We spent 3 hours talking to the doctor and other staff about "the next steps" that we would take since the clomid didn't work, which were fertility injections. They are suppose to have a higher success rate which was very reassuring. Then, we spoke to a financial counselor which assured us that our insurance DID cover this specific protocol which was a huge relief to us. We knew that infertility treatments can be VERY expensive and the cost was a huge fear that we had. But God took care of us and blessed us with good insurance that paid very well. After all the talking and paperwork, I had to have a physical exam and then we both had to get bookwork drawn. I talked to the doctor about the fact that haven't had a period in over 6 weeks (which is normal for me) so she decided to give me a shot of progesterone to get that started. So just to be "SAFE" she suggested having a blood pregnancy test done before we begin the fertility meds. We agreed, but knew that there was no way that I could be pregnant seeing that my progesterone bloodwork a few weeks ago was extremely low, but since they were already drawing blood we said go ahead.

Well, the doc wanted me to take a fasting test the next morning at 7:30am at a branching office where I live and she could "video chat" with me at that office. I was very relieved to know that I didn't have to drive an hour away every time I had to get blood work done. With everything finished with our consult, Dustin and I left with a headache. You wouldn't believe at all the information they throw at you in 3 hours. Even my notes were confusing, but the staff was very nice and told us to call if we had any questions, which I thought about putting that number on speed dial because I knew I would be calling a lot.

When we got back home it was almost time for me to go to work. I had to be at work at 3 and Dustin was working night shift so he didn't have to go in until 6 but he was tired and decided to take a nap before he went in for work. As I was driving on my way to work I got a phone call from the fertility specialist's office. She said we got all your blood work back. I said "Ok?", waiting for her to just tell me what blood type I was because they kept stressing how they always need to know what blood type the patient is. But then she said, "Mrs.______, (not going to type my last name), are you sitting down?". I said "Ummm...yea.. Why?". Then she said something that I TOTALLY didn't expect. She said "YOUR PREGNANT!!!". My mind went spiraling into thousands of directions. Was I hearing her right? Did she say what I thought she said? I responded "What? Are you sure you've got the right person?". She said YES and that pregnancy levels (hcg) are confirmed pregnant when they reach 20 and mine was 1,525!!!! "I quickly told her that I was sitting down, but I was driving and I really think I needed to pull over now!". She just laughed and said "I think that would be a good idea." We talked for a few minutes and she said that they wanted to do an ultrasound at my appointment that next morning to see how far along I was and also still do my fasting test. I was so excited and speechless!!! God is so GOOD! He truly answered our prayers!

...........to be continued!