We had our consult yesterday with the RE. We have a plan. Its a small plan, but hopefully it will get us somewhere.
As of right now, he wants me to have day 3 testing (3rd day of my period) which will include a blood draw t check FSH, LH, and Estradiol which are all hormone levels. Also he wants to have me do a Glucose Tolerance test. I did this once before to check for Gestational Diabetes. Now though it is to check to see if my body is intolerant to insulin, which would confirm a Dx of PCOS. On day 10 he wants me to have an HSG (an Xray of my ute, tubes, ovaries) to see if there is a blockage. And he wants T to go giz in a cup and see if he has good motile, mobile, spermies.
Now for the problem. Insurance. Our insurance apparently doesn't cover infertility testing. Which is weird because when I emailed them they said they covered testing just not bypassing the problem (IE IUI and IVF). So I get to call them today. The S/A for T may be able to be covered if Rx'd by his urologist for "cancer checkups". The blood draws and the glucose test may also be covered. However the HSG most likely not. But that test is 2k+. No way we can afford that!!
So we may just do the basic testing and see what it comes back with. I know there is something wrong. I don't know what it is but there is a hormone off balance somewhere. Good news is this Dr also doesn't think its my thyroid. So hopefully he is right.
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