MelP - thanks for the congrats - we are very happy but I will be driving myself insane until the 12wk mark I told the nurse how I did 7 HPT's before my blood test and she said "oh this is going to be a loonng pregnancy!"
Jotana - our clinic (ivf Australia) only does it using general aneasthetic (sp?), although some clinics do it using local and my DH was pretty keen just to use local. Also, afterwards he was fine, although they did give him a presciption for pain killers.
Although we went through IVF Austalia, after our 3rd attempt (well, 2 ICSI and 1 FET) I had decided we would change to Sydney IVF, as I know they have a higher success rate, although they are also more expensive. Anyway, that was during my two week wait and in the end I got my Next time we might go through Sydney IVF though, just because I like the sound of some of their procedures better. For example, when you do the Egg Pick Up, your partner can be in the room with you and you can have local with sedation I think. I was in a surgery room with about 5 doctors and nurses and had a general aneasthetic - a bit daunting the first time.
Having said that, other clinics will allow for 2 embryo transfers and have a higher rate of twins - a concept that I was really keen on - but changed my mind just before doing IVF
I told the nurse how I did 7 HPT's before my blood test and she said "oh this is going to be a loonng pregnancy!"
Next time we might go through Sydney IVF though, just because I like the sound of some of their procedures better. For example, when you do the Egg Pick Up, your partner can be in the room with you and you can have local with sedation I think. I was in a surgery room with about 5 doctors and nurses and had a general aneasthetic - a bit daunting the first time.
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