The de la Calle parents finally came out to Seattle. That was a treat and we had a blast even though we had to schedule and reschedule activities around our fertility clinic appointments.
So with my parents on board, literally and figuratively, we headed to Seattle Reproductive Medicine (SRM), where all our baby dreams would come true. I remember telling my parents "this will be a quick check, half hour tops". I should know as a nurse that nothing goes as planned. We all ate lunch in the courtyard of the fertility clinic and then went forth to the waiting room. It was hard for me to imagine what my parents expected. I knew for sure they had never set foot in an office like this. In a way I think their 'luck' in joining us at the appointment legitimized this science experiment in their eyes. My dad, the logical one, was very into the science behind this IVF and my mom, oh my sweet mom, was happy that she would in fact have a grandchild. Back to the procedure... When they finally called me back; I had to take a picture of the machine that was in the room because I could not even begin to describe it.
I turned to Andi and she looked as freaked out as I was. What did we sign up for? Well let me tell you, they had to get a camera (on a long thin, sort of, probe) through my cervix to my uterus. Now mind you, this is the gold standard for visualization of the uterus and we would only have the best; or so we thought! I am a self- proclaimed germophobe, as those of you who know me well can attest. My cervix followed suit; nothing was getting by her, and after 45 minutes of trying, and using scary implements to 'dilate' my cervix, the doctor said "why don't we try just a regular ultrasound, it will show what we need to see". WHAT!?!?!?!? After all the pain and suffering we were going to abort the mission and take the second-best monitoring procedure... you bet! So an hour later we had the measurements needed and also the knowledge that I have a beautiful uterus! The first of many "all clears" that we would need to get started.
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