After months and months and months of heartache and disappointment, I finally know what we both need to do to have another baby.
We've completed the obligatory and procedural tests to confirm the underlying "secondary infertility" issues and it seems that we do indeed need some help. I won't go into the finer details but needless to say, I really wish I'd called my Obstetrician, questioned our situation and begun these tests a whole lot earlier!
On January 17th our journey with Monash IVF will begin.
This conjures up a myriad of emotions and I cant explain whether I am excited or scared, but the thought of NOT being able to have any more babies at all is absolutely devastating to me.
At this stage I have made a choice to only tell my Mum, Dad and best friend, (who is having an IVF baby), why we are starting IVF. I can trust them implicitly to not tell any one else until we know what our chances are like. I am not at all ashamed or embarrassed about IVF, I just don't feel that my mother-in-law could keep it to herself long enough to be trusted.
At this stage I have made a choice to only tell my Mum, Dad and best friend, (who is having an IVF baby), why we are starting IVF. I can trust them implicitly to not tell any one else until we know what our chances are like. I am not at all ashamed or embarrassed about IVF, I just don't feel that my mother-in-law could keep it to herself long enough to be trusted.
What is IVF?
IVF treatment involves the collection of eggs from the woman, sperm from the man, placing the egg with the sperm in a culture dish in a controlled environment in the laboratory, to create an embryo outside the body. The resulting embryo is then placed back into the woman’s uterus in a procedure called the embryo transfer.
If more than 2 embryos develop, the remaining or surplus embryos can be stored by freezing for transfer in subsequent cycles. Replacing thawed embryos in subsequent cycles, therefore, is a much less demanding treatment.
The sequence of steps for an IVF Treatment Cycle:
- Suppression of own hormones using nasal spray ( & contraceptive pill)
- Follicle growth (stimulation by injections)
- Ovulation timing (based on blood tests and ultrasound scan)
- Collecting the eggs from the follicles using the ultrasound scanning machine
- Collection and preparation of sperm
- Insemination of eggs with sperm
- Assessment of fertilisation
- Embryo transfer to the uterus
- Embryo freezing
- Pregnancy blood test
- If pregnancy is confirmed, further blood tests and an ultrasound will be required.
Please, Please cross your finger and toes and pray that this works for us, as I couldn't bare not to be able to feel more mummy love from a newborn bubba!
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