Hi ladies, I have not been on here in such a LONG TIME. Thought I would pop on and give you all a wee update into my TTC journey. Its great having the opportunity to communicate and vent off to people that understand what I am going though. After 'trying' for 1 year, I managed to talk hubby into booking a doctors appointment for a chat, reluctantly he did this. The doctor said it would "take time" and we had to "relax", this went on for another few months until i eventually lost the plot and threw a temper tantrum at poor DH. He was then referred to GRI for semen analysis which came back VERY LOW with poor mobility etc. Poor DH, this was such a blow to him, he was utterly devastated and his confidence took a big battering! The semen analysis I think was completed 3 times. He was then asked to give blood for futher tests. We were then asked back for a consultation at GRI and they explained their findings regarding the semen results (bloods were not mentioned at this stage). They said ICSI would be the treatment for us and basically that would be our only hope. So... the two year wait for ICSI began!
Then out of the blew we receieved 2 letters to say that we missed appointments - which was def not the case! We had not organised any app or recieved notification of any. As far as we were concerened the next we would hear would be when treatment was starting! Anyway they got us up for a wee 'catch up' as I was getting stressed with these letters (i hated the thought of ppl thinking we were not taking this seriously - after all this is now our life).
So then came the 'catch up'. It was so odd when we got there, straight away they were taking about genetics and blood results and blah blah blah (blood taken almost 18/20 months before this). I had to ask the doctor to stop and start again and explain what on earth he was talking about! They then went on to say ICSI was not our option and they advise PGD as the condition could be passed on to our child. After this all finally started to click in my head they hit us with the next blow and said we were not going onto another waiting list for PGD - 2 YEARS AGAIN!!! We were devastated, i cried for hours and hours - It was poor me! Why me? Why us? - But i guess thats all part of this process!!! I keep praying for a miracle that we will one day get a phone call saying they have changed their mind and we will start tx this month! Wishful thinking eh? lol.
We have been TTC for 3 years nowm I just hope the next 2 fly in!
Are any of you ladies attending GRI? If so, how long did you wait?
DH and I have our next consultation on the 20th April so hopfully I will feel more educated after that!
Finally I will leave you with a few words of wisdom...
"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all." Dale Carnegie.
"Learn how to be happy with what you have while you pursue what you want" Jim Rohn.
SMILE AND THE WORLD SMILES WITH YOU!!! XXXX