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HopefulMother2025 · 19/01/2025 20:13

Good evening all - I am hoping to connect with likeminded people or people also experiencing the complications i am having conceiving?

Background - i conceived June 2023, was due March 2024 however sadly lost our baby girl 10w (we had early gender bloods done) I had a really complicated miscarriage which lasted 5 weeks. Painful and several rounds of medical intervention done. To include 3 rounds of tablets with no surgery.

I have had hormone bloods done multiple times, all coming back clear. 4 scans (first one fine, second one - cyst on my ovary, third - showing this had gone, fourth showing no issues) apparently this is all normal and nothing to worry about.

First appointment october 2024 with the fertility clinic - went through all of our medical history (fine) and our lifestyle habits (all fine) so i have had to have another scan and another round of bloods as well as my partner now having a sperm count test.

The first and only time i have been pregnant (shown above) i caught pregnant literally the day after i took my coil out. Now we have struggled for 18 months to get pregnant? this doesn't make sense?

My next appointment to review sperm count, bloods and scans is in a couple weeks time. But they are already mentioning going straight for IVF? it's my understanding you only get one round and there after people are getting bills for £5,000-£13,500 for each round of IVF?

Has anyone else experienced similar? Is there alternative options? I would rather IVF being our last resort. I have heard of fertility tablets? etc - getting pregnant so quickly last time would make me think there is no immediate need for IVF but fertility booster would be our better option?

HELP :(

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Mrsttcno1 · 19/01/2025 20:34

Hi OP, I’m really sorry you’re going through this.

There are medications that can be given but they are mostly all to do with ovulation, and if your hormone tests show you are ovulating then they wouldn’t be any use to you which is likely why they aren’t being focused on. Or for women with PCOS, medication like metformin, but again if your scans are clear and you don’t have PCOS that also wouldn’t help.

Most areas do only offer 1 IVF cycle on the NHS unfortunately.

One of my best friends is going through a very similar situation and wasn’t eligible for IVF through the NHS and is currently waiting for her 2nd round privately, the costs were lower than NHS and she was able to essentially finance it so rather than having to find a huge amount of money in advance they now pay monthly.

HopefulMother2025 · 19/01/2025 23:45

Thank you for commenting. I’m unsure what the matter is 🥺 we didn’t have a problem conceiving before! It’s so confusing and the doctors I have seen though knowledgable, lack empathy.

it’s hard with everyone around me getting pregnant! I fear we will never get our baby 😭 I just want it so bad!

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