Wednesday, November 14, 2007

What is a Sweepy-D?

Feeling rather like those in line to jump on board Space Mountain at Disney World, we have been standing, waiting, watching, moving up in the queue ever so incrementally. Now past the gatekeeper, we have boarded the roller coaster with Dr. W. is our chosen conductor.

Dr. W. founded the Reproductive Endocrinology clinic in our hometown in 1988; he is often regarded as the best Reproductive Endocrinologist in the metro area. After a six week wait for an initial appointment, we me Dr. W. on October 29th, 2007. The bars came down, the cars began pulling away and we are now along for the ride.

The vaginal ultrasound revealed a normal uterus and ovaries with plenty of eggs. Two vials of blood later we were on our way. No Clomid necessary he says. Everything looks in order. All we need now is to purchase half of our child's genetics. It all seems so simple.

Dr. W. tasked me with buying an ovulation predictor kit and monitoring my cycle. When the OPK indicates ovulation is imminent, the lab will draw blood to confirm ovulation. This month and next will be our "dry runs" before the first planned IUI in January.

And now to answer the question I am sure may be lingering. What the heck is a Sweepy-D? Sweepy-D is the moniker for our future child, our appellations for each other transmogrified into one. Let the journey begin.

2 comments:

Kelly Green said...

We're all here to read about it! Go, Family!

Amanda said...

Welcome to the TTC blogosphere! i hope this road is short and sweet for you two!

ps--i'm sure there are lots of RE's who's name starts with a W, but i'm wondering if we use the same guy...

Amanda
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