I am pleased to report that my meeting with the consultant obstetrician yesterday went very well. Unlike the first one I saw, this one was very relaxed about my birth. She checked that I knew I was there to discuss induction. I did, and said that I was inclined to not have one at 39w but would be open to one at 40w as long as I had a check first to see if anything was happening on its own. She then suggested that was fine, and that I actually wait a couple more days, especially if I had a 'stretch and sweep'. So an induction has been tentatively scheduled for February 17th. But, she also said that if I don't want one then, I don't have to have one and can just be monitored. So basically, she offered the expectant monitoring without my having to ask for it. It was all a very reasonable and unexciting conversation, so that was great.
I had my last hypnobirthing class last night which was more about after birth and once baby arrives. Which had a lot to do with breast feeding. I am intending to breast feed, so I wasn't in need of any convincing. I did say though, that for some people it just doesn't work, no matter how well intentioned, and that similar to c-sections or other things related to birth, we need to stop demonizing other choices people make. I don't have any reason at this point to think I won't be able to breast feed, and I will try everything possible to get it going. But if something is wrong and I ultimately need to switch to formula? Then that's fine too.
On Monday I have my last hospital appointment for a while, this time with one of the head midwives at the birth center. My last hoop to jump through is to get permission to be allowed into the birth center if labor starts naturally. They are not inclined to allow this initially due to my age (of course) because they want continuous monitoring which can only be done on the ward. Except there doesn't seem to be any benefit to continuous monitoring, and anyway, the birth center is one floor down from the ward, so if needed, I can be moved. Anyway, I'm hoping that the meeting goes smoothly like yesterday's did and then everything is settled.
In the meanwhile I've been working on my birth plan. I'm torn between some of the visual/picture ones I've seen and just writing one out with bullet points. At the moment I'm going bullet points because I don't have the software on my computer here to do the visual one. I'll send a draft copy to my doulas to get their input and point out anything I may have missed.
The first week of January has really flown by. Granted it was a 4-day week. Still, baby girl is going to be here before I know it. I can't believe it.
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Friday, January 6, 2017
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
34w - Scan
Had a scan this morning due to my advanced maternal age. Apparently they offer it at 34 weeks if it's your first baby and you are and old mama. It was exciting to see baby girl although she definitely does not fit on the screen anymore. She was presenting 'cephalic' which means 'head down'; so, basically in the right position which is good. We could only see bits and pieces of her. All the measurements were on target and baby girl is measuring above average at about the 80th percentile. Her estimated weight was 5.9lbs (2.689kg), so a healthy sized baby right now! I got to see her heart beating, and a good look at her thigh bone. We also listened to the blood pumping through the umbilical cord. We couldn't get a good look at the face as her hands were in the way, although we got to see an eye poking out. Overall it was a fairly efficient appointment and all was as it should be, so that was good.
Tomorrow I have an appointment with the consultant obstetrician again. I imagine this is where they are going to pressure me to schedule an induction for 39 weeks. I am going to decline the 39w induction but tentatively agree to a 40w induction. I've looked at the research and I'm not convinced that the 39w induction is necessary or helpful. I will try to give my body as much time to go into labor as possible before resorting to an induction. This also means that at 40w, I want to be checked to see if labor is starting on its own in which case I will again reject the induction and give it a couple of days. Should be a (not so) fun talk with the doctor tomorrow. Anyway, we'll see and I'll try to report back. At least one of my doulas is coming with me which will be helpful I think.
Went to NCT prenatal (antenatal) class last night which was good. Boyfriend came with me and managed it well, and I felt positively about the experience in general. There were 7 other couples there- all traditional (man/woman, married). I think what I'm learning is that I'm more curious than other people, or that I shouldn't be so surprised that people don't do as much reading or research as I do.
Last month at work now which is all a bit mental. It seems as if there is so much to do!! And I still don't believe at all that baby can possibly come early although one of my colleagues voiced concern about that. I think after all this waiting and being pregnant for so long, this month is going to fly by!
Tomorrow I have an appointment with the consultant obstetrician again. I imagine this is where they are going to pressure me to schedule an induction for 39 weeks. I am going to decline the 39w induction but tentatively agree to a 40w induction. I've looked at the research and I'm not convinced that the 39w induction is necessary or helpful. I will try to give my body as much time to go into labor as possible before resorting to an induction. This also means that at 40w, I want to be checked to see if labor is starting on its own in which case I will again reject the induction and give it a couple of days. Should be a (not so) fun talk with the doctor tomorrow. Anyway, we'll see and I'll try to report back. At least one of my doulas is coming with me which will be helpful I think.
Went to NCT prenatal (antenatal) class last night which was good. Boyfriend came with me and managed it well, and I felt positively about the experience in general. There were 7 other couples there- all traditional (man/woman, married). I think what I'm learning is that I'm more curious than other people, or that I shouldn't be so surprised that people don't do as much reading or research as I do.
Last month at work now which is all a bit mental. It seems as if there is so much to do!! And I still don't believe at all that baby can possibly come early although one of my colleagues voiced concern about that. I think after all this waiting and being pregnant for so long, this month is going to fly by!
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
IVF 1 - Day 23 6 Day report and transfer
So the good news is that two of the morulas have emerged to be good blastocysts. One is from one of the frozen eggs (the leading blastocyst rated good/very good which is partially emerging/hatching) and the other is from the fresh collection (rated good/good). Two more emerged but have yet to re-inflate so are considered slow growers and perhaps not good for freezing. Two failed to emerge. This means I am going for a transfer today!
When I was speaking to the embryologist this morning she dropped into our conversation something about transferring two. I have been reasonably comfortable with the idea of transferring one. I was a bit surprised that she assumed I would transfer two as my clinic is very much against increasing the risk of multiples and makes a big deal about transferring one. So I am struck with a conundrum. Do I transfer one or two? I can wait until the transfer to decide which is exactly 2 hours away. I texted a good friend of mine who has undergone many many IVF cycles (15?). Her first pregnancy was with twins and it did not end happily. It was a complicated pregnancy (she is tiny) where she delivered prematurely. One of the babies had problems and was in the NICU for months before finally succumbing to his issues. While she's been very aggressive about fertility treatment, she says that she would never suggest to anyone to put back more than one now.
The balance is this - as you get older, your chance of successful live birth go down rapidly due to non-viability issues. If they transfer two, your risk of multiples goes up. Basically you are playing a game with weighing the risk of multiples against increasing your chances for one healthy baby. If you do one at a time, you are looking at financial, time, and emotional costs. If you transfer two, you run the risk of a multiple pregnancy which is higher risk and could result in various complications including increasing your chance of miscarriage. Basically, for women under 38 they only recommend one but as you get older, the viability issue creeps up and up making it balance out to suggest that they are more comfortable with two.
I have the added complication that the leading embryo is not from 41 year old me but from 38 or 39 year old me, so right on the cusp. Maybe if it was two 41 year old embryos, I'd feel differently. But I'm nervous. I do not want twins. I am prepared to raise a single child. I will obviously make due if I get identical twins. But I do not need to do anything to increase my risks of multiples because it would make life incredibly difficult.
So I'm leaning towards the one and freezing the other. The clinic says they have a 90-95% success rate with thawing embryos, so it's very likely that if this one doesn't take I can do a frozen embryo transfer. If that one doesn't take, I can do all of this over again. It's not like I have so many embryos to freeze. We're talking about one frozen embryo transfer before I'd have to start anew if this one doesn't take.
So I think I'm leaning towards transferring the one, but I will definitely talk to the doctor when I'm at the clinic later to make the final decision. I'm not against it if they think it's a very good idea. But I definitely do not want to increase my risk of twins by much at all.
Very excited about the transfer today. Still can't really believe it. Still very nervous that it's just going to be negative results. Trying not to be too hopeful but maintain positivity.
When I was speaking to the embryologist this morning she dropped into our conversation something about transferring two. I have been reasonably comfortable with the idea of transferring one. I was a bit surprised that she assumed I would transfer two as my clinic is very much against increasing the risk of multiples and makes a big deal about transferring one. So I am struck with a conundrum. Do I transfer one or two? I can wait until the transfer to decide which is exactly 2 hours away. I texted a good friend of mine who has undergone many many IVF cycles (15?). Her first pregnancy was with twins and it did not end happily. It was a complicated pregnancy (she is tiny) where she delivered prematurely. One of the babies had problems and was in the NICU for months before finally succumbing to his issues. While she's been very aggressive about fertility treatment, she says that she would never suggest to anyone to put back more than one now.
The balance is this - as you get older, your chance of successful live birth go down rapidly due to non-viability issues. If they transfer two, your risk of multiples goes up. Basically you are playing a game with weighing the risk of multiples against increasing your chances for one healthy baby. If you do one at a time, you are looking at financial, time, and emotional costs. If you transfer two, you run the risk of a multiple pregnancy which is higher risk and could result in various complications including increasing your chance of miscarriage. Basically, for women under 38 they only recommend one but as you get older, the viability issue creeps up and up making it balance out to suggest that they are more comfortable with two.
I have the added complication that the leading embryo is not from 41 year old me but from 38 or 39 year old me, so right on the cusp. Maybe if it was two 41 year old embryos, I'd feel differently. But I'm nervous. I do not want twins. I am prepared to raise a single child. I will obviously make due if I get identical twins. But I do not need to do anything to increase my risks of multiples because it would make life incredibly difficult.
So I'm leaning towards the one and freezing the other. The clinic says they have a 90-95% success rate with thawing embryos, so it's very likely that if this one doesn't take I can do a frozen embryo transfer. If that one doesn't take, I can do all of this over again. It's not like I have so many embryos to freeze. We're talking about one frozen embryo transfer before I'd have to start anew if this one doesn't take.
So I think I'm leaning towards transferring the one, but I will definitely talk to the doctor when I'm at the clinic later to make the final decision. I'm not against it if they think it's a very good idea. But I definitely do not want to increase my risk of twins by much at all.
Very excited about the transfer today. Still can't really believe it. Still very nervous that it's just going to be negative results. Trying not to be too hopeful but maintain positivity.
Wednesday, April 20, 2016
Pre IVF consultation
I had my pre IVF consultation with my clinic this afternoon. I went there thinking I had a perfectly reasonable plan which has been encouraged both by my egg freezing doctor (way back when) and by the first doctor I saw at this clinic. This was, mainly, to do a fresh IVF cycle and save my frozen eggs as a last resort.
This plan was immediately questioned by the doctor I met to have my consultation with. It was the same doctor who did my Hycosi although that was the only time I've met with him previously. He thought I should be going straight to my frozen eggs as this would give me the best chance of success at this stage. Now, the reason for not using the frozen eggs straight away was if I am fertile now, that gives me an option for the future, if I want one. I don't at the moment think I want one. I think that one child would be all I want. But I liked the idea of holding something in reserve. However, the doctor was really surprised and encouraged me to not put my body through IVF when I could use frozen eggs. So this threw my thinking completely out. I held firm at first, and then as we kept talking I started questioning myself.
In addition to this confusion, he was looking at my file and saying that I needed to attend the 'information session' as a matter of policy. Now, way back when, when I started treatment they said I had to do the information session. Then, when I explained I'd done egg freezing and was pretty well versed in the fertility sphere, they said I didn't have to. But apparently now I do have to. So I got scheduled in to attend an information session where I strongly doubt I will learn anything new. In addition to this hoop jumping, he informed me that I also needed a consultation with a counselor about the implications of using donor sperm. I don't mind meeting with a counselor, but again, I feel fairly well versed in the implications of using donor sperm and am in fact this weekend going to a conference hosted by the DCN - so I will jump through this hoop but it annoyed me.
Anyway, back to the consultation.
So the doctor relented that ultimately it was my decision but it was clear he didn't think I should be doing fresh IVF to start. He was also saying that a lot of things had to happen to start the cycle so I couldn't just assume I could start with my period in May which stressed me out. He then saw me getting stressed and tried to convey that staying calm through all this is helpful for getting pregnant. In the meantime, I'm thinking to myself that I understand where he's coming from but he's not being particularly helpful in ensuring that I am calm because he's causing all sorts of disruptions to things that I thought were reasonably fixed!
So as we're discussing it back and forth, and he's making me feel not so great by commenting that if I only got 6,4, and 3 eggs on my egg freezing cycles that my chances for IVF retrieval at this stage were not so great, he mentions that I could consider doing a fresh IVF cycle and also at the same time defrosting half of the frozen eggs to increase my chances of having one or two viable embryos. Now this sounded better to me. First, because I can plan to start the IVF cycle in May and now it's really about getting in touch with my London clinic to arrange the transfer of my eggs to Cambridge and having them in place for this to happen. It also allows me to save half of the frozen eggs for a second try either immediately if this doesn't work, or in the future possibly. So I think out of the 13 frozen eggs I have, I may suggest they start by defrosting 6 for this cycle. Those will need to be fertilized with ICSI, and they can be watched alongside anything that may be retrieved from the fresh cycle.
So it's a slightly different plan but one I actually feel reasonably good about. I am also going to email the embryologist to see what would happen for example, if the 6 don't defrost or fertilize for some reason, would there be time to defrost the other 7 in this cycle (I actually have no idea how long it takes to defrost an egg although I assume not so quickly). This means I am now waiting for them to price up this option and the drugs costs and then I can order my drugs and schedule a counselling session and attend the information evening and be all set to start my IVF drugs on day 2 of my period.
Phew.
So a good result in the end that I have a plan and it's all systems go. But really more stressful than it needed to be and a bit of a kick from a doctor who was clearly trying to tell me that he didn't think my odds were so great being over 40. But anyway, I'll see what I get fresh, and I'll give some of those frozen eggs a chance and we'll see where we get to.
But first I need to call my old clinic and see about getting those eggs transferred to Cambridge. I'm sure I'll need to sign a release or some such even though I will never actually see these eggs and it will all be done clinic to clnic. The UK is very strict on fertility issues! So much paperwork.
Anyway, it seems like more updates will be on the way as the planning progresses.
This plan was immediately questioned by the doctor I met to have my consultation with. It was the same doctor who did my Hycosi although that was the only time I've met with him previously. He thought I should be going straight to my frozen eggs as this would give me the best chance of success at this stage. Now, the reason for not using the frozen eggs straight away was if I am fertile now, that gives me an option for the future, if I want one. I don't at the moment think I want one. I think that one child would be all I want. But I liked the idea of holding something in reserve. However, the doctor was really surprised and encouraged me to not put my body through IVF when I could use frozen eggs. So this threw my thinking completely out. I held firm at first, and then as we kept talking I started questioning myself.
In addition to this confusion, he was looking at my file and saying that I needed to attend the 'information session' as a matter of policy. Now, way back when, when I started treatment they said I had to do the information session. Then, when I explained I'd done egg freezing and was pretty well versed in the fertility sphere, they said I didn't have to. But apparently now I do have to. So I got scheduled in to attend an information session where I strongly doubt I will learn anything new. In addition to this hoop jumping, he informed me that I also needed a consultation with a counselor about the implications of using donor sperm. I don't mind meeting with a counselor, but again, I feel fairly well versed in the implications of using donor sperm and am in fact this weekend going to a conference hosted by the DCN - so I will jump through this hoop but it annoyed me.
Anyway, back to the consultation.
So the doctor relented that ultimately it was my decision but it was clear he didn't think I should be doing fresh IVF to start. He was also saying that a lot of things had to happen to start the cycle so I couldn't just assume I could start with my period in May which stressed me out. He then saw me getting stressed and tried to convey that staying calm through all this is helpful for getting pregnant. In the meantime, I'm thinking to myself that I understand where he's coming from but he's not being particularly helpful in ensuring that I am calm because he's causing all sorts of disruptions to things that I thought were reasonably fixed!
So as we're discussing it back and forth, and he's making me feel not so great by commenting that if I only got 6,4, and 3 eggs on my egg freezing cycles that my chances for IVF retrieval at this stage were not so great, he mentions that I could consider doing a fresh IVF cycle and also at the same time defrosting half of the frozen eggs to increase my chances of having one or two viable embryos. Now this sounded better to me. First, because I can plan to start the IVF cycle in May and now it's really about getting in touch with my London clinic to arrange the transfer of my eggs to Cambridge and having them in place for this to happen. It also allows me to save half of the frozen eggs for a second try either immediately if this doesn't work, or in the future possibly. So I think out of the 13 frozen eggs I have, I may suggest they start by defrosting 6 for this cycle. Those will need to be fertilized with ICSI, and they can be watched alongside anything that may be retrieved from the fresh cycle.
So it's a slightly different plan but one I actually feel reasonably good about. I am also going to email the embryologist to see what would happen for example, if the 6 don't defrost or fertilize for some reason, would there be time to defrost the other 7 in this cycle (I actually have no idea how long it takes to defrost an egg although I assume not so quickly). This means I am now waiting for them to price up this option and the drugs costs and then I can order my drugs and schedule a counselling session and attend the information evening and be all set to start my IVF drugs on day 2 of my period.
Phew.
So a good result in the end that I have a plan and it's all systems go. But really more stressful than it needed to be and a bit of a kick from a doctor who was clearly trying to tell me that he didn't think my odds were so great being over 40. But anyway, I'll see what I get fresh, and I'll give some of those frozen eggs a chance and we'll see where we get to.
But first I need to call my old clinic and see about getting those eggs transferred to Cambridge. I'm sure I'll need to sign a release or some such even though I will never actually see these eggs and it will all be done clinic to clnic. The UK is very strict on fertility issues! So much paperwork.
Anyway, it seems like more updates will be on the way as the planning progresses.
Monday, April 11, 2016
Planning for IVF
Just a quick note to say that I've scheduled my consultation appointment for next week to sign all the paperwork I need to do to have an IVF cycle. I'll then need to order drugs in time to start with my next period which should be early May. They said they don't do a birth control start as they have found that slightly diminishes success rates. So that's fine by me!
I realize through this process that I'm actually very open with people about what I'm going through. This means that I have people asking me about how things are going or have gone. I don't really find this upsetting though. Part of me thinks I should. But I guess it helps me see my support network. And no one is offensive about it. Part of me feels like it's better to have that support that keep it all to myself. Although funny enough when my mother gets in touch to ask me about it, that annoys me. Ha! Mothers and daughters.
I'm sort of looking forward to an IVF cycle. While I'm disappointed the IUIs didn't work, with an IVF cycle I feel I'll have much more information on my current fertility chances and better knowledge of exactly what's going on. I obviously hope it's successful, but if not, then it may be time to use those frozen eggs. But that's still one IVF cycle away at least. So hold that thought.
This month I'm enjoying a bit of freedom and the free dinners I have this week which include free wine. Not overkill mind you. But then I've never been a huge drinker. Anyway, more from me next week after this consultation unless something else of interest occurs to me.
I realize through this process that I'm actually very open with people about what I'm going through. This means that I have people asking me about how things are going or have gone. I don't really find this upsetting though. Part of me thinks I should. But I guess it helps me see my support network. And no one is offensive about it. Part of me feels like it's better to have that support that keep it all to myself. Although funny enough when my mother gets in touch to ask me about it, that annoys me. Ha! Mothers and daughters.
I'm sort of looking forward to an IVF cycle. While I'm disappointed the IUIs didn't work, with an IVF cycle I feel I'll have much more information on my current fertility chances and better knowledge of exactly what's going on. I obviously hope it's successful, but if not, then it may be time to use those frozen eggs. But that's still one IVF cycle away at least. So hold that thought.
This month I'm enjoying a bit of freedom and the free dinners I have this week which include free wine. Not overkill mind you. But then I've never been a huge drinker. Anyway, more from me next week after this consultation unless something else of interest occurs to me.
Sunday, October 18, 2015
First post
So I thought I'd make a new blog for this new venture. For anyone new to this blog, you can read about my journey with egg freezing here. I'm glad that blog has been, and continues to be a resource for women on their personal fertility journeys.
But lots of different things can happen after you freeze your eggs. You may decide not to have a child. You may meet someone and find out you are pregnant naturally. You may meet someone and decide to use your frozen eggs to try to have a child with them. Or, like me, you can begin the process of trying to become a mother on your own which may involve using those frozen eggs, or not.
When I started my egg-freezing journey, I of course had already started to think about the possibility of single motherhood. When I spoke to the counselor she had suggested I move my planning forward, and yet here I am, just over 2 years after I froze my eggs and pretty much on the schedule I anticipated.
I haven't met a partner I want to have a child with, although I will mention that I do have a partner who I see regularly. Our relationship is great, but at the moment, it's not the sort of one where you make a child together and tie yourself to each other for the rest of your lives. He knows about my plans. I'm sure I'll mention him again as this continues, particularly if I'm successful!
So, what's happened so far.
About two to three months ago I met with my new GP (I've moved out of London) to start the process of trying to get pregnant. In Cambridge where I live now, there are limited options for clinics. Due to the frequent nature of tests and scans, it is not feasible for me to continue with my London clinic. So in Cambridge, there is basically one centrally located clinic which is also the NHS clinic. You can either go through the NHS, or private. I'm going privately but I also had to be referred by my GP.
So I met with my GP and she was very nice. She scheduled me for a progesterone test and did a swab test. Then I had to wait for my period to start so I could get the progesterone test 21 days after it. I went on day 21 and my progesterone result was 18. That was low, but my period didn't start. So I spoke to the GP and he had me come in on day 28 when my progesterone was up to 34.2 (which suggests I've ovulated which was good!) and my period finally came on day 33. In the meantime I followed up with the clinic and scheduled my first appointment for last Tuesday. I had the initial consultation with one of the three doctors and she did an ultrasound and they took my blood for a new AMH.
We discussed my options for moving forward. The discussion was pretty much in line with the last conversation I had with my egg freezing doctor. If my AMH is okay and my Fallopian tubes are open (I'm scheduled for a Hycosi this Tuesday) then she suggests I try two cycles of drug assisted IUI. She doesn't think I should waste too much time with it, but as it's much less expensive, and my fertility is unproven, then she thinks it's worth two tries. After that, it's likely to be fresh IVF cycles until I'm either pregnant or running low on resources or we decide that's not a good idea, and then (and only then) will we move on to the frozen eggs.
I've saved and set aside £30k for this journey which is no small thing by any stretch. That's on top of the money already spent on the egg freezing. You don't do something like this unless you are really really serious about it. That money could all have gone to any number of other things.
So, this is where I'm at. Tomorrow I will call the clinic to see if it's worth proceeding with the Hycosi based on my new AMH test. I am currently shopping around for donor sperm which will probably be the subject of one of my next posts. And because of holidays and travel, I'm likely to only be able to start my first cycle of trying to get pregnant in January. But that's fine. I have a plan, I'm moving forward, I'm taking action, and holy crap this is really happening.
Stay tuned.
Budget:
But lots of different things can happen after you freeze your eggs. You may decide not to have a child. You may meet someone and find out you are pregnant naturally. You may meet someone and decide to use your frozen eggs to try to have a child with them. Or, like me, you can begin the process of trying to become a mother on your own which may involve using those frozen eggs, or not.
When I started my egg-freezing journey, I of course had already started to think about the possibility of single motherhood. When I spoke to the counselor she had suggested I move my planning forward, and yet here I am, just over 2 years after I froze my eggs and pretty much on the schedule I anticipated.
I haven't met a partner I want to have a child with, although I will mention that I do have a partner who I see regularly. Our relationship is great, but at the moment, it's not the sort of one where you make a child together and tie yourself to each other for the rest of your lives. He knows about my plans. I'm sure I'll mention him again as this continues, particularly if I'm successful!
So, what's happened so far.
About two to three months ago I met with my new GP (I've moved out of London) to start the process of trying to get pregnant. In Cambridge where I live now, there are limited options for clinics. Due to the frequent nature of tests and scans, it is not feasible for me to continue with my London clinic. So in Cambridge, there is basically one centrally located clinic which is also the NHS clinic. You can either go through the NHS, or private. I'm going privately but I also had to be referred by my GP.
So I met with my GP and she was very nice. She scheduled me for a progesterone test and did a swab test. Then I had to wait for my period to start so I could get the progesterone test 21 days after it. I went on day 21 and my progesterone result was 18. That was low, but my period didn't start. So I spoke to the GP and he had me come in on day 28 when my progesterone was up to 34.2 (which suggests I've ovulated which was good!) and my period finally came on day 33. In the meantime I followed up with the clinic and scheduled my first appointment for last Tuesday. I had the initial consultation with one of the three doctors and she did an ultrasound and they took my blood for a new AMH.
We discussed my options for moving forward. The discussion was pretty much in line with the last conversation I had with my egg freezing doctor. If my AMH is okay and my Fallopian tubes are open (I'm scheduled for a Hycosi this Tuesday) then she suggests I try two cycles of drug assisted IUI. She doesn't think I should waste too much time with it, but as it's much less expensive, and my fertility is unproven, then she thinks it's worth two tries. After that, it's likely to be fresh IVF cycles until I'm either pregnant or running low on resources or we decide that's not a good idea, and then (and only then) will we move on to the frozen eggs.
I've saved and set aside £30k for this journey which is no small thing by any stretch. That's on top of the money already spent on the egg freezing. You don't do something like this unless you are really really serious about it. That money could all have gone to any number of other things.
So, this is where I'm at. Tomorrow I will call the clinic to see if it's worth proceeding with the Hycosi based on my new AMH test. I am currently shopping around for donor sperm which will probably be the subject of one of my next posts. And because of holidays and travel, I'm likely to only be able to start my first cycle of trying to get pregnant in January. But that's fine. I have a plan, I'm moving forward, I'm taking action, and holy crap this is really happening.
Stay tuned.
Budget:
| Initial Consultation | £370 |
| Current total | £370 |
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