IUI & Fertility in SSC

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Hi everyone,

I've struggled to find any groups that are focussed specifically on same sex couples trying to conceive (that do not have any fertility issues).

My partner and I are currently on round three of IUI using donor sperm. The first two tries we did we attempted the natural route (so no medication and no ovulation trigger injection). We decided to go down the medicated route on our third try and are currently in the two week wait, waiting for our results today!

This whole process has been emotionally, physically and financially challenging, so much more than we ever expected, and we would love to hear from other same sex couples on this topic who are in a similar situation to ours. We want to exchange stories, offer each other support, give advice and also recommendations (as there is so much conflicting information out there and each clinic's protocols vary too, which we found bizarre).

Looking forward to hearing your stories; be they successful, unsuccessful, or even if you are completely new to this journey ✨

Ooh good luck for tomorrow! Let us know how it goes? 😊

Thank you! Yeah the heat hasn't been great but somehow got through it (lots of ice I'm drinks!).

Fab, if you all inbox me your numbers I will set up a WhatsApp group this week. Will be so lovely to meet you all IRL!

xx

How's everyone doing? I've now reached 37 weeks which feels like a nice milestone. Had a routine growth scan on Monday and all looking good. Now on mat leave which is lovely, trying to rest as much as I can as my sleep has been awful for a while due to waking up a lot in the night to go to the toilet and also reposition. All worth it of course 😊 xx

Hi @strawberrylaces12 oh wow that’s so exciting, getting so close now! That’s so good to hear all is looking good on the scan. How are you feeling? How’s mat leave so far?

Unfortunately our recent transfer failed yet again, so that’s four failures now which is absolutely gutting. We’ve been feeling pretty defeated but going to try again. I’m going to have nk cell testing in case there’s an issue there, so hopefully that will give us more answers as to why this isn’t working x

Thank you! Mat leave has been lovely so far thanks. Only thing is I was trying to use this time to rest and catch up on sleep and typical that our dog has been really unsettled overnight for the first week of mat leave. He usually sleeps downstairs fine but has been barking and we've been woken up a lot and needed to go down and settle him. Thankfully last night was much better so 🤞

Ah I'm so sorry to hear that, sending lots of love. Remind me do you have quite a few embryos frozen to use? Or will it be another full round? Have the embryos been tested? Really hope the clinic can do some investigations to see if there is anything else going on! Xx

Oops sorry that posted twice!

Catching up after a few wild months here. So lovely to see everyone's updates.

I'd be interested in a WhatsApp if you'll have me! @Twomumfamily I'll DM you x