Making Progress! Surgery and IVF Timeline.

     What a busy week it has been in the Hempel household! Between all the doctor appointments and everyday life, I'm ready to binge watch some Netflix for a few days. I had my 5th surgery a week ago (the 13th) and it went as good as can be expected. My doctor was able to remove the cyst from my right ovary without having to take any of my ovary! That was a huge plus. He also said that the D&C went well and that my uterus looks good. The only somewhat of a difficulty is that my colon is sitting on top of my left ovary. There's not really anything he can do about it because that's just the way my body healed itself after having so many surgeries and things removed. He did say that it could cause some difficulty when it comes to retrieving eggs for IVF because of them being so close together and making sure not to puncture my colon with the needle. Just lots of prayers that it doesn't give us to many complications!

I had the greatest little nurse! She gave lots of cuddles and never left my side.

You would think after multiple surgeries I'd be over my fear of needles. Definitely not. 

     Yesterday afternoon Brett and I had our first appointment at HRC Fertility in Oceanside with Dr. Coffler. It went SO so well! Everyone that works there was so friendly and welcoming. They didn't treat us like we were just another dollar sign walking through the door, which was very comforting! Dr. Coffler and his nurse were very in depth with their plan for us after going through my history and talking to us. We each have to do some blood work to check for diseases like HIV and Hepatitis along with some other testing to check my uterus just to make sure we're both healthy! But as soon as I start my menstrual cycle in March I will be starting on birth control for a couple weeks followed by hormone injections. We're looking at the beginning/middle of April to do the egg retrieval and then six days after retrevial we do the embryo transfer!  It's all so exciting to know that we are finally on this road to hopefully start our family! Lots and lots of prayers for everything to keep going smoothly! 

Xoxo