Renewed Hope

After focusing on other things for the past several months, we've decided to try IVF one final time. Luckily in our state, insurance companies offer to cover IVF once in a lifetime. I've already used my benefit once with one insurance company and now we may have the opportunity to try again with another insurance company. The reason I say may is because we have to go through all the preliminary testing again to see if we are a viable candidate for IVF before we are approved coverage. While the testing is a daunting task, we haven't done anything with fertility medically for the past 2 years. So it will be interesting to see if things have improved especially since we've been trying to take better care of ourselves healthwise, we've been on a new vitamin regimine for almost a year, and had been doing acupuncture for almost a year.
One major evaluation I just experienced yesterday was the HSG. About 8 years ago, my ob recommended I do one, but because my insurance plan didn't cover it I would have had to pay about $800. So we decided not to do it. I had already done a laparascopy where he tried to see if my tubes were clear at the same time and found that one of my tubes was blocked/spasmed. Prior to my HSG yesterday, I had gone on-line to find out what it was like from other experienced women. The experiences posted were varied to say the least. I decided to expect the worse and hope for the best. Easier said than done. It was the most painful thing I have ever experienced. Worse than having a catheter put in without any anesthetic after I couldn't use the bathroom by myself following my laparascopy. The radiologist explained that the pain occured because of the pressure when shooting the dye through my fallopian tubes. He did it first while I lay on my back. Then once while laying on my left side and then once while laying on my right side. I was relieved when it was over and he said he was going to check the film. I was hoping he would come back and say we're done. Instead, he said he had to do it again. I had to endure the whole thing all over again.
Thankfully, this was the last hurdle we needed to cross in order to find out if we will get the green light to move forward with IVF again. Now we wait for April 5th when we go back to my new ob to see what the results are. I am able to see the results as they are posted on-line, but trying to figure out what they mean is another story.