Test Results - Rounds 1 & 2

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

The nurse called me around 9am with more elaborate notes from the Doctor. My test results seemed pretty normal. My hormones were where they should be, I didn't test out of the ranges for PCOS, and even my previously problematic thyroid issues seemed to have slipped into a "normal" range. The only thing they seemed worried about for me was my insulin and glucose levels, they were slightly higher than they should be, which raises a red flag when you have two grandparents who had been diabetic. So my plan for that is continue our healthier eating habits, and up my workout routine to try to get back down to a healthier weight. I told the nurse I wasn't surprised by those results and it had been something I've been trying to work at already.

She told me that they want to hold off on me having the HSG test done right now because they wanted my husband to come back in for a more detailed test. She said that his sperm count levels were extremely low so they want to look into that before determining whether that is part of our problem conceiving.

I immediately start to break down. I can hardly relay the message to my husband without tears because I know that if this is part of our crazy equation, it is going to severely limit the next options in trying to have a baby. My husband tells me that he's not worried and he thinks they must have screwed up the test somehow, he's not trusting this answer until the next test.
He calls to set up his next appointment for next week, March 31st.



Wednesday, April 1, 2015


One of the nurses from the Doctors office calls with results. She says that this test gives us a positive result and while my husband relays the message to me, he says, "We have plenty of little swimmers!"

This is the hugest relief. All week between getting the previous results and waiting for the new ones, I'd been so saddened by what this possibility could mean for us. I knew that two or three of the "easy" and most natural fertility methods would be kicked to the curb if this second test had similar results. I was scared by what it meant was in our future. We had briefly talked about IUI (Intrauterine Insemination) or IVF (In Vetro Fertilization) treatments, and while I might be more open to IUI, neither of us felt comfortable with IVF. So my mind raced around wondering what would happen if these were our only two options? What did this mean? Were there any other options out there that were more natural? I'd been stressing out over these questions silently. I avoided telling anyone about the situation until the second test results came back because I just wasn't ready to talk about those emotions yet.

I can't begin to express my thankfulness for all of the test results between my husband and I to come back with positive, healthy results. I've prayed over and over to ask God to have sovereignty over us and grant us the ability to have children. I have never been more thankful to know that maybe the road ahead isn't as tough as we've been thinking it would be.

So we'll see what comes next.