Specialist Appointment

Wednesday I had my first appointment with the infertility specialist. I was nervous, this was my first appointment with a male doctor. I had basically a medical interview with a resident doctor, filled out some forms, and then the doctor came in. Dr. C immediately put me at ease. He's around 65, white/gray hair, slight European accent. Not only did he come across intelligent, he had great social skills. Those two qualities don't usually come hand in hand. We talked for about 30 minutes, discussed areas that might be giving us problems. We talked about a game plan, but first we needed to do blood work, and schedule some tests at the end of this month. F will need to go and do a few tests to rule some things out as well. Dr. C says at this point he feels treatment can be done without infertility drugs. I was happy to hear this. My last resort would be the drugs, so I'm glad we are on the same page. He made the comment he'd hate for me to end up with triplets, unless triplets is what I wanted. NO was my answer. Twins already run heavily in both sides of my parents. I have separate concerns about ending up being the one in my family to have twins, didn't need his extra help! We spoke about diet, foods I should stay away from, ones I should make sure I'm eating, etc. I told him how I was doing 4 days of exercise, but lost my way after the miscarriage. He said not to stress myself out, with my thyroid condition I need to remember it will be hard for me to lose weight. What I need to do is set goals of exercising, and start counting calories. Part of me hates the counting calories idea, I don't want to become obsessed with it. So I'm starting small. I left the office and headed off to do blood work.
This morning I got a call from a nurse at his office, told me my thyroid level tested normal, which is good, and my hormone level is high, so if I get pregnant this month my body can handle it. I took a pregnancy test last Saturday and it was negative. So I'm assuming this wont be the month, but gives me hope for next. I'll be more relaxed once the other tests are done for both of us. I am content in knowing we have a game plan, and are on a road to some resolution.