When can investigations resume? (Scotland.)

[theotherfossilsister]

Just that really, I know it's a difficult time for so many people, but clinics shuttered just as DP finally agreed to get his semen analyisis done. My progesterone was normal, and I have regular periods, so I don't think Clomid would be an option for us. We've been trying for a year and a half, and I am 35 on Saturday.

If we do get a referral, and need IVF, how long will that take? So many questions?

Thanks

Hey everyone. Thank you all for the good wishes, everything went well today and the baby is measuring 2 days ahead at 12.6 so my due date has been changed to the 7thApril. He/She was fast asleep on their tummy, but managed to get a little wriggle by moving my bottom around. Thank you all again, and good luck to everyone.xx

That's the best news, congratulations @Daisz! 💖 Wishing you a happy and healthy 6 and a bit months 🥰

Good news @Daisz ❤️

Oh, how lovely @daisz Delighted to hear your good news x

@Daisz congratulations!

@theotherfossilsister thanks - I'm in Glasgow but if I find myself heading through to Edinburgh I'll let you know?

I'm not good at talking at the moment - had a bit of a rubbish day - but I really do appreciate the support from everyone. Thank you.

@Daisz wonderful news, is your daughter excited to meet her new brother or sister?

@Scirocco I get that. Infertility combined with lockdown is horrible.

I have hycosy today and if it shows a problem we'll look into private IVF. I love the idea of Covid going away so we can go to France. Going to get a feel for GCRM today but transactional was the feeling I got too. They also told me to wait in the carpark until they call me in, which I understand because of Covid, but I don't drive and the idea of standing round the carpark in the cold waiting for something that scares me is horrible. I tried to say but the woman on the phone was very brisk and already hanging up, not rudely, just very efficient.

Good luck with your hycosy today @theotherfossilsister 🍀 Hopefully you'll be in and out before you know it 🤞

@theotherfossilsister oh that is awful. The weather is certainly not good today and probably even wetter in the west. Good luck anyway though. Yeah I have mentioned the baby to dd, she has just turned 3 and don't think it is really registering, but she loves seeing babies when we are out, so I am sure she is going to be a fabulous big sister.

@theotherfossilsister good luck. I hope you’re not made to wait long x

I told them I don't have a car and a nice doctor or nurse gave me a chair in the foyer.

I have a small uterine polyp but everything else is normal. It hurt a lot though.

Does anyone know anything about polyps please? My ovaries are fine and showed 'a good number of follicles.'

Consultant seemed to think this could be stopping embryos implanting and is writing to my GP so I desperately hope they can get rid of it. I love the idea that if this polyp goes I can get pregnant, and now I almost have an enemy to focus on. This might also remove some of the pressure to ttc, although we won't give up totally. I just really hope I can get seen on the NHS soon to have it removed.

@theotherfossilsister I think your trip today has been very productive. Polyps actually run in my mothers side of the family, although later in life, after child baring years, and it is something that I am very conscious of that could happen to me. As far as I am aware as long as they are removed before bursting they are harmless in themselves, and removing them is quite straightforward once their presence is known, hopefully this will be your answer to your problems and you can then go on to have a much wanted baby. Fingers crossed.🤞

Big hugs and fingers crossed that you can get the polyp removed soon. 💐💐

Thank you so much @Daisz and @Scirocco. I didn't know they could burst.

I found an old thread on health and woke it up, but one woman on there talked about taking a year to get it removed. I just hope it can come out soon and will be an answer. If it will be ages I might go private, at the moment thinking that anything is cheaper than IVF.

Apparently they saw six follicles, which means I probably have an ok egg count, but I don't fully understand how this works. I also met a trainee consultant from EFREC who was in GCRm today, it would be a lovely coincidence if she ended up removing it.

I still don't fully understand how it effects fertility, but I will trust that it does. I feel better to have some answer even if it might not be the full answer.

@theotherfossilsister hope removing it is the answer for you 🤞 I don’t know anything about them though, sorry. Good luck x

Thank you,

I got my letter for them, they've put my title as Lord rather than Miss or Ms, so I don't know what GP will think of that, and written the stroke in my flat number as stoke so it's like 444 Stoke 4 as opposed to 444/4 (using 4s as an example.) Such a small thing but really doesn't fill me with confidence in wanting to use GCRM in future, still at least we have the letter now, and the GP will hopefully correct the details when she makes the referral. It just feels kind of sloppy.

The letter says the following

Dear >>>>>

As you know I performed a HyCoSy test on you at GCRM Fertility today under antibiotic prophylaxis.
The pelvic organs were normal: the womb tilts forwards, there was a filling defect suggestive of an
endometrial polyp measuring 10mm x 5mm in size. The ovaries were normal and I demonstrated to
you bilateral tubal patency with normal luminal contours under low pressure.
I have copied this letter to your GP, requesting a gynaecology referral for a hysteroscopy and
polypectomy.
I haven’t arranged to see you again but if there’s anything further we can do, please don’t hesitate to
get in touch.

I'm glad to have the answer and am now worrying about how long the polypectomy referral will take/how GP will react to me being called Lord, though DP just laughed. I don't know if it's possible to get pregnant with a polyp, and don't feel I can make a new thread to ask as I already have two threads on the infertility board, and have joined one on general health too.

Our poor beautiful cat is at the vets on fluids today for his kidneys. So weird coming back from work this afternoon and opening the door not to see him there shouting for tuna and love.

Hugs to you and your cat!

One of my kitties has kidney problems and they can be such a worry - I hope your kitty feels better soon.

If it helps to hear positive stories of cats with kidney problems, my wee boy cat was diagnosed at 9 years old with chronic renal failure and he's still sprightly and mischief-making at 13 years and 10 months (albeit with daily meds and a special diet).

Thank you so much @Scirocco - we think ours was kitten farmed and bred to be as beautiful as possible, which caused lots of problems, and the earlier owners just gave him away, which was really sad. He may also have eaten something like lillies when he was a kitten, because his kidney damage is quite extensive, I thought he was OK though. He's a beautiful boy and only four (five in April)

Sorry, I know not a thread about cats.

DP got his SA back today and they want to repeat because it was borderline for count and motility, and very 'thick.' Looks like maybe we both have problems. Might try and let go of ttc but far easier said/thought than done.

Oh @theotherfossilsister (sorry, Lord ) it actually sounds fairly decent news about your polyp. Did your partner get any other info with his results? Apologies if this sounds like playing it down, but could be worth looking at sperm health stuff?

It's miserable out there today so hope everyone is keeping cosy and safe x

I'm now at 7 weeks post-delivery/miscarriage and still no sign of my cycle returning. Also, I appear to meet diagnostic criteria for PTSD now...

@Scirocco oh that’s tough 😔 are you getting support from the hospital? It will be very traumatic for your mind and body. Hope you have lots of support.
I am still waiting on my period. I’ve just had spotting for the last week. Although it’s only been 4 weeks for me xx

@BeHereNowx32 nope, no support, just me and my gp.

@Scirocco how are you doing? Has your gp given you any advice regarding periods etc?. Everything just gets so dragged out with infertility. There is so much waiting for everything ☹️

How is everyone else doing? My mum thought I should phone the fertility clinic because I have just been getting spotting. Think I will wait another month and phone gp, if no period. There’s no panic just yet. Apart from wanting to stop the permanent PMS 🙈
Thinking of everyone and hope all doing ok x

@BeHereNowx32 thanks for thinking of me. My gp's been lovely and managed to get me to see one of the fertility clinic doctors yesterday. She scanned me and said everything looks ok and that I had a "really good" antral follicle count (not sure of the number). They think stress could be why I've not started my period yet which kind of makes sense as they couldn't see any other reason. My GP also referred me to psychiatry for assessment but they knocked the referral back as I'm apparently not suicidal enough. So my GP's seeing me regularly at the moment.

How are you doing?

@BeHereNowx32 Sorry to hear that you are still suffering some what. I really hope your period arrives very soon.🤞 @Scirocco sorry that things are not going well. Counceling services in this country are unfortunately very poor especially on the NHS, and going private is horrendously expensive. I only hope you have a good support network of family and friends that you can talk to.

I have been keeping well. I still have not told anyone my news and I am 14 weeks now. Not sure how long I can keep quiet for, but it helps I am not seeing many people, and I am not showing yet either.