First RE Appointment

I was referred by my OB/Gyn to see a Reproductive Endocrinologist (RE) and he told me it was my choice on who I wanted to see. I called to make an appointment and the first appointment was a month out. I had to choose which doctor over the phone, and that lady gave me all my options names,where they studied, and where they did their residencies. After this overwhelmingly lengthy spiel I just chose the doctor with the same first names as mine.

November 29, 2013 we had our first Reproductive Endocrinologist appointment in Atlanta. It took us over two hours to get to the office, and I was super nervous. We ended up getting there an hour early and we were whisked up to the 18th floor office. We were handed a questionnaire to fill out and when I get to ethnicity white or Caucasian was not and option. None of the other choices seemed right either. I leave mine blank and then I'm filling out Traces portion and I ask him when I get to the same question. He's like I have no idea and whips his phone out to google it. Well of course they call us back at this moment and Trace says we're not done with this paper yet! The lady was like don't worry about it they'll get all your information back here. So in we go to a small conference room where a resident starts going through tons of questions and I get the feeling she read my chart in bed the night before.

Then she gets to the ethnicity question... And I still don't have a answer. I'm feeling dumb and I'm like I have no idea. My dads Greek and Russian and my moms Dutch. Plain old white is not an option! Ah ha! I had her stumped too so she just wrote all that in. Then she turns to Trace and his response with a straight face was "Alabamian". I died laughing and so did the resident. In all seriousness as far back as Trace's mom can trace everyone lived in Alabama.

In comes Dr. Jessica who tells us about all the test I'm about to go through and all our treatment options. She tells us IUI cost less then what her plumber charged her last time and that IVF can cost around $16,000. Trace asks if that guarantees we have a boy. :) She told him no, but he just guaranteed himself 4 girls by saying that. So I left the office with a ton of lab work, vaginal ultrasound, and HSG orders. And we're off!