Well, unfortunately the pandemic itself has not improved. It's only gotten worse. I don't think anyone (besides maybe a few really smart epidemiologists?) ever thought the whole world could shut down over a disease.
In other news, I feel like we did make a tiny bit of progress on our journey.
We met online with a doctor from the other clinic we were considering. It's never a fun process to slowly go over all of your myriad health issues that could prevent you from having children.
I did NOT enjoy being reminded of all of that all at once. Wow, we are messed up.
The first bit of good news is that this doctor seemed very knowledgable about our specific situations. She seemed to have experience treating the things we're dealing with, and already had a plan to adapt our treatment accordingly.
I really like the other clinic because they're very nice and only 5 minutes from my house, but there was no plan in place to change any protocols to fit our unique issues. Ultimately, we both had the same feeling that we need to switch clinics and pursue IVF at the new one.
The other good bit of news is that the clinic is planning on re-opening in April!!!
Little Miss Pessimist (aka me) was thinking that clinics could be shut down through the summer.
This new clinic has a little more flexibility about when to re-open because it is only a fertility clinic and not attached to a normal hospital or anything.
So in some ways I feel better about things... although being reminded about our issues does stress me out.
A month or two ago, IVF mostly stressed me out because I'm scared of the medical procedures you have to endure. Right now, I just feel afraid that it won't work.
At this point I would put my body through just about anything in order to have kids. Cut off my leg if that would work. I'll give myself shots for the rest of my life. Whatever.
I just want it to work! Which is why I'm crazy enough to try to get pregnant during a pandemic. Bring it on.
In other news, I feel like we did make a tiny bit of progress on our journey.
We met online with a doctor from the other clinic we were considering. It's never a fun process to slowly go over all of your myriad health issues that could prevent you from having children.
I did NOT enjoy being reminded of all of that all at once. Wow, we are messed up.
The first bit of good news is that this doctor seemed very knowledgable about our specific situations. She seemed to have experience treating the things we're dealing with, and already had a plan to adapt our treatment accordingly.
I really like the other clinic because they're very nice and only 5 minutes from my house, but there was no plan in place to change any protocols to fit our unique issues. Ultimately, we both had the same feeling that we need to switch clinics and pursue IVF at the new one.
The other good bit of news is that the clinic is planning on re-opening in April!!!
Little Miss Pessimist (aka me) was thinking that clinics could be shut down through the summer.
This new clinic has a little more flexibility about when to re-open because it is only a fertility clinic and not attached to a normal hospital or anything.
So in some ways I feel better about things... although being reminded about our issues does stress me out.
A month or two ago, IVF mostly stressed me out because I'm scared of the medical procedures you have to endure. Right now, I just feel afraid that it won't work.
At this point I would put my body through just about anything in order to have kids. Cut off my leg if that would work. I'll give myself shots for the rest of my life. Whatever.
I just want it to work! Which is why I'm crazy enough to try to get pregnant during a pandemic. Bring it on.
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