Mmm, hunkering down under the duvet of divine hope!
tiger go mr tiger! that's a mega improvement! I think it really boosts men when their count is improved, not so easy for us ladies to so quickly or easily improve our side of things. When I was told I had low amh and low ovarian reserve I asked was there anything I could do to improve the quality of what I had, the rather blunt doctor said no, apart from not smoking or being overweight.he thought diet and supplements made no difference to egg quality. I beg to differ, I've taken royal jelly and think that has made an improvement, i was also taking co enzyme q 10 too which is meant to help too. At Ivf they said my eggs looked good so maybe it's helped.
I would def second getting a laparoscopy done. It was suggested to me after the dildocam revealed small ovaries and low follicle count. Our lovely doctor wanted to see if endometriosis was affecting things. She was right, it was, one of my ovaries was stuck and they found a lot of stage 2 endo, which I wasn't aware of at all, that all got lazered off. They also found that my tubes were sluggish when they also put the dye through them. It's not a small op,it's done under ga, you have to fast etc and you will def need a few days, if not a week+ off work. I felt very sore afterward and had nearly 2 weeks off as I had the week of op and then it was half term. I think it depends how physical your job is, it hurt each time I stood up and sat down which you do a lot of when you're a teacher. They also say that for 3 mths after a lap you are very fertile as everything has had a good jetwash! It didn't work for me but another friend had one done, got a cyst removed and boom got up duffed.
Dildocams- I remember being horrified when I first saw the length of the flipping probe!! Now that I've done quite a few because of the Ivf, everytime I go past the clinic I have to fight a strange compulsion to drop my knickers!!
Well done barking, good news! glad the resignation meeting went ok too.
rp go basting!! What is your doctor like, er hello it IS a postcode lottery, perhaps you should print off that spreadsheet of all the different ccgs (?)allowances in that guardian article I linked to earlier. I think different trusts follow more of the NICE guidelines than others and some manage their money poorly. It's a tricky one as if they all gave 3 gos then there would be a big increase in budgets and expenditure.
On my god, the kittens were lush, they're less than a week old and sooo tiny and squeaky!! Tad jealous when both my mum and dad kept banging on about what a good mother she is!!