Lisa, that's too funny....taking away his "Man Card". I'd say mix it up a bit, but why should you do all the work? He could make it different instead of complain about it.
You take the drugs....he can make the "work" interesting. It's only fair.
Jen, I agree....wasting time with Clomid when you didn't have a follicle is silly. Move on to the injectables. They have less side effects and too much time on Clomid is bad anyway. It's so easy for the guy...well, just have twins! When my RE told us we could have quads from two embryos, DH thought it was a fabulous idea.
The arms are well enough for me to drive today. Of course it's 200 degrees here so I have to wear short sleeves. I must have looked like a junkie today in Hannaford's.
IMarriedGrumpy, I don't get HMOs.....they seem to just cost themselves more money. So, you need to see a cardiologist, but let's make you see a doctor before that - waste of money. But, how are they going to know if you start trying first? If you have problems, then they can go from the date of your appt. for fertility stuff. If not....oops!
Ah, DH's......sometimes they make donor sperm very appealing.
My RE appt went well today. We talked for an hour. She explained all the stuff she tested. She even drew me pictures. She explained about the auto-immune stuff. She explained about the clotting stuff. Then she told me that she tested me for some kind of translocation where a piece of the X Choromosome breaks off. If it re-attaches (even if it's on the "wrong" spot), the person lives. If it just breaks off and doesn't re-attach anywhere, the person will die in utero. So, if I have it, there is a 75% chance that the baby will have the broken piece fly off and not live (in case of IVF, the embryo won't live), but a 25% chance that it will re-attach and be fine - well, not fine since they'll probably inherit the broken piece, but alive and normal until they go to have children and discover it. DH doesn't have to be tested because he already had his stuff done with the urologist - I guess there is a type of translocation men can have where the embryo/baby can end up with 0Y Chromosome instead of XY and it'll cause the embryo to die or m/c. She DOUBTS I have it, but since I demanded to have every test possible, she ran it.
Then, I told her what the phlebotomy supervisor said to me about going on vacation and relaxing and she was mad. She said she was going to call them and tell them to keep their opinions to themselves (well, not like THAT, but more or less not to tell her patients to relax and just draw the frickin blood).
Oh, and for big fun, I'm having a colonoscopy on the 22nd. So, my appt. with my gastro went great!
At least I get more anesthesia.
i am with you on the diet thing...i love food and would have a worse time dieting than dealing with meds/shots etc. 
