The Trials and Tribulations of Trying to Conceive when its just not happening (12m+)

chickpea

Chickpea TTC#2 since 09/09
History of unexplained infertility - took 3.5 yrs TTC#1, born Feb 2009. (Conceived after lap and dye.)
DH OK
Clomid x 5 (hasn't worked)
Awaiting consultation on 29 Apr at MFS

sarahs999

I like this idea. Can we put it on the front page when we've collated it all? This is mine:

Sarahs999 pg with no.2 (been trying since 2007)
recurrent miscarriage (x3)
Factor V Leiden blood clotting disorder (plus one other whose name I can never remember!)
Clexane and aspirin daily while pg
First pg: severe early onset pre-eclampsia, delivered at 26 weeks. Son now fine!

toniq

I started writing mine last night, but it made me tearful

Where I am on cycle is CD 5, on a FET xxx

Murray

Murray - CDTBC (AF is teasing me!) TTC #1 since 09/09
Not preventing but waiting for (7cm!) cyst removal from ovary then back in the game properly!
Op possibly in May - wish I'd gone private, it's been 4 months
DH fine
My blood tests fine (inc CD21 test)

jujugaboo

jujugaboo - TTC since 2008
I'm fine apart from Underactive Thyroid
OH has poor/low sperm
2 failed ICSIs
Currently going through third ICSI (third time lucky)
No pregnanices/children/msc.

Hugs to you Toni. x

Chocolate_Cookie_Monster

Hugs Toniq x

lisawood78

Thinking of you Toniq, it sucks for sure.
Hope the sunshine today may lift the clouds slightly
LW78
x

lisawood78

Nicki wrote: »

Hi Lisa. I had treatment at that clinic with my first child and it was the most degrading and horrible fertility clinic I ever used (and I've used a few believe me!). I was under another fertility specialist who was on holiday mid IVF cycle so he sent me there to finish the cycle. On my very first visit, I was told to go into a room and strip from the waist and wait for the doctor. There was no modesty blanket, and I never met the man first fully clothed. He came in, shoved a dildo cam into me, turned to my husband and said, "there's no point in doing IVF, look her ovaries are pathetic". Barely addressed a word to me. We ended up converting the cycle to an IUI as I had a couple of viable eggs, and to our great fortune we were successful in achieving a pregnancy, but I feel very little warm feelings to the place despite this. The doctor in question is the very litigious head honcho, and my own fertility specialist when we were trying for a subsequent child told me that my medical records from that cycle were completely normal, and had I continued with the stimulating drugs for an extra few days I would easily have had sufficient follies for an egg collection.

Obviously Panaroma apologized and retracted their allegation that he fudges his statistics by refusing to complete treatments for women who he thinks might not succeed on IVF, so I am not suggesting that, just recounting my own experience there.

Hi Nicki.
Thanks for letting me know. The reason we are going to ARGC is because they are specialists in Immune disorders which (aside from having no tubes!) is my fertility issue, I have MTHFR and a protein C deficiency.
We are going have a consultation and see how we feel from there. It isn't ideal as we are in the Midlands and they are obviously in London but they are apparently the best for what we need so travel I must.
And if them not taking on patients unless they reckon they'll get a good result was true, they wouldn't touch me with a ten foot pole!

I'll update after my consultation, could be a while a they have a huge waiting list.

sarahs999

Having a huge wobble today. My boobs are suddenly less sore, so I've convinced myself this is another failing pg. Am trying not to panic but it's really hard. I just keep thinking forward to the scan on Friday, to the bit where she wiggles the ultrasound around but can't find anything clear so I have to join the queue of desperate women waiting for an internal scan, hoping against hope that their babies are OK. Three times I've been in that queue, and the outcome always the same.

chickpea

How many weeks are you Sarah? The sore boobs do gradually diminish after the first few weeks.

I really hope everything's OK for you this time - your run of bad luck has surely run its course, fingers crossed anyway.