Welcome to the new thread I only hope I can link it to the old one

Well I made it to our new home, everyone needing some help having their little ones is welcome.

OAP I was like you last cycle, still haven't made follow up appointment as I have given up with my clinic. Haven't made one with the Lister either as DS has damaged his face this week and I have been house hunting like mad. once I have somewhere to live I can concentrate better on the old conception thing!

GG you are doing well with two on the NHS, I've got this too, but a lot of people have only one and I heard on the news this week that some primary trusts are offering NONE!

Thank you for the new thread soosy
GG ask all the questions you want - I did and these lovely ladies answered them all as well! It is daunting when you start, but I just took it a step at a time.

GG I only had one cycle as well, so well done you!

Nomore lovely to see you how are you doing?

Hi soosy I'm ok, to be honest I've been really busy with loads of other things, which is probably for the best. Spoke to clinic about a meeting with them, but they said that everything they could control went absolutely textbook, so there wasn't much to discuss. They'll do exactly the same again next time and we'll have to hope for a better outcome.

Nomore snap, I've just talked to my clinic and they said the same thing. Everything went fine, they wouldn't change the protocol if I went ahead again. The consultant and I did talk a bit about it being a numbers game, and it was a question of running out of cash/eggs/the will to live first. Anyway, I need my new docs to do more blood tests next month, and we will start downregging in September again. I'm glad I have this booked in now, makes me feel more positive. NoMore, are you thinking of trying again?

GG my PCT offered one cycle only, and then if you had paid for IVF privately then you couldn't have your NHS turn. Horrible way of doing it I thought - if the waiting list was long, you couldn't have a go privately first and still stay on the list.

It's pretty much what they say to me too. You have to think of it this way, every time you do a cycle it is like having one month of ttc and loads of people don't get pg the first month of trying. So it is a numbers game.

Nomore are you able to do another cycle? Can I be so rude as to ask how old you are? (You don't have to answer).

OAP, my you are going for it, your tenacity reminds me of me! I could never work out if I was brave or just stupid to keep on going with IVF. Any how we only have two more cycles left of donor sperm and then we have to stop. In a way that is good too or I could be tempted to try until I was in my mid fifities!

Mega House hunt tomorrow, hoping we'll find something!

Have a good weekend all

Love S x

We only got one go on the NHS so we're saving now for another go (probably at the end of the year) I'm 30 - so young in IVF terms really
Saw my Gp today (she's bloody pg!) and asked her about whether I could go back on Clomid for a few months as the problem we seem to have is my lack of ov. She was more than willing to find out for me so we might have a chance of trying 'naturally' before the next IVF round. Nothing to lose now as we're not being funded for the next IVF so I thought I'd ask

Hi all found the new thread!
OK I am going to start with the obvious newbie still in denial about assisted conception... what is downregging????

HFEA site was a big help re clincs so thanks for that. Our nearest is only a mile away, called Wessex Fertility and is totally private. However when I asked about having a look round before making a decision, they told me there have no spaces until sept! TBH I am not waiting that long to get the ball rolling.

DH has final test on monday to see if his troops have improved, which was so funny as it meant last night he was the one having to ask me to "co-operate"

nomoremag sorry it did not work for you last time. Glad they let you have a go though. You have to be over 36 to qualify down here.

Another big question I have is - do all the IVF drugs etc make you really sick?

Finally, I describe IUI as getting the good stuff and shoving it up there with a turkey baster. BUT I really don't understand the first steps of IVF (other than the obvious - harvest eggs, put in dish with sperm, hope for best and put them back). Could someone explain the other steps involved.
The voices of experience often make much more sense than those of a consultant to me!