Get an appointment at Guthrie to see your regular doc about infertility. When you go in, have your records to show you have been ttc at least a year. Ask your doc to give you a referral to see Dr. Kiltz in Syracuse. If you just ask for a referal, he will send you to a gynocolgist here in Watertown. You don't want to do that, it's just a waste of time!! Here's the website for Dr. Kiltz office. http://www.cnyfertility.com/ Make sure you take his name, number, and address to your doc appointment so they can do the referral. When I called Dr. Kiltz's office to make an appointment (before I actually got my referral), they said I couldn't get in until Oct. I told them that my husband was deploying in Aug so they moved my appointment up to July. They said to call back everyday to see if they had cancellations so they could get me in earlier. I did and after about a week I got my appointment moved up and now I am in my third cycle with them. I LOVE the clinic, they really seem to care and they listen to me!! If you have any other questions, please ask.

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Thank you so much for sharing that information. I haven't really recorded any info... I was keeping track of ovulation with a monitor along with the internet proclaim ovulex, fertility blend, and put hubby on Amberoz. I just bought preseed for last and hopeful chance for next month. Do you think they would be able to see me right away he is leaving end of July or early August but I think sooner than most are from 2nd Brigade. I feel like time is ticking against me in all of this because I've kept reading give it a year as if my time was unrestricted. Can you or have you frozen sperm to be able to try after your dh is deployed. Just out of curiosity who did you see on post if you don't mind filling me in. Some seem more willing to help and understanding than others. Thank you so much for answering my questions.

I don't even remember his name (I suck at names). He's an older white haired man, kind of big (not military). I looked on my referral letter, but his name wasn't on it. Sorry.

I don't know if they can get you in on this short of notice. You'll just have to call and explain your situation and see.

I haven't checked into freezing sperm there. I talked to dh about it lastnight and he isn't fond of the idea. He wants to actually be involved in concieveing.

If you have to, tell them you have been ttc longer than a year. I don't think it has to be documented, but it does help. I had all my RE records with me from Tucson and a cycle we did in NC before he left for Korea. My daughter was also concieved on clomid so I had those records too.

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How long have you been here at Drum? I am a member of a private Fort Drum message board (Fort Drum wives, girlfriends, and mothers of soldiers). I could get you an invitation to the board if you are interested.

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Being short notice I will probably just wait till he gets back and maybe if I'm lucky I will be pregnant before he leaves. I bought some preseed online and plan on using that and maybe the sperm meet the egg plan I read about earlier. He is about to start block leave so maybe there will be less stress. If not soon as he gets back from Iraq I'm going straight to the Dr to get started on infertility treatment.

I've been at fort drum for five years. If you could that would be great. I came after AIT... I was in the army initially that is how I met my husband. I came Sept 12, 2001 you don't forget that date being right after 9/11. I thought when joining I was like who would mess with the US no wars seemed imminent man was I so wrong. Then we got pregnant and I got out on a no family care plan because I didn't want to go to Iraq too and leave my daughter behind.

I'll get an invitation sent to you. Can you PM me your email address and name?

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Oh and dh is deploying in Aug too. We start block leave this Saturday. We are going to the beach for a week and then home (MIL's) for a week. I CAN'T WAIT!!!

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This is the message I get when I try to email or pm. So frustrating.

We are leaving for the Ocean (Ocean City, NJ) on Saturday for about 5 days. Then we are going to Cedar Point and a water slide park in Erie PA the next week. We went to AZ for a week last part of may to say goodbye to his family out there. He is working crazy hours like leaving at 5:30 am and getting back around 8:30 PM or later. It will be nice to spend some time together.

This is my little girl Lea who will be 3 end of Aug. I've been puzzling about how you got your pictures on here but have now created a signature for now. Although it is a little outdated I think it's one of her cuter pics.

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OK, email me your name and email address at mphs_mommy at yahoo dot com.

Your daughter is gorgeous!! How old is she? Did you have trouble concieving her?

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She is 2 soon to be 3 in a few months. No we didn't have trouble she was a surprise but the best surprise in the whole world. That's why I don't understand what is going on now. I did have an abnormal pap while pregnant which led to a LEEP after she was born but I should have waited because everything came back normal. Everything has been normal since then but I can't help but wonder if in doing the LEEP that I damaged my future chances of getting pregnant. At the time I was scared of cancer and wanted to get rid of it and not take any chances. My dad has had prostrate cancer and my grandmother died of cancer and it was something that scared me and waiting scared me but I so wish I would have now. That's the only thing I can think but the other thing that changed was I had Lea by emergency c-section. Every time I ovulate now I have the most horrible pain on my right side. I mentioned this to the gynecologist the last time I was there and he said it oh well we wouldn't know what it was unless we cut you open and found out. I swear if I do get pregnant I'm dropping prime and finding my own doctor locally.

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I sent you the invitation, let me know if it doesn't work. The first time we got pregnant by ourselves and it was a complete surprise. We had been trying for about 2 years and had just given up for a while when I found out I was pregnant. Unfortunately I miscarried. I started clomid immediately and we got pregnant with dd on round three. This time we have been ttc since Oct 03. I have done about 9 rounds of clomid with trigger shots and IUI and now I am doing injections without IUI.

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I'm sorry it has been so long for you now. The invitation you did send worked great. I should be like the Fort Drum expert being here for 5 years and all. Maybe sometimes are little girls can get together for a play date... I know she doesn't nearly get to play with as many children as she should. Is that picture locally around the lake??? I'm trying to place it everytime I look at it. My guesses are Abay, Wescott Beach, or Sackets Harbor. It could totally be somewhere else but those are just my wild guesses. You have a very cute daughter and I do like her name a lot as well.

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Yep, that was taken at Abay about a month ago. We took the hour long Ferry ride around the islands. Makayla would love to have someone to play with. We don't usually go places when dh is home cause we don't get enough time with him as it is, so we may have to wait till he leaves in Aug to get together. Do you live on base?

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I'm off post living in Sackets right now. We decided to buy a house well we bought a house in Watertown a four unit apt then we moved out of this and now live in Sackets. The apt house was are way of making up money for me getting out of the army. Being a landlord is very interesting but we are hoping to buy another house after dh gets back from deployment from hopefully saving up. I was planning on leaving to go back home to live with my parents. My sister and her family are two minutes away and she has a 3 year old daughter and Lea loves being with her that I just think it will be easier. I felt so scared the first time dh was deployed because he was going out on 100s of convoys that I couldn't feel any peace. There is a place where I interned for when I was in college and they always seem to have work for me. My mom is a computer consultant there and they let me come in part and do some computer programming for them as well. My mom and I are suppose to team up together one some computer projects then I'm hoping they will have some more programs as well that I can do.
When I was in the army I really didn't want to live on post because I felt like I could never escape from it and living off post didn't make me feel like a soldier 24/7 that I didn't have to adhere to someone's rules.

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I totally understand the part of not spending enough time with your dh. Mine is at work until 8:30 or later these days and I hardly seem at all. I'm so pissed off because he has to be back next Friday for some stupid appt when he is suppose to be on block leave. He was at NTC and then went straight to WLC... two months were taken from us. It's funny I knew how the army worked I knew everything yet I didn't think it would be this hard. As long as he comes home in the end.

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