Our problem is male factor, OH had a vasectomy after his 2nd baby in his first marriage.
Wehen we met we talked about him having the reversal quite early on. After getting married it was brough up again but we couldn't afford it. Couple of years later he got made redundent and with his redundancy money he paid for the reversal which wasn't sucessful.
Our next step was to go for sperm donation...at our first consultation OH mentioned to our doctor that he had seen an article about egg donation(he hadn't told me of this) I didn't even know that this kinda of thing existed! so after discussing this we decided that egg donation was the path we wanted to take. 2 years on we were still waiting for our first app!
So I contacted the doctor who had me that there was a very long waiting list down here...why had this not been mentioned before as going private we thought it wouldn't be that long! Anyway the doc recommended a private clinic in London( we live in Cornwall) and I contacted them straight away. Within days we had a first app and a month later a recipent had been found and I started the drugs.
Yeh it was pretty hard going injecting myself everyday but the end result would be worth it. Sadly for me the cycle didn't work but for my recipent it did. Me and OH had a drink to celerbrate for them that night. 3 months later another recipent was found and 6 weeks later I found out I was pregnant!
As i'm typing this I have got the most beautiful baby sleeping next to me and I thank god every day for him...I love him sooooo much! All those injections, 2 painful egg collections, a long emotional rollercoster and 46 hours of labour has been worth the little boy sleeping next to me...And I can't wait to do it all again!
xxx
Wehen we met we talked about him having the reversal quite early on. After getting married it was brough up again but we couldn't afford it. Couple of years later he got made redundent and with his redundancy money he paid for the reversal which wasn't sucessful.
Our next step was to go for sperm donation...at our first consultation OH mentioned to our doctor that he had seen an article about egg donation(he hadn't told me of this) I didn't even know that this kinda of thing existed! so after discussing this we decided that egg donation was the path we wanted to take. 2 years on we were still waiting for our first app!
So I contacted the doctor who had me that there was a very long waiting list down here...why had this not been mentioned before as going private we thought it wouldn't be that long! Anyway the doc recommended a private clinic in London( we live in Cornwall) and I contacted them straight away. Within days we had a first app and a month later a recipent had been found and I started the drugs.
Yeh it was pretty hard going injecting myself everyday but the end result would be worth it. Sadly for me the cycle didn't work but for my recipent it did. Me and OH had a drink to celerbrate for them that night. 3 months later another recipent was found and 6 weeks later I found out I was pregnant!
As i'm typing this I have got the most beautiful baby sleeping next to me and I thank god every day for him...I love him sooooo much! All those injections, 2 painful egg collections, a long emotional rollercoster and 46 hours of labour has been worth the little boy sleeping next to me...And I can't wait to do it all again!
xxx
. Its good reading stories like yours....I can only imagine what you've been through and how much you must love your little boy. Does the pain of the ttc journey disappear?
