Hello! I have only just discovered Mumsnet and I am just blown away by the support network it offers to everyone... if only it had been available when I was ttc a decade ago (I ordered a book about temping from the public library and swotted up... and it worked!)
The reason I am posting (this is a bit scary doing this actually but I am hoping that some of you out there might be or have been in a similar situation)... is my sister is 34 and had a BFP from her first round of IVF in Nov 05, her 9 week scan was inconclusive, then on Christmas Day she was taken to hosp and a molar pregancy was diagnosed, followed by a D&C. Then in January 06 it returned, she started chemo injections at Sheffield, moving onto IV then the strongest type of chemo (sorry cant remember all the technical terms) for the last six weeks. She finished chemo in July 06 and was told that it was unlikely that her AF would return at all, but hey presto, three months later, they did and regularly too (she had had a very long cycle before).
One year after chemo, she is desperate to start TTC again but her DH is not so sure he can handle it all again and is adamant that they should just leave well be, which is tearing her apart. DH had chemo as a child and therefore their only option TTC is through ICSI IVF and they have three embryos in storage so would not need so much drug treatment this time hopefully.
If anyone can help with any advice, I would so appreciate it... I feel so helpless, wanting to give support but not having really had the experience that she has been through. DH is concerned that with TTC it (the molar) might happen again yet she is prepared to take that tiny risk. Can anyone advise? I think if she could come on Mumsnet and talk to some of you, it would help her so much...
Thank you!
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Getting back to TTC after molar pregnancy and chemo...
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mumthetaxi · 07/08/2007 13:01
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