Hello all- Happy New Year!
So I've recently decided to start the journey to TTC (trying to conceive) as a single woman. My local clinic is a London Women's Clinic so I'm about 90% sure I'm going to go with them.
Background on me- I'm currently 27 and I have PCOS so periods and cycle are alllllll over the shop (whys life never simple eh?! haha). I have a check up with the GP later in the month, I'm going to get some up to date blood tests done on various hormone levels and a scan to see whats going on with the ovaries as I figured copies of these would be handy to take to a consultation at the LWC when I get that booked in.
First thing on my list really is to lose weight, I'm overweight which I know will impact things so I think I'm going to use 2020 to lose weight (hopefully about 5 stoneish) and save some money before booking a consultation at clinic towards the end of next year by which point I'll be 28.
I've researched this a huge amount this past year or so but I'm still torn between IUI and IVF. I like how less invasive IUI is and I was looking at the 3 medicated cycle package offered by LWC and I also researched the IVF refund packages offered through Access Fertility at the same clinic too. Honestly i'm completely torn about whether to give IUI a go first which I could save for this year and start when i'm 28/29 as its a looooot cheaper then move to IVF if this is unsuccessful or whether to just save for a few years more and go for IVF straight away when i'm maybe 30/31.
Obviously I know my test results will influence this decision but if anyone has any experience of IUI/IVF with donor sperm and are happy to share id love to hear your stories and how many cycles it took to get your BFP
Thank you! :)
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penguin2020x · 07/01/2020 21:11
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