I finally booked in :)

[buffy1]

Good on you for taking the next step Tasha. It's brave to make that first appointment, and great that you got someone recommended to you. When are you going to see him/her?

I can't offer any advice on IUI but I can on the exploratory surgery. I had the works - lap, hysteroscopy, HyCoSy and d&c - before my FS would consider IUI or IVF. It was over quickly, uncomfortable and bled a bit for a few days but not really painful. The most unpleasant side effect was the gas they pump you up with escaping up through my diaphragm. So bizarre. I won't lie, that was ouchie. But I'm really glad I had it all done - for my peace of mind, I needed to know that the baby factory was shipshape. I truly believe that in my case, it had a big impact on my fertility as I conceived the next cycle (and like you, was already ovulating on Clomid).

As others have mentioned you may have to repeat blood tests and sperm analysis, they usually like to do that. The FS may even do a 'trial wash' with your man's sperm to see what the quality would be like for IUI.

Best of luck, am sure your FS will give you some good options and a plan of attack. Sending good vibes into the universe on your behalf!

[Mum2SweetCs]

All the best hun!!!!

I hope you fall preggers naturally before the appointment =)

If not, lets hope you get some answers as to why clomid didnt work

Keep us up to date you know ive been stalking you =P

[Marley&Me]

I was sure I posted back the other day????
Thanks ladies, It's so nice to have support My appointment is Tuesday next week.

[Saffy]

good luck Tascha. I chose not to have the lap as I believe my tubes are ok, having fallen pregnant twice naturally and my FS was ok with that, also becasue of my age he thought we should go staright to ivf. I'm sure the FS will give you options x

[Marley&Me]

Thanks Saffy, I would rather not have a lap, hopefully we can try something else. Although I am 29 so I don't want to waste too much time on other things!

[Janie71]

When I went to the FS it was because I had tried clomid for 6 months and it had not got me to ovulate. The next step for us was to move to injectables (puregon and pregnyl) with timed intercourse. This worked well in the fact that I finally ovulated (yay) but unfortunately after another 6 months of trying we were still not pregnant. So we then did IVF/ICSI and after a BFN on our fresh cycle we fell pregnant on our first FET.

The injectables are basically what you use for IVF but at lower doses. There is constant monitoring via scans to ensure that there are only one or two dominate follicles and to identify when ready to trigger ovulation.

Good luck with your appointment.

Janie xxx

[Maruschke]

I'll be thinking of you tuesday write all your questions down so that you are sure they get answered .