Fertility Clinic Appointments and Beyond..

Hey ladies, hope you don't mind me joining :-) I have my Hycosy booked the day after tomorrow, I'm feeling really nervous. What a journey we all have been on ey, feels never ending!

@JeanieJ that's terrible. Did you get an appointment letter for the appointment? Or have a number where you can call to re-book?

Morning Ladies.
After a 2 month wait following HSG & blood tests (where HSG showed block tube). My follow up appointment finally came today, only to find out after an hours wait that the person who booked it messed up the calendar & my doc was in theatre 😢
To make matters worse, that person wasn't in & the lady on the phone couldn't book me another appointment. I'm so devastated.
I've just been left in the dark and now have to wait for this elusive person to call me back sort another appointment which will probably be months away.
I asked about my results & they said if I wanted them I'd have to collect in person with ID.
Anyone done this before? Are they easy to interpret without the doc?
X

Morning ladies

Is the baseline scan internal? I've been booked in for this Friday but will still be on my period. I told her this and she said that's ok

[quote dogmam]@thislittlebird if I were in your position then I wouldn't worry about who your consultant is and just go for the first appointment possible, your priority sounds like you want to start asap so if changing consultant will allow that then so be it. Honestly, once you start you aren't going to be worried about who your consultant is. It's the nurses etc who give you all the details anyway and the consultant just makes the decisions in the background following clinic guidelines.

Hi @aliceinivfland good luck for your scan, is it to check how you're responding to stims? Are you on long or short protocol? Your scan next week will be to count how many follicles you have and what size they are and basically checking the stims are doing their job. You might be brought back for another scan or two as they want as many follicles possible and for them to be over 15mm, anything less than that aren't mature enough for collection. Once they're big enough, they'll arrange your trigger injection which is the final push before collection. I had mine last night ready for tomorrow.
We also have male factor and are on round 1 of up to 3 though the nhs. We are having ICSI and had our scans last week so a little bit ahead of you.[/quote]
Hello and thank you so much for explaining, it is a bit of a minefield. I'm on short protocol currently. How did you feel on the stims after the first scan? I am finding my emotions are all over the place and it is really overwhelming, I've had nausea and migraines as well. Is egg retrieval the day after the trigger?

Sorry I forgot to mention that he has enough sperm that we won't need to use donor sperm :)

[quote Tillybabs]@Aliceinivfland welcome!

Emotionally I'm ok most of the time.

So you ere in the beginning stages of the ivf process? We are having our eligibility appointment this week coming. I will know my amh results then as well

When you say make infertility, do you mean your OH has a low sperm count? If so, is this something they can work with I assume?

Just asking because my OH doesn't give his sample until later this month and wondering if this will be a factor[/quote]
Thank you, yes so DP has a low sperm concentration due to a childhood infection. We have tried everything beforehand to improve our chances and are doing ICSI not IVF. I'm extremely emotional since starting this procedure and I can't get my head around the lingo. DP went to a urologist as well.

@Aliceinivfland welcome!

Emotionally I'm ok most of the time.

So you ere in the beginning stages of the ivf process? We are having our eligibility appointment this week coming. I will know my amh results then as well

When you say make infertility, do you mean your OH has a low sperm count? If so, is this something they can work with I assume?

Just asking because my OH doesn't give his sample until later this month and wondering if this will be a factor

Hello everyone I'm jumping on the thread. IVF newbie here, TTC 2years male infertility, first scan is on Thursday after 1 week of estradiol. NHS 3 rounds and I'm so confused by the entire process 😭 hopefully I understand a bit more after Thursday. How is everyone doing emotionally? My emotions feel like they are all over the place atm

@dogmam possibly quicker, because the Dr I had is on hols until August 2nd before retiring later in August. My next cycle is August 3rd and I'd like to start something for that cycle, so seeing someone else will mean we can look at when to start the plan. I'd really like to start ICSI in August, but I don't know if it would be possible with so little notice? Otherwise September, I guess. We get our DNA frag results on July 26th.

It's similar to NHS, I think you only see them for the plan, the follow up and anything urgent in between.

God, I hope I respond well too. I just want to get going. I would be frustrated by the delay without a fresh transfer too. Egg collection very soon! You have a great chance of fertilisation with those numbers.

Welcome to @Mickymackyboobaaboo!

@Kay00 I'm so conflicted. Can't decide whether to have one more appointment with her or to move on to another right away. She has our plan written and I've requested to follow it either way. I can either see her early August or I can see another consultant a little earlier. I've emailed today to ask her to recommend a doc.

@thislittlebird I can imagine that's really frustrating, but she might be replaced by a consultant that you like even more xx please don't give up... we're here to support you xx

@mickymackyboobaaboo welcome!

Welcome @Mickymackyboobaaboo

Hello ladies, can I please join you?

I paid privately to have a fertility MOT, consisting of pelvic ultrasound, AMH test and SA for DH. I had my tests at the start of last week and have an online consultation on Thursday to discuss the results. I'm also having day 21 bloods done next week arranged through the GP. DH's SA will be done at the start of next month. We've been ttc#2 for just over a year but I'm 42 so it's a bit more urgent this time around.

Hope you're all well.

@thislittlebird nope I have to wait until my appointment on Tuesday

@Tillybabs did you get your results?

@dogmam can I ask you what your protocol is? I'm assuming mine won't be a world away. I'm wondering how many days of injections there are as well. What's the centrotide for?

Today I found out that my consultant who I specifically chose my private clinic for is retiring next month, so at most I could have one more appointment with her but I don't really see the point (she's already written my plan). I had a bit of a breakdown. I don't feel like we can catch a break, feels like the universe is telling me to give it up, you're not meant to do this. Sigh.

@Kay00 really! I'm going to check if my trust has the same, that's actually really handy.

@dogmam yes day 7 of down regs. So far so good. That's exciting! They have given me 150iu menapur for stims. What about you?

@dogmam I am so excited for you!! Its happening!!

@Tillybabs I have an app on my phone linked with my local Devon trust (its called MyCare, but they might have something similar where you are) and it allows me to review any results as soon as they are released. No more do I need to call up and speak to a sarcastic GP receptionist, only to be told everything is 'fine' when it isn't!

@Tillybabs they are usually pretty good in terms of giving out the funding in our area if it's nothing obvious after all the tests then you have to have been trying over 2 years. Just check on google the criteria for your area. Might make you feel better.