Fertility issues

IVF Drug Query

feeds@yuku.com (nicb) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:37:30 GMT

I had a laporoscopy 3 months ago and have been advised that IVF is my only option if I want to concieve. Have started researching and been to information sessions and have been told about the drugs I will need to take and that it slows down the endo growth as my body is put on 'pause' but then the drugs to start things up again and stimulate the ovaries may speed up the growth of endo.

I just wanted to know what peoples experiences are of this - has the endo come back...

Need advice please - just go my results

feeds@yuku.com (Lara1) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:49:11 GMT

So we finanlly got the results back today, and have been told that i have an ovary cyst has come back again, and also possible endo. However, i have just been informed that as of the 1st december, women of the age between 36-40 will now not be able to receive ivf treatment. Im absolutely devastated, when i first started treatment i was under 35 and had been told by the gynae that i needed to be over 36 go get ivf treatment, so have been having op's etc, and having to sit on the waiting...

Endo flared up and just started IVF

feeds@yuku.com (tink29) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:39:30 GMT

Hi Ladies

Sorry I haven't been round much lately. Been concentrating on trying to get on with life between surgeries and IVF etc.

I started down regulating yesterday for my second round of IVF and since last weekend, a week before the IVF started, my endo has totally flared up, mainly in my bowel where I have had major surgery on in the past. I just feel totally fed up and that the IVF has no chance. I'm on no treatment at minute for endo as was doing really...

So confused

feeds@yuku.com (smcwales) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:33:15 GMT

Hi all

Firstly I will give you a bit of my background. I suffered with severe pain for many years and finally got reffered to gynae specialists in May 2008. After having and ultra sound and ending up in casualty with another bout of pain they tried to send me home with muscle pain but thankfully my ultra sound results were on the hospital computer records. I had a 10cm cyst/mass on my ovary and so I was admitted to the gynae ward. This was June 16th and given painkillers for the...

Hi Im new and want to introduce myself (ttc 3y) hope ive put it in the right place!

feeds@yuku.com (Smartie) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:30:06 GMT

Hi

Just wanted to introduce myself and give you a rundown of what's been happening to us over the last 3 years.

Me 28 DH 28 Dx Grade IV Endo May 07 (Tubes clear)
TTC 3 years

18/01/07 - Referral from Doctors for a scan re bad periods
19/05/07 - 1st Laparoscopy - Diagnosed with stage IV Endometriosis and prescribed 6 months of Zoladex injections and Tibolone (HRT) to shrink choc cysts...

more to life website - involuntary childlessness

feeds@yuku.com (sue mc) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:30:14 GMT

Hi
Just a quick one. I have recently come across a website for people who are childless (not by choice) and who have come to the end of their road in terms of their hopes to have children and are now coming to terms with closing that door and moving forward with their lives. It's not an easy step to take and maybe most people who are using this forum are not thinking this way - I think most people are still going through treatment etc. However, because this forum is technically also...

blood tests immune/chromosome

feeds@yuku.com (beaglelady) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:32:24 GMT

Have any of you ladies had these done?

My gp today feels that due to my age and history Mr P should be thinking about doing these particularly as pcos also causes problems.

Just wondered if anyone has any knowledge of this?

Need advice

feeds@yuku.com (beaglelady) — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:50:57 GMT

Ladies please can I ask for your advice

My consultant Andy Pickersgill who I've been under for my ops and recent miscarriage promised that he would let me know a test result (progesterone) over three weeks ago this was thought to be the reason for my first loss so it would be really helpful for me to have this result. I've emailed him but no response. I also have a number of other questions I want to ask him but when I saw him last week when he confirmed I am amaemic he...

IVF query

feeds@yuku.com (trixi) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:14:29 GMT

Hello everyone,
I was just wondering whether anyone had any information.
At the age of 31 and having suffered with endo since 16 I have just had my 4th laparoscopy and been diagnosed with stage 4 involving the bowel. On waiting list for surgery to excise the adhesions and seperate bowel (approx 12 wks been advised ).
I am just wondering how long it will be after surgery before we can try for IVF. Having been married for 2 years and with my biological clock ticking (desperate...

Concerned, don't know who to talk to

feeds@yuku.com (LordGrace) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:32:19 GMT

Hi everyone, I've had things on my mind all week and didn't know where to get them out so i thought I'd come here.

I'm 19, I've just started a Medicine degree at UEA, I've got a lovely boyfriend called Ollie who I've been seeing for around 7 months now and everything's generally good.

The problem is, I know I have endo. Those who've seen me around before might be vaguely aware of the small nightmare I had trying to get a consultant to...

questions regarding ttc after mc

feeds@yuku.com (juggly nic) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:59:50 GMT

Hi there

Well, after ttc for 2 yrs (it's 18 months since my endo removal) I discovered last week that I was pg. We were very surprised, but over the moon. Sadly, I started bleeding on Sunday, went to doctors yesterday, and it looks like I've lost it (am going for blood test tomorrow, but it looks pretty conclusive due to very heavy blood loss). I understand that this could have been a chemical pregnancy or an early miscarriage as I was only 5 weeks pg (doctor was...

IUI - could it work for us?

feeds@yuku.com (Tazzle) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:54:28 GMT

Hi everyone

This is my first post. Just joined Endo. UK last week. I was diagnosed with Stage III endo. in July after a lap. I still havent had the consultation with the Drs but I have had to have more UV scans and an MRI scan since. Results awaiting....I also have polycystic ovaries and a slightly heart-shaped ueterus. I am 34 and we have been trying actively for a family for 3 years (not been very careful and relaxed about any 'surprises' that may have arrived for about 4...

Fertilaid ..

feeds@yuku.com (elle09) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:25:16 GMT

Hey Everyone

You may have read my previous posts on this forum, i'm still waiting for the hospitel to sort things out..

I came across Fertilaid & wonderd if anyone had taken this before & if any of you had success?

Thanks.
Elle.

am i wasting my time /not sure how to get over this

feeds@yuku.com (beaglelady) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:29:53 GMT

It's been a week since my erpc saw my consultant on Monday as I was feeling extremely faint he said he is shocked at how much I bled, and that I collapsed. He can't give me any immediate answers. I'm on a course of iron have to see gp weekly for a few weeks to monitor things. Consultant has told me I need a few months off to recover then to see him again. I feel like I have a whole series of questions I need answering before December but feel like we have mithered the...

Moral Support needed!!

feeds@yuku.com (glitter haitch) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:40:41 GMT

Hi there

I haven't been on this site for about a year now, so it feels a bit cheeky to come on after all this time and ask for support! But I was hoping I might be able to get things off my chest here and talk to others who might be in a similar situation to me

My husband and me have been ttc for just over a year and I'm starting to think maybe it's time to go to the doctors to see what's what.
I've had an ovary removed in the past - well, it...

new to site and TTC

feeds@yuku.com (Judrop) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:16:55 GMT

Hello. I'm new to this site today. Been feeling quite low (which is what prompted me to search for Endo UK) as trying to conceive is beginning to seem like an impossible and all-consuming task. I've managed to stay largely positive until this last month but after a series of particularly painful periods (one involving an ambulance call-out) and month after month of neg pg tests (we've been TTC for 4 years now) I feel pretty down this month. I've all the tests and...

Not sure where we go from here

feeds@yuku.com (joanieb) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:36:18 GMT

I'm sorry this is more of a stream of consciousness than an actual hope that anyone is able to help, but I think it helps me to write it out.

We are extremely lucky we have a 3.5 year old son. I was on the pill for most of my adult life and it turns out that coming off this gave my fertility enough of a boost to conceive. Fast forward to TTC for no 2. Period pains got crippling after a while leading to consultant and lap with diagnosis of stage IV endo. I was on zoladex...

just diagnosed with endo, feeling so lost, success stories and any info needed pls xxx

feeds@yuku.com (pocahontis) — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:19:03 GMT

Hi ev.1, I'v never posted anything on a forum b4 so unsure as to what i put and do sorry...
Im 23 and have been ttc for 4 yrs. 3 mnths ago was diag with endo, I gave myself a mnth without clomid after my op but have just finished 1st mnth and NO success.. I have been on chlomid prev for 4 mnths b4 endo diag, I am ovulating with a progesterone reading of 80 so thats fab but just cant...

New to the board - when is it safe to start to try to conceive after zoladex injections?

feeds@yuku.com (smilesarefree) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:13:25 GMT

Hi to all.

I'm a newbie to this site, just found it! I'm 42 (nearly 43) but would love to try for another baby. I had a miscarriage in 2007 and then again earlier this year. When I had my scan to confirm the miscarriage they found a huge chocolate cyst and this was the first I knew that I had endo. I had an op to remove as much of the cyst as possible and then have been on zoladex injections for the past 5 months.

When I asked my Doctor when can I start trying to...

blood test on days 1-4 of cycle?

feeds@yuku.com (lau 12345) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:59:57 GMT

Hiya,

I'm sorry to be a totally muppett but ive just started on the very long road of ivf and ive been asked to get blood taken on a specific days of cycle. 1-4, how do i know when this is? is it after a period?
Sorry i feel silly asking such a basic question but ive never really understood the whole cycle thing as my periods are so irregular!

Thanks
Lau
xx ps it was the consultant that requested them, it says on them..FSH,LH,FBC, HIV HEPB,C RUBELLA