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Hi ladies, hope everyone is well! That's me and dh finally got our finances all sorted and we're ready to go, so excited! We have our fertility tests booked in for the start of Sept and our consultation for 1st Oct. Feel good to finally have some dates in the diary!
 
Oh, that's brilliant news. I hope this is the magic answer for you!
 
Hi everyone,

Just noticed this link and would like to subscribe as might be starting treatment at GCRM in the near future. So glad to hear that you are all so happy with their service.

Just looking for a bit of advice. My DH and I had initial testing and a consultation at GCRM in may. The lady we met with was lovely. My husband had until that point shown low sperm count in NHS tests so we were fully expecting her to start discussing IVF. We didnt get our test results back before our consultation and were surprised when she told us that DH's sperm was considered normal, he had been taking vitamins following poor results. She kindly wrote a letter to local NHS gynacology department to arrange lap and dye and hysterscopy to see if my tubes were blocked etc. Had this performed yesterday and all appears well. We are now considered unexplained and have now been referred to assisted conception unit (i did conceive in dec but miscarried at 5 weeks). Not really sure what my next step is. Should i arrange another consultation with GCRM. I have no idea of current NHS waiting list for ACU do any of you? Also is there any other tests we need?

Thanks, GP isn't the most helpful and the gynacologist has not arranged a follow up appointment as he says there is nothing more he can do.

Good luck everyone.
 
Maybe the ACU would like you to try on your own again for a period of time before they would see you again, maybe that's the best course of action for you at this point. If your OH's sperm count is normal and your tubes are clear maybe you will fall your self if you just give it some time. Honestly you don't want to go down the route of IVF if you don't have too. I see you're both still very young, maybe try for a year and then see if the NHS will help again.

Good luck.
 
Thanks wallie think your right. My hubby got his sperm tested again a few days ago so will hopefully get his results soon.
Wishing all you ladies lots of luck and baby dust xxx
 
Hi hope everyone is well, I had my follow up appt with dr gadoin last week, no real reason for my failed ivf.... I really don't know now whether to have another shot at the ivf, been so down about it... And worried that the same will happen again....as they were very pleased with each aspect of the ivf and so were we...Got a councilling session tomorrow so hoping I'll gain a bit of perspective and some pointers for coping and healing...
 
Hi Mandy,
I just joined this thread and just looked at your signature and just wanted to send you massive hugs. I hope the counselling session helps as much as it can and it seems that they are hopeful about trying again. Thinking of you, xx
 
Mandy, glad you had your review. Did they not say they would do anything different then? Did they just say bad luck? So frustrating isn't it. :hugs:

We have our telephone review appt next Thursday. Not thinking much will come of it either but we'll see what the Consultant says.
 
hey everyone, just wanted to drop in and see how everyone is doing.

Mandy, sorry to hear you didnt get any concrete reasons around this cycle it must be very frustrating for you. I hope the councelling session is beneficial for you, we are thinking of having one before we start the treatment as I dont feel prepared.

We have our Consents appointment on Saturday and we will be starting treatment around 17th Sept. To say I am terrified is an understatement, I can honestly say I dont feel excited about it at all! :-(

Dreamhoping, I would ask for the actual numbers from the GCRM. I think they class normal as anything over 15 million whereas the NHS class anything over 20 million normal. We have been trying for over 2 years with a borderline count and I have never fell pregnant, my husbands count did increase to 58 million after accupuncture but then dropped to 3 million when we went to the GCRM. We are now going for ICSI.

Welcome to sandoval_star :hi:
 
Hi ladies,

I'm moving house on Friday!

AF has just disappeared and going to hopefully do FET next cycle. I'll wait on CD1 then call the GCRM and see what we "do" for that. We also have our telephone consulation next Thursday night on the phone.

Hope you're all well.

I'll not be on here for a couple of weeks as we've to wait for a while on Broadband at the new house!
 
Great news Wallie, hope you get all settled in quickly. Best of luck for the FET, I'll be thinking about you - keep us updated once you can get online! x
 
macca197831 said:
hey everyone, just wanted to drop in and see how everyone is doing.

Mandy, sorry to hear you didnt get any concrete reasons around this cycle it must be very frustrating for you. I hope the councelling session is beneficial for you, we are thinking of having one before we start the treatment as I dont feel prepared.

We have our Consents appointment on Saturday and we will be starting treatment around 17th Sept. To say I am terrified is an understatement, I can honestly say I dont feel excited about it at all! :-(

Dreamhoping, I would ask for the actual numbers from the GCRM. I think they class normal as anything over 15 million whereas the NHS class anything over 20 million normal. We have been trying for over 2 years with a borderline count and I have never fell pregnant, my husbands count did increase to 58 million after accupuncture but then dropped to 3 million when we went to the GCRM. We are now going for ICSI.

Welcome to sandoval_star :hi:
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Hi macca

We got numbers from NHS and GCRM

Feb 2012 (NHS)
3 mls
14 million per ml
50 % motility
2% morphology

May 2012 (GCRM)
3 mls
43 million per ml
36% motility
10% morphology

GCRM said this was within normal parameters and encouraged us to keep trying naturally.

That’s amazing your hubby managed to get his count to 58 million. Was he still doing acupuncture when his sperm was 3 million? Varying sperm results just add to this whole TTC business. He had another test done last week so will be interesting to see what that will be.. Good luck with treatment.
 
Wallie said:
Hi ladies,

I'm moving house on Friday!

AF has just disappeared and going to hopefully do FET next cycle. I'll wait on CD1 then call the GCRM and see what we "do" for that. We also have our telephone consulation next Thursday night on the phone.

Hope you're all well.

I'll not be on here for a couple of weeks as we've to wait for a while on Broadband at the new house!
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Good luck with house move and next cycle will be here before you know it.
 
Hi dreaminghopin, 43 million is a good number so perhaps you should just keep trying for now!!!! I hope you get there naturally! My husband had 35% motility on his first test and it went to 50% with the accupuncture. He was still doing accupuncture when he got the 3 million result but he had a bug the week he gave the test so we think that may have had an impact. we will keep going with the accupuncture and the vitamins until the egg transfer as they have definitely helped with my husbands results!

Good luck with the move Wallie!!!
The GCRM said they will see how his counts are on the day and decide then if we do IVF or ICSI.
 
Wallie good luck with the move and keep us updated on your FET :)

Mandy hope you are feeling a bit better, I can imagine your frustration, maybe the counselling would help you make a decision. Hope you are ok

Macca glad you have the ball rolling it will be here before you know it :) xxx
 
Hey girls, had our consents appointment today and we start the agonist protocol on 18th Sept!

One thing I forgot to ask is should we stop trying naturally now? Treatment starts on day 21 so technically by some miracle there could always be a chance I was pregnant.

Any ideas? Xx
 
Hi girls! Just home from holiday. Had a lovely chilled out time. My drugs are ordered and will start Metformin in 10 days time with the actual IVF cycle being the following one.
Wallie, good luck with the FET and I hope all went well with your house move.
Mandy, hope you are doing ok? How did your counselling appointment go?
Macca, that's great news that you have a date to start. I know what you mean about feeling terrified!
Dreaminhoping, those figures look good:thumbup:
Jacqui, hope you are keeping well. How many weeks are you now?
Sand, it won't be long before you have your first appointments and then you can hopefully get started.
 
Hi girls, hope everyone is well! Bluebell and Macca- so exciting you're about to start, the process really does seem to come around quickly!

Me and dh had our fertility assessments today at the GCRM which went fine. We go on holiday on Saturday so it was nice to get them out of the way before leaving. 1st consultation appt is 1st October; looking forward to it.

Jacqui - how are you keeping? When will you find out if there's 1 or 2 in there?! x
 
Morning,

Bluebell- Thats great the ball is rolling, not long now- Have everything crossed for you

SS- Its defo a good idea to get a holiday in before starting treatment to relax and have a glass of wine :)

Im 14 weeks, 15 weeks on Tuesday and i already know its twins :), it has flown in.... Ive been able to start buying some things which is nice

XX
 
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