Hi all.
I've been lurking about for a while but our referral has just gone through for IVF with PGD at Guy's, so I figured now was as good a time as any to de-lurk.
TTC for 18 months (not long in the grand scheme of these boards) but made decision not to request fertility clinic referrals as I have a balanced translocation, and they get funny about letting you have the PGD if they think you're doing it because of any other fertility issues beyond your genetic situation. So hopeful that the preliminary IVF assessments won't throw up anything major. Recently decided that we really didn't want to face the emotional turmoil of conceiving naturally and facing TFMR if the baby was unbalanced if we had an option to avoid it, hence now kick-starting the PGD route.
We're very, very lucky to have the IVF+PGD option available to us, but it's still a difficult thing to wrap your head around needing and I'm struggling a little bit. No guarantees, physically/emotionally intense in ways we can't even understand yet...
Just wanted to ask if anyone has any advice for the next 6-8 months while we wait for appointments and treatment dates etc.? Physical things, egg quality things, keeping yourself sane?
My BMI is 27 so just overweight, so I'm planning to lose some weight before we start, and will be alcohol/caffeine free for 3 months before we start treatment, but I kind of feel like I need to be doing something now to kill the time and make me feel proactive.
Also, why is the reaction always so bloody chipper when you open up about these things?
Any advice on how you handle the
"omg hun aren't you so excited now that they're doing something to help you?!?!?!"
... actually no, I'm not that excited about false menopause and injections and egg collection and the risk of OHSS and waiting for embryo testing and freezing and thawing and what if we don't even have any normal embryos, let alone thinking about transfers and beyond, and I'd much rather have just got knocked up the old fashioned way and not have a 50%+ risk of that baby dying before birth.
Sorry for the long, ranty post. Thanks in advance for any tips and all the best to you all x
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Prepping for IVF (+PGD) - killing time/need to feel proactive suggestions
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ivf2019 · 12/09/2018 12:53
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