Fertility Appointments and Beyond.... the journey continues

@beckyCarlos thanks 🙏 I also had an emotional meltdown in the vaccine centre when she asked if I could be pregnant . I’m an emotional wreck this week, I blame Christmas.

@thislittlebird I'm sorry to hear you're having such stress. Its horrible when you dont know what you're dealing with and you cant get through to anyone. Sending you lots of love and hugs, and hopefully you'll get some answers soon x x

@AlwaysWaiting78 welcome! I’ve not gone private for ivf yet but I nearly did before my nhs round was funded.

@Gracie2021 acupuncture is definitely quite floaty, some days more than others!

So I just found out my latest bloods revealed my prolactin is too high. It’s 590, I don’t know much about any of this other than I know it is too high and can interfere with progesterone levels and ovulation. I can’t get an appointment with the doctor who wants to speak to me. I don’t know anything about prolactin and I’m really emotional this week, I don’t need more things happening right before ivf.

@AlwaysWaiting78 it depends how long you want to wait. Id check the times with your local clinic. I had an nhs cycle and now went private after as had a MC.

@gracie2021 I've been going to acupuncture since May and its one of the best (if not most expensive haha) things I've ever done. I went in quite despondent and grumpy last week and came out feeling like a new person. Its also helped my cycles, PMS, and period generally (redder, less clotty, clearer start and finish). I know not everyone feels that way but its well worth it for me!

@alwayswaiting78 hey :) we definitely considered going private over waiting (referred in March, hopefully start IVF in Jan) but the waiting weirdly has given me a lot of time and space to process how I feel about everything. Plus we only get one NHS funded round, so its good for us to save the costs where we can in case we need another round, or to pay for an egg donor round (depending on how our one shot goes its a real possibility)

Just waiting for a taxi to take me to todays ultrasound for polyp check... feeling much ore nervous than previous times, maybe becuase this is a definite line in the sand. Eeeeeep! (Also wish I wasnt getting a taxi but we ridiculously booked our supermaket click and collect at the same time and there were no other slots 🙈 settled on husband picking me up from the appt rather than dropping me of so I dont have to pretend to be fine if its news of a delay haha)

Hey, can I join? Me and my DH have been trying to conceive for 2 years, had an initial consultation with the consultant and have had blood tests, HyCoSy and an ultrasound to check for PCOS. Husband has also had semen analysis. Awaiting a follow up appointment but it’s looking like that won’t be until mid next year due to the waitlist so contemplating going to a private clinic instead! Has anyone else gone private rather than waiting for the NHS?

@PurpleUnicorn01 yeah, I've doing acupuncture regularly since Feb 2020, went on Friday and am booked in again for January.

@thislittlebird that's exciting. Just stay well hydrated and id recommend acupuncture for relaxation as its a stressful process

@PurpleUnicorn01 it's my first full cycle!

@Gracie2021 that's great you can start even sooner. Can enjoy a med free Xmas and be ready to go in the new year! I should be on meds next month - I my baseline scan booked on the 12th so hopefully should be able to start Letrazole soon after that.

@thislittlebird yay! Are you doing just an FET or full cycle with egg collection?

@PurpleUnicorn01 my moods are not fine lol, I'm an emo cow this week.

IVF clinic emailed to reassure me treatments are going ahead as planned, which is good.

@gracie2021 i think my moods are fine but my husband might disagree. Lol

@Gracie2021 is that with letrozole?

I had quite heavy feeling ovaries when I had four follicles one month (only two probably released, still didn't work), made me think about what stims will be like with high AMH [confused.

@gracie2021 its surprising hiw much your ovaries swell up. When are you due to start again? X

@Gracie2021 I think I start the estrogen tablets in roughly 10 days. I think the down reg medication stops then as its more to build the lining up. Oh and the progestrone will be at some point before my mid jan transfer.

I do prefer FET as last time i had an egg collection too and the stim medication is zero fun nor are the swollen ovaries.

@magnoliasinbloom thanks 🙂 yeah, my family know ... they haven't been the best, but are improving and taking me a bit more seriously recently.
@Gracie2021@PurpleUnicorn01 thankyou 💕

@thislittlebird maybe I'm being a bit optimistic, but I'm hoping fertility appointments will still go ahead 🙏🏻
Although elective surgeries will probably be delayed even more now ... 😐 I deffo feel more justified in going private for my lap ... even though it was so expensive 🤢
Xx

@thislittlebird yea treatment was still going ahead only you have to go alone to appointments and show a negative lateral flow.

@PurpleUnicorn01 thanks 🙏

Just seen this: twitter.com/PippaCrerar/status/1472933272598499331?s=20

Sounds like they’re considering reintroducing April restrictions? Something like that, I’m pretty sure fertility treatments were all happening then

@thislittlebird do whatever helps you maintain your sanity lol fingers crossed for you x

@PurpleUnicorn01 I think I’m in denial lmao. I’m trying not to think about if the cycle will be cancelled because I will lose my shit, so I’m just gonna hope my holiday is cancelled at worst! I don’t know if isolating ourselves a bit for Christmas is the best plan but we can chill out away from people moaning about lockdowns or whatever they’re moaning about when we usually visit. I will visit a couple of friends probably, but family not so much.