On the Pill and Trying to get Pregnant

Yes, that's right. I'm back on the pill and trying to get pregnant. Seems crazy right? Well, I guess with IVF it's not so crazy. This month before we start the IVF process, the doctors put me on the pill so they can control my hormones. Maybe I won't be quite so moody this month...Jeremy can only hope! Thursday I'm having a procedure called an HSG to check my tubes for blockages. Most tubal blockages aren't an issue when doing IVF, since the eggs are retrieved from the ovaries and then fertilized in a dish before the soon-to-be embryos are emplanted in the uterus. But, if the blockages happen to be close to the ovaries then they can screw up the emplantation. (I won't gross you out with the why!) So the radioactive dye they'll inject into my uterus and tubes this Thursday will check to make sure there aren't any blockages, or at least none close to the ovaries. I'm a little nervous-I've heard it's painful, but I have been told there's no reason to suspect any blockages. It's something they have to do just to be sure everything's A-Okay. Although I'm really dreading this, I might as well start to get used to the idea of being poked and prodded. Once I'm through with this pack of birth control pills, it'll be time to start giving myself shots in the stomach several times a day to "rev up my ovaries and kick them into overdrive!" So until then, we'll keep looking at the positives and for me that means one more month of wine!