Phone consult with Dr.

Yes, I changed the color of my blog. I do love pink and will confess to having a pink cell phone, pink Nintendo DS (What can I say? I like playing word and puzzle games on it), and a fair amount of pink clothes. I decided my blog doesn't need to be pink too though....especially not nauseating hot pink.

I'm sitting hear waiting for my Dr. from the Vegas office to call me for a consultation. I have a huge list of questions typed up to ask him. I've yet to have a consult with any RE that has actually proved very useful so I'm not expecting much. I really feel a need for some answers, but I don't think anyone has them.

I guess what I'm hoping is that he'll give me some indication of whether another cycle might yield better results than last time.

Is there anything we could do differently?

Should we test both the eggs and the embryo to try to determine if it's mainly an egg or sperm issue at this point? If we found out, for example, that I didn't have any normal eggs on a next cycle then I think donor eggs would be indicated. If I had several normal eggs but they became abnormal embryos, then maybe the Dr. would suggest donor sperm.

Of course, all of this would involve more cycles and more money. I'm just not sure if we could even swing it. Ideally, I'd like to transfer the embryos we already have there to a surrogate first. Yet, I don't know how long it will take me to find one and complete the whole process again. One agency I called to ask some questions yesterday told me it would likely be 3 to 6 months just to match me with someone. Factor in at least another month (probably more like 2 or 3) for psychological testing, the DQ alpha testing, negotiating a contract and then having to wait for her cycle to start bcp's. At 38, I don't feel like I have much time to be sitting around doing nothing.