Fertility appointment

[Turkeyface]

Hi all,
I hope this is the right place to ask.
I have my first fertility appointment at the hospital next month and I was wondering whether anybody knows what that entails exactly and how long it will be? I have tried to ask the hospital but can only reach their answerphone and then nobody responds to my voicemail.
Thank you in advance!

Basically, from my husband's previous SA they said the numbers were alright but only 1% were moving. If he repeats the test a the results are more promising then I'll have to do a HyCosy test (which I'm dreading because my friend had one) The impression I got from the doctor was that if the problem is with the sperm the only solution is IVF

@Plumchumm thats really helpful to know thank you! Did you have a long wait initially? Sorry for your loss 🩷

I’m currently on some type of progesterone to induce a bleed from my GP too! X

@Em3009 ooh that’s awesome so you are starting Letrozole as well, when you bleed?

we went private so our first appointment was start of August and we were about to start the Letrozole end of September. But that’s because we needed to get all assessment tests done. :) it felt like an eternity at the time but I suppose overall it was just 2-3 months.

what about you?

I’m in the north west and out first appointment with the fertility clinic was in July, detailed investigations and tests in August and started on ivf drugs in September. I was really nervous about ivf, especially as I have pretty bad health anxiety, but found that if I just took it one step at a time it was totally manageable. All the luck to you!

That's good advice, thank you! The reading material from the hospital feels very negative and overwhelming, so I might just leave it until my next appointment.

@Plumchumm no not yet! The doctors said o needed to have a bleed for health reasons as it’s been about 4 months since my last AF! Hoping we will have the full referral through by September :) x

I’m sorry you’ve had news you weren’t expecting, @Turkeyface- it can be a huge amount to process.

I went through fertility tests and IVF over an 8 year period and now have my two IVF babies. It’s intense, it’s emotional, it is incredibly physically and psychologically gruelling. But going into it eyes open and focusing on why you’re doing it makes a big difference and without it I wouldn’t have my amazing kids so it was clearly worth it - obviously I can say that now with the benefit of knowing I was lucky enough for it to work in the end and that isn’t a guarantee but if it’s what you need then its amazing what we can push through.

If the issue is sperm quality then there’s lots you can do to improve it. It’s likely to be a while until you’d actually be able to start IVF with so many hoops to jump through and having to wait for cycles to start etc so I’d be looking into all that in the meantime as it will help both the possibility of natural conception and IVF if that’s where you end up!

This is really helpful, thank you for taking the time to comment. I know it's doable because so many people have done it before me, I'm just not convinced it's doable for me.