Hi Ambyr,
Well I guess it's just the 2 of us on this board. I tried joining the June IVF board, but there are too many people and I'm finding that my messages are getting ignored. Plus, everyone is at different stages, and it's hard to keep track of who's stimming, etc on my schedule.
Anyways, I had my mock transfer today! It actually went extremely well
. The full bladder wasn't fun, but my RE was the one doing the mock, and she is awesome, very gentle, so no pain whatsoever. They were able to see a very sharp curve in my cervix and also I guess my uterus is retroverted. But she inserted the catheter successfully twice without any pain or resistance. At my clinic, they have a rotating schedule for which doctors do ERs/ETs on specific dates, so I may not get my RE on the day of transfer. But she assured me that if she's in the building that day, she will handle the ET.
Also, I made an appointment with an acupuncturist! It's on Saturday afternoon. I'm really curious what it's going to be like...basically I told the acupuncturist on the phone that I'm really only interested in treating my uterus and cervix muscles more towards the days of ER/ET, since I responded very well to hormone treatments last time and the ET was the only problem. She said she usually likes to see patients before they start their cycle, but she did make some time for me, so we'll see what happens. She also makes sure she treats patients on the day of their ER/ET, which is awesome. Thanks for all your advice!
Wow, this would be really hard for us if we were self-pay...We're really lucky that DH's insurance covers pretty much everything but co-pays (and acupuncture). Unfortunately, in order for DH to keep his job and our insurance, he has to travel during the week. So I don't get to see much of him, which is really tough, but his boss let's him stay home the week of ER/ET.
I hope you are doing well...have you started BCPs yet?