Anyone else trying to get pregnant 2

[bayleaf]

It may just be my computer ( no broad band in the sticks!)but the other thread was taking a long while to load and accept new messages so maybe we can start again here...

Some clinics will discount if you are prepared to donate eggs to another couple when you are having your treatment e.g. the NURTURE clinic at Nottingham does this. Probably best for you to read their blurb than have me summarise it but basically you would pay under £1000 on my first glance.

Gosh this seems so unfair Dot when my GP just prescribed Clomid for 6 months without a second thought - and no scans or anything!!!! I'm not sure whether he was being reckless or whether you really don't need the scans - I suppose you have a chance of a multiple birth if no scans but with clomid it's only really twins that are possible/likely as far as I know.
I really feel for you Dot - like Elliott says , once you have got used to ivf/icsi costs anything else seems cheap - but it also very much depends on you income. And to think I've got an unused packet of Clomid upstairs that I'll never use now but haven't brought myself to throw away!!!

Dot, I really don't like giving advice because I don't want to pretend I'm an expert and end up telling you the wrong thing. But in my experience, clomid itself is really cheap - we were charged £2.50 for 10 tablets (2 a day for 5 days). Scans cost us £30 each but you may have to have several. I believe there's nothing to stop you referring yourself to a fertility clinic - but the costs can mount up. We were quoted £100 for an initial consultation - which was true, but we were also expected to have an HIV test for £70 each + a sperm test (can't remember the cost) - all on the first visit. We are currently having IUI treatment privately, which is £400 a go - so not quite as bad as IVF. I suppose it all depends on what treatment you end up needing and once you start on the private route, costs could get out of hand. And of course there's no guarentee of a successfull result. Maybe it is worth you ringing up your local clinic and getting some info?

thanks everyone - I'm partly over the shock now of veering into the world of private treatment! Starting on the Metformin today, and will therefore start TTC again next month - you never know, I might be worrying about nothing and get pregnant in the next few months?!

Thanks for all your support and advice though - lovely to know you're all out there!

dot1, at my clinic the cost of donor insemination is £400 per go and of IUI is £500, plus the cost of drugs (clomid is very cheap). I don't know how much better that will make you feel!!
But you would need to get local info and also find out what exactly you would need.
I don't know how 'necessary' scans are with clomid - I think if you're doing insemination then they would help you time it optimally. But you'd need to talk that through with a specialist obviously. An initial private consultation will probably be in the region of £100-£200.

Personally I would always go to a clinic that does NHS as well as private treatment as I think they are less interested in making money out of you.

Fingers crossed that you don't need this information...

Turned out even better than expected - I had my eggs collected yesterday and there were 15 in the end ( no wonder I was tired!) of which 13 were mature ( there are strict rules as to which eggs they are allowed to fertilise)and 9 have fertilised. Tomorrow is egg transfer - not necessarily all 9 will have developed well by tomorrow but I'd be extremely unlucky not to have 2 good embryos out of that lot - and as long as there's 2 I don't really care - freezing them is a bonus but we already have 6 frozen so it's not something I'm going to lose any sleep over.
I feel very very sore today - like bad period pain - but it's easy to put up with when things are going well! Mind you they went equally well last time and I still didn't get pregnant so I'm not exactly counting any proverbial chickens!

Pleased to hear this bayleaf, fingers crossed for you.

Bayleaf, that's excellent news. fingers crossed that all goes well tomorrow, and at least you have all the most unpleasant bits out of the way.

All sounds promising, and the very best of luck for tomorrow Bayleaf.

Great news Bayleaf.Hope that everything goes really well for you today and in the weeks and months to come.

very very good luck, bayleaf.

thinking of you Bayleaf - good luck!!

Brilliant news Bayleaf .... will be thinking about you today. Make sure you take care of yourself and rest as much as possible (not easy I know) over the next few days. All the nasty 'physical' stuff is out of the way now and I know all too well how awful this next couple of weeks is between transplant and first pregnancy test .... all I can say is stay positive and there are plenty of us out here in the ether who are rooting for you!
Best wishes ... CM

Really hope your news continues to be so positive. Will be so pleased if you start posting on the new baby threads in 9 months time!!!!

Hmmmmmmm BUM BUM BUM

I think that sums it up really.

Was in real pain yesterday but had rung the hospital and they didn't seem to think it was a big deal - told me to take codeine as well if need be. Got dh to drive me to hospital ( about an hour away) as I was still in pain this morning - tho less than yesterday. Two doctors arrived and poked me - I nearly jumped off the bed when he poked one particular spot - and he said ''can't go ahead today'' ARRRRRGGGHHHHH.
Had to sit around for another 3 hours till dd ( dear dad not dear daughter!) could pick me up - and now just have to wait and see. Apparently it's not hyperstimulation (which can be a real problem) just sore ovaries - and they are 'optimistic' that it can go ahead tomorrow ( yet more hassle sorting out where dd will go...)but if it doesn't then they just freeze them all.
Better then nothing I suppose - but frozen embryo transfer has half the success rate of normal and my consultant is away next month so if I wanted to go ahead I'd have to drive an hour each way for every scan.
Anyhow I'm off to trawl thru ivf sites and try and find other poor sods with sore ovaries adn what happened to them in the end..... Keep your fingers crossed for another day please girls!

Oh Bayleaf, what a disappointment
Do hope you can go ahead tomorrow and that you soon feel better.

Oh Bayleaf .... I'm so sorry things haven't gone according to plan today . Keeping my fingers crossed for you tomorrow .....

oh bayleaf I'm really sorry - its horrible having a knock back like that, and especially when you had nearly got to the final hurdle. but - 'sore ovaries'??!! did they give you any more, erm, technical explanation? what did they think the problem of going ahead with transfer might be? I really hope you get the go-ahead tomorrow. Did they tell you how the embies were doing?

Hugs to you. bum was pretty restrained in the circumstances!

Hang in there Bayleaf

bayleaf, lots of positive vibes coming your way - to you & your sore ovaries!

Wishing you better joy for tomorrow, Bayleaf!

Wishing you better joy for tomorrow, Bayleaf!

Oh @rse Bayleaf. All the best for tomorrow. xx