1st Fertility Specialist Doctors Appointment

First, I have to say I've never liked a doctor as much as I like Dr. K. The man called me "smart, brave, & skinny" in the hour and a half we spent with him, I mean what is there not to like?

He has the best disposition and the best side manner of any doctor I've ever met! And, he's 52 with two IVF kiddos, 5 & 3.

We met in a consultation room to start. First, we went through my fertility history, the tests we've had done and why I was seeking fertility treatment. Then, he explained my treatment options based on my current diagnosis of unexplained infertility. Amazingly, because I'm young(er) than most of his patients and I have one live child, he considers me an easy case.

At some point I mentioned that both of the months I had gotten pregnant I was on antibiotics and that while the OB doesn't believe it is anything more than a coincidence, I wasn't so sure. He immediately jumped on that, asked about some other symptoms and explained that it may be a reoccurring uterus infection and that it would definitely prevent me from getting pregnant.

So we went to the ultrasound room and he looked at my ovaries and uterus. My ovaries are a MESS from the clomid last month. They are covered in cysts. The ultrasound was completely inconclusive. Because he could not see my ovaries he also had me do the AMH blood work which will check my egg reserve, but since my FSH was good, he thinks this should be good too.

He also decided to do a uterine biopsy (ouch!) to see if I do indeed have an infection. He said that my uterus is retroverted and women with this condition can have problems with infections lingering.

So here is where we stand: AMH results should be in on Friday, biopsy results should be in on Monday.

If it is an infection he will put me on 30 days of antibiotics and we should be able to conceive naturally. If I do not have an infection and the AMH results are fine, then we will move on to IUI next cycle.

He said we could try on our own this month, but that with as many cysts as I have it will probably be too painful.

The appointment was so positive and we left giving him fist bumps and the declaration of "let's get you pregnant".

Oh how I wish I had gone to him a year ago!