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Ivf what a mind %*#€

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mikkyr · 18/02/2019 06:57

One minute I’m sitting in the OBGYNs rooms waiting for my baseline scan and pondering thoughts like whether I really want to be a mom post40, questioning why I’m doing this and googling ‘dreading being a mom’ and then the next minute I’m in my car in tears because I don’t have enough follicles for a viable cycle. What a mind f*€% this process is!

Now I’m sitting in a coffee shop with my calendar redoing my potential time line for the next cycle and stressing myself over conflicts with weekends away etc. I swore that this would not rule my life and I wouldn’t be a slave to the process of falling pregnant.

Strongly considering just going with the 7 frozen eggs we already have and gambling that it will be enough and if it isn’t then those are the cards that life has dealt us.

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juneybean · 18/02/2019 07:08

God yes I know these feelings just about ttc in general ( I have diminished ovarian reserve so have not been recommended ivf)

I think what I struggle with is when to call it a day.

mikkyr · 18/02/2019 07:14

My husband and I have a deal which we are both comfortable with.
He has had a vasectomy and his bloods show dimished testosterone levels so he is on a course of meds to up his levels before they do a sperm biopsy.
We will do as many egg retrieval cycles as we can until the doc is happy with his levels. Doc gave him three months meds which means three cycles for me and now I’ve just lost one. Angry

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