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Feeling disheartened.

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BottleOfSun · 26/01/2022 01:22

So me and my husband have been trying for 5 years.
I didn’t have a period for two years after coming off the pill, was confirmed as having pcos and given metformin, Husband had sperm analysis done that was firstly low second one came back “ok” I’ve had a Hycosy and was given 3x months of clomid 50mg unmonitored and obviously that didn’t work. Last year I had a lap with ovarian drilling and found I had quite severe endometriosis (thought Ive had it for years and years due to pain but was fobbed off) I’m now being told I have no other option than to go for IVF.

I feel really down about it, I haven’t had my bloods done in years, I’ve had no monitoring on the 3 rounds of clomid no offer to increase the dose and just felt like I’ve been given up on tbh. I was told to do ovulation testing but on the back of them they said they may give false readings in women with pcos!? I was 25 when we started I’m now 30 it just feels it’s taken a long time to get here.

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strawberrycheesecake1989 · 26/01/2022 20:58

Sorry to hear you’re going through this but please try and stay positive! Youve got lots of things on your side! I’ve suffered quite badly with endometriosis but luckily conceived pretty soon after my laparoscopy as they lasered off the scarring that was on my tubes and ones of my ovaries. The doctor explained to me that it’s not a permanent fix as the tissue eventually grows back again with endometriosis but it can buy you a window of opportunity so he encouraged us to really try soon after the laparoscopy. Before this we’d been trying for 2 years.

Did they explain why your only option now would be IVF?

Also, your fertility is so so similar at 25 to 30 so don’t worry about that at all x

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