Endo specialist or IVF? Desperate to have a child.

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Hi Clover and Tiggerlinda,

Thank you so much for your replies ;-)

Dear Clover - my goodness! My thoughts and hopes are with you. Never give up on the dream. You truly are a special person to go through all that you have.

My sister in law gave birth to a beautiful baby girl today. The first grandchild in my husbands family. I try so hard to be upbeat, supportive and happy in these instances, although it is just so hard. Particularly when you hear that they fell on the first go. Is there a god? Really?

I do find that the toughest part of being an endo sufferer trying to fall pregnant, being so positive and happy for those who fall so easily. And shouldering the dreams and disappointments of both my husband and I. Seeing the disappointment on my husbands face each month when it still isn't happening sometimes crushes me more.

We keep the faith and soldier on another cycle in the hopes that this might just be the one!

Thank you all so much for your support. This forum helps me more than you know.

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[Clover]

Hi Brisvegas - I have good news - I had two eggs picked up yesterday and this morning was told that both have fertilised. Yay!!! I am having both transferred tomorrow (Yes twins freak me out, but two is better than none).

Hopefully the surgical clean out I had gives me a good chance of one of the embryos sticking. The 2ww begins tomorrow.

Have you decided what path you are going to follow?

Hannah - Good luck with your cycle. I have worked full time during my ICSI cycle, taking time off only for the EPU and ET. I have been very tired so social activities have stopped. I told my friends and family so they understood what I was going thru. However if my job was stressful I would have taken more leave.

[tiggerlinda]

Clover :goodluck2: hopefully this is it and no more need for another cycle

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Oh Clover - that is all really positive. I am so hoping that it all works out for you. How fantastic.

Tiggerlinda - let us all know how you get on too.

I have been getting tests done to figure out why I am getting nasty reflux and nausea for the past 3 weeks. Getting the camera down the throat on Wednesday (groan). At least it can rule out any nasty's or other complications.

Have also booked into see Dr Lindstrom in Brissy. Can't get in until late August. She deals with both infertility and IVF.

We are putting off buying a house until we figure out how much this little journey to have a baby will cost us.........

Have a nice, relaxing weekend everybody. I'm sending you lots of pink energy to fill you full of positive energy.

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[tiggerlinda]

Update:
We have had 6 eggs at pick up and 5 fertilise over night hoping 6 times lucky

Julie Lindstrom is at my Clinic at City IVF heard she is very good the team are fantsatic there

for us all

[Clover]

Hi everyone

Tiggerlinda - have you had your ET yet?I am sending you baby dust and sticky vibes

Brisvegas - how are you feeling? Nausea and vomitting is one of my big symptoms so my thought are with you!

Writing this has just reminded me of a diagnosis that hugely improved my pain symptoms and nausea about 18 months ago - it is the norm in my daily routine so I don't give it much thought. I was getting a painful spasm in my belly - it caused vomitting and at its worse I started to go grey and black out particularly after I ate (my poor Mum was with me when it first happened). It took about 6 months to be diagnosed as interstitial cystis due to the damage the endo had doen to the outer muscle of my bladder. The solution was quite simple - 10mg of Endep (neurological inhibitor - stops pain messages getting to my brain) and 20-40mg Nexium (reflux meds) every night. I felt better within weeks - if I stop the meds i have nausea/vomitting when I have my AF.

There is a down side - weight gain - but hey I generally feel a lot better. Apparently endep is given to anorexic patients as it helps with weight gain - I found this out later.

Oh - Brisvegas - keep in mind that IVF costs are medicare costs not private health fund (well not mine anyway). The good news is that your first cycle will result in you hitting the medicare threshold and once there you get 80% of your out of pocket costs back. At my clinic you pay the medicare gap up front (about $2200) then at the end of your cycle they send you the tax invoice you use to claim the 80% from medicare. So this cycle has cost me about $450 plus about $110 for a drug. The medicare threshold is per calender year - so if you need more than one cycle you want them in the same calender year to reduce costs. I hope this helps with the $ thoughts.

Yes I have rambled on - trying to keep busy and not think about the 2ww - stick stick stick baby(s)!!

Hugs Clover

[tiggerlinda]

Clover good luck with the TWW
Yes we have had transfer 2 embies