Endometrial Biopsy Here I Come!

So I spoke with Dr. Surrey this week. I had a list of questions for him and he answered them all, quite fully.

• Endometrial biopsy: From the post operative report of my laparoscopic surgery last September, he doesn't feel I had very much endometriosis at all and that I also did have a chemical pregnancy so I had some degree of implantation. Basically, his experience tells him I'm not missing the integrin but said it would be the only test that hasn't been done on my chart. So, I'm doing it - even though I'm scared shitless and I know I'll be a wreck, I'm going to do it. Furthermore, I'll be doing another mock cycle so my uterus is in the same hormonal place it would be when I later do the donor egg cycle. No biggie - I'm good with that.
• Saline sonogram: He doesn't think I need it since everything checked out good during work-up in October and must have stressed it 3 times but because I still would feel more comfortable to do, he's fine with ordering it.
• FDA Infectious Disease Testing of donor within 30 days of her retrieval. I wanted to be sure they do it the way it needs to be done so that I can donate all leftover embryos down the line. He assured me that's standard protocol, whether I was going to donate or not. Good.
• Immune disorders, clotting disorders, etc. - he doesn't feel there is a need and that it's all very controversial in its relationship to fertility, or lack thereof. I let this one go.
• CGH Testing on "proven" Donor Eggs: I asked if this would be worthwhile. His answer "absolutely not." I'm okay with not doing it and saving myself 5K unless he thought it could yield real benefit.
• Vitrification: they don't use it on every cycle - only those with CGH testing. Reason being, this new freezing method is still being researched and though it looks promising, they don't have any long-term results - so, how would this affect embryo quality for thawing 3 years down the line. He said their FET's using the regular freezing method have worked well and they'll stick with that for the time being.
• ICSI: They use it quite routinely on donor sperm, given they were frozen. :( I was hoping I'd get 2.5K back. Oh well.
  
• My period. I haven't gotten it in probably 5 weeks, even though I'm usually a 24 day girl. He said, "no problem, we'll get you on Prometrium and you'll have a bleed at the end of that." Is it just me or is it a little tiny bit odd to talk with a man about your period?
  

And, finally, I asked if this was in any way going to mess with my spot on the donor waiting list. He, emphatically, said no. Whew! 'Cause that may actually have made me reconsider all of it, particularly that Dr. Surrey is not on the same page as me on needing the biopsy in the first place.

Seriously, WTF has EVER requested a biopsy?! Yeppers, silly me. I think I'll schedule the day off so I can recover afterward.

Ten minutes after the call ended, my awesome, sweet nurse called to get the ball rolling on calling in scripts and sending me a "kit" for the biopsy - I wonder what that's about?

Well, I did close by saying to my nurse "please tell me there's an influx of donors out there" and she said that yes, there was quite an increase and then I just asked, more bluntly, "please tell me I'll be matched soon, I'm almost a hundred for goodness sakes!" and she laughed, "it won't be too much longer."

I'll be happy if I'm matched in the next 6-8 weeks. Sooner and I'll do a cartwheel!