"Sittin on the dock of the bay watchin' the tides roll away..."

And so it ends.  The spotting has begun, the BFN, confirmed.  Tomorrow we begin cycle #9.  Yee-ha!

Could somebody stop the infertility?  I'd like to get off now.



The upswing is that, we will be under the care of Dr. Karpenko at American Fertility.  During my first consultation, she basically satisfied my suspicions that Dr. David B. Seifer is a complete moron and should not be trusted.  She wants to do one more Clomid IUI (this time with the proper progesterone support and estrogen if necessary) before we bring out the big guns.  I'm not sure what the big guns involve but, I believe that they involve suitcases full of money.  I think we may switch back to Monty because he had a better sperm count.

In other news, my mother called me this morning.

Mom: Hi honey, what's going on?

Me: Not much, I'm still at work finishing up some stuff for my meeting tomorrow.

Mom: Oh.  You know, I just get chills every time I think of all the good you do for those people at that job of yours.

Me: What?

Mom: You know... How much joy and happiness you bring to these "handicapped" people's lives.

Me: It's "Disabled" or "physically/intellectually challenged."  Also, I dunno how much joy I bring them.  Today, I spent the afternoon telling them I would nail their tongues to my bulletin board if they made one more sound.

Mom: But I bet they laughed, didn't they?

Me: Yeah... I suppose they did... I'm going to have to work on scarier threats.

"I have become comfortably numb"

I had to take a short fertility break for the last couple days.  It was just too much.

But anyway, I'm 9DPO today.  I have nothing to say about this cycle so far.  If it works, it works, if not... I have an appointment with American Fertility on friday at 2:30.  So long, Genesis Fertility in Brooklyn.  You suck big hairy follicles!

Also, I have not tested.  Even once.  I just can't do it.


Is it my turn yet?

"I just wanna be mad for awhile"

We had IUI #3 done last Sunday and Monday.  Not too much to report other than the fact that we used Lance instead of Monty.  Pretty standard all around.

What I would like to report on is my experience at Genesis Fertility in Brooklyn under the care of Dr. David B. Seifer.  

My experience at Genesis has been that of a cow being taken to market.  I find Genesis to be the coldest, most impersonal, most frustrating and least caring medical facility I have ever used.  Women are hustled through their appointments like parts on the assembly line.  The results of my blood tests were never shared with me unless I asked and even when I did ask, I was given the least amount of vague information possible and treated as though I shouldn't be worrying about the "technical" parts.  

I have had 3 IUI's each done over the course of two days.  That's six inseminations.  Never once did I have the same nurse performing these procedures.  While these nurses were all very pleasant (except one nurse who was extremely rude to my wife), it was disconcerting to have a different face in my nether regions each time.  

Dr. Seifer has proven to be arrogant and snotty.  Since the initial consultation, Dr. Seifer has become totally inaccessible.  He wouldn't even say hello to me when he saw me in the waiting room.  He has refused to give direct answers to my questions and to me, it feels like he has a warped sense of superiority.  It's as if Dr. Seifer is an extension of god's penis... bringing babies to the broken women of Brooklyn.  Don't question him... obey the holy penis!  

Attesting to this is the fact that I have asked him many times to test my thyroid because hypothyroidism (a leading cause of infertility) runs in my family.  To my knowledge, he has not checked my thyroid levels and if he has, he certainly hasn't shared the results with me.  Because hypothyroidism can cause implantation failure and low progesterone (an integral hormone in both conception and pregnancy development), I requested to be prescribed progesterone supplements.  Even without low progesterone, supplements have been shown to only help and not harm developing pregnancies.  

I was told that I was not a candidate by the nurse (the mean one).  Most infertility specialists prescribe them as a matter of routine.  There is no such thing as a "candidate."  So, I placed a call to Dr. Seifer hoping that he would understand why I felt that this was important.  My call was not returned until almost 10:00 PM.  When he did call, Dr. Seifer was beyond rude.  In response to my request, he asked me "Well, are you having multiple miscarriages?"  Um, hello... of course not!  I can't get pregnant at all, you dick!  

I told him about the research I had been doing on the importance of progesterone and he said to me "Fine.  Whatever.  If you want to go through the trouble... whatever.  Call my nurse in the morning."  

And then he hung up on me.

That fucking prick.

I'm not a very demanding patient.  I pretty much do what I'm told, I rarely question my doctor and I'm pretty easygoing.  I don't need this kind of shit from him.  

Goodbye and fuck off Genesis Fertility and Dr. David B. Seifer.  I wouldn't recommend you to a dog who wanted to get pregnant. 

Additionally, I did finally get the progesterone supplements.  They are absolutely disgusting to use but, at least it's something new to try.

"Numb is an old hat..."

First things first:

LSU Tigers battle the Florida Gators this saturday at 2.  If Micah Gibbs is not catching, I will cry.  Go Tigers!

On the TTC front:
Dildo-cam this morning.  The results are in.  Three follicles (15, 18 and 20) and the lining is 7A.  Not thrilled about the lining.  Definitely going to demand that 7DPO progesterone draw.  The IUI #3 will be Sunday and Monday.  Yee-ha!

I hate my fucking job.