It has been a while since I have posted on this site so I'll start from the beginning again.
In 2006 I fell pregnant naturally after a little over a year of trying. At only six weeks I was taken to hospital with pain on my right side. It was an ectopic pregnancy and I lost the pregnancy and one of my fallopian tubes. I had Primary Peritonitus when I was 5 years old and as a result both my tubes were scarred. My IVF journey starts here...
Immediately I went to see Dr Michael Aitken at Fertility Spevialists of WA. He gave us a very good chance at IVF. I had a stim cycle soon after which resulted in 3 seperate blast transfers in the end. The second stim cycle began with a fresh blast transfered but it was a negaive result.
I was then refered to Dr Roger Hart at the same clinic who reviewed my case and decided that the problem could be a hydrosalpinx with my remaining tube and I went into surgery to have my other tube removed. He noticed I also had a septate uterus and while it was only slightly septate, he went in again about 6 weeks later to correct that.
I had a fifth transfer of a frozen blast that also turned out to be negative. By this stage I had two frozen blasts remaining. As I was about to do a frozen cycle, he noticed a very large cyst on one of my ovaries and put me on the pill for 3 months to try and at least reduce it. Three months later I went to get an ultrasound at a clinic that had a more powerful machine then the one at the IVF clinic. It turned out the cyst had come down a little bit but was still big. I also had a polyp. A polyp can also reduce the chances of implantation. So I had another lap to have the cyst and the polyp removed.
After a 6th transfer with a negative result I am now ready to do a 3rd stimulated cycle. The doctor has suggested that 6 transfers with someone my age (I have just turned 31) is a lot and has suggested PGD with our next full stim cycle. He warned us that there is a possibility that all our embryos could be abnormal and to be prepared for that. This left me devastated and I couldnt go into work the next day as I hadnt slept all night.
In reality, I think that since things have been fixed, I have really only had 1 transfer (and one before the polyp was discovered) so I dont think we have really done enough to warrant PGD. He disagreed and thinks it is best. The ectopic pregnancy (as sad as it was) was a pregnancy and is the only thing that has given us hope.
Sorry for the long story! I am wondering if anyone has gone through PGD and after how many transfers? We have been karyotyped and everything is normall for us at least. I am really confused as to what to do and am scared to have them tested as I really dont want to hear the bad news.
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