Doctor Visit #1: The Consultation

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. Says, George Bernard Shaw.

For me, I'm taking it quite literally. Because I'm a woman and I'm awesome and I can. So I'm setting myself up to create a future little one. All my life I've known I've wanted to be a mom. I've questioned it briefly, a few times, but I've always arrived at the same answer. The problem is I'm single and selfish. Maybe they have to do with each other, but that's another blog. And kids are a lot of work and time and money and work. So I've decided that I'd like to delay motherhood a bit. As in, I'd like to stick in a bookmark and come back to this page in approximately 4 years. In the meantime, I plan on traveling a ton, getting a dog, learning how to play the stock market, buying a condo, and falling in love. This guy who's equally-as-awesome-as-me will then marry me and become my sperm donor.

Best case scenario, I never need to use my frozen egg babies. And this will have all been a very grown-up science experiment. However, $&*t happens.

Plan A: Love, Marriage, Natural Birth, Baby Carriage.
Plan B - X ????
Plan Z: Frozen Egg Babies

If you're like me and like to have a Plan Z, then this blog's for you. I'm documenting my process to hopefully encourage my friends and other twentyandthirtysomething women to explore if it's right for them. 

Step 1: Discuss with your bestie who happens to be one of the smartest people you know and is also a medical doctor. (I know I'm lucky.) 

Step 2: Make an appointment to see a Reproductive Endocrinologist. I found my doc on ZocDoc. If you're in LA, her name is Dr Kari Sproul, and she's awesome - professional, funny, informative, super nice - everything you'd want from someone that will see it all. 

Step 3: Go to your appointment. I got a slide show explaining the process and fancy terms for women parts. I took some notes for myself, not on the fancy terms, but the important take-aways: 
- Do you want to freeze just eggs or embryos too? 
- Send your last pap smear results to new doctor 
- Check to see how much will be covered by insurance, and how much you'll need to pay out of pocket (I work at a cool Tech company and my insurance covers pretty much everything - told you, I'm lucky) 
- Call the Office on Day 1 of your period 

That's it. Nothing invasive. This appointment was was a lot of information but just a talk.  A totally worth the copay talk.