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[Izzy]

Hello

I am Izzy and I'm married to Lindley, who tells me she said hello here, too, somewhere We're in Bristol in the UK (for now) and are currently TTC. So yeah, hi!

And wonder if anyone who lived in the UK could give us help in searching for anonymous donors etc and anything you feel would be relevant for me in my situation. We are going to try through the doctor but I have no idea the process we would undergo. Possibly Iam thinking IVF but not definetely sure.

Hi Charly,

We started off with the whole going to the doctor and were put off, unfortunately.

Our doctor was pretty rubbish, though, so hopefully you'd fare better. She did point us at a clinic (that we had already investigated ourselves), told Lindley to lose weight and said that the wait for donor sperm was really long so had we considered IVF (because yeah, we so wouldn't need donor sperm for that, too, apparently).

This process is harder because of my weight issue with PCOS that is why i wanted to look into other solutions.

Oh, yes, similar issue here - endometriosis, rather than PCOS, but yeah. I sympathise! It's worth warning you that unless your BMI is under 35, clinics won't accept you, and some have even steeper weight requirements. And getting under might be really difficult if you have PCOS.

We found a donor through a fertility site, rather than through a clinic. Obviously more risky (and squicky!) in some ways but the timescales and weight restrictions seemed overwhelming. Feel free to PM me if you'd like to know more about what we've done