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Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Success!

My HSG was a success.  It was very quick and the results were "textbook" according to my doctor.  This is great news because now we can move forward with our IUI as planned.  I took some pain meds ahead of time and they worked well.  I thought it was uncomfortable when the pushed in the dye but that was about it.  I was able to go right back to work and had no problems.  I had some spotting later in the day and a little discomfort now, but she said that could happen.  All in all I thought it was pretty easy and I was way more nervous than I needed to be.  Really the worst part of it was that I had to have the test done at a 'surgery center' which was pretty intense.  When they took me back from the waiting area it looked just like a hospital and when they took me down to the room we actually walked past rooms where they were performing surgery.  The nurse kept saying that the test was really no big deal, they just have to do it at the surgery center because they need the big x-ray machine.  She really was so nice :)  When I left my doctor gave me a picture of the results and said hopefully your next picture like this will have a baby in it!  She really is so nice and I'm very thankful that we're working with her on our treatment.

In other news, we heard back from my in-laws.  I guess they don't check their email on a daily basis which is why they were so delayed in responding.  My mother in law wrote the email and started off by saying that they were glad we told them and of course they would keep this confidential and then proceeded to tell us "the little she knew about infertility" and that on the female side that may have to do with having a low percentage of body fat.  I was so angry when I read that!  She doesn't know what our problem is because we didn't tell her and honestly we didn't ask for her opinion on our situation.  I'm sure she doesn't mean it like that, but really?  Not supportive!  J responded to her and simply said "L's body fat is normal.  The issue is with me."  Is it wrong that I was to say "HA!" to her the next time I see her?  It's just hard when this is how she responds to things because I can only complain to J about it so much because she's his mom, you know?  Now that my mom knows about our situation, I can vent some of this to her too which I'm super relieved about.  I think that all my venting to J is putting extra strain on our relationship. 

8 comments:

  1. Yay! I'm glad it was easy and the results were great!!

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  2. Urgh... so frustrating!!! I've heard a lot of the same from my family... eat this, gain weight, stop working out so hard, etc... and two different sets of instructions coming from docs to boot (one of whom really doesn't know about infertility). The weight gain has been horrible but I keep reminding myself that it's all worth it for what we're striving toward.

    Sorry about your mil's very misplaced comment. :( I'm glad you can vent to your mom... mine has been an absolute lifeline throughout this.

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  3. I think it's in the job description of MILs to make stupid-ass comments. They mean well, but they often just shove their feet in their mouths and make things worse. My MIL just had this underlying tone in everything she said to me at first that it was "my fault." I was so uncomfortable talking to her about it. Now that she knows that my husband has some issues, she seems to have finally gotten over it and is now really supportive. It just takes them a while to figure out the boundaries and what's acceptable.

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  5. Yay for a good report!! That's great!
    Sorry about your MIL! They can be silly. It's good that you are making them more aware, so hopefully they'll be better in the future. Good luck!

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  6. Yay! I'm so glad it went well, and everything looked great :)

    What a weird thing of your MIL to say! Like, of all the things! I'm glad your husband spoke up and corrected her. Jeez..that might be awkward next time you see her..

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  7. I am so glad the HSG was good! They did mine in radiation and I was in teh waiting room with cancer patients, it put my situation into perscpective.
    Sorry about your MIL, and I would secretly want to laugh too when she immediately puts teh blame on you. It's funny how people who don't know anything about IF assume it is the woman.

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  8. Ladies - thank you for all your supportive comments. My MIL is really just a pain to deal with. I think she doesn't realize how hurtful the things she says can be. I've thought about asking J to talk to her about it, but we think it would actually do more harm than good. Then she'd probably tell everything that she's not 'allowed' to talk to me or something. I'm sure she'll be full of advice once we actually have a kid too :)

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