Utter nutter testing early

[happycupcake]

Oh, he's going to be SO pleased with this lol! Is this a general guy thing, being scared to do it in a cup? Perhaps mine is a weirdo

 

[ameeann]

Hahaha yeh my oh wasn't so happy about it either suppose it's embarrassing when you're not a woman who's used to having their tonsils checked via the exit sorry haha

 

[happycupcake]

Lol hey ho, tough

 

[robo123]

HSG can be uncomfy and painful. I made sure I took strong painkillers an hour before and I found it ok. They looked at both me and my partner as getting pregnant was not the issue staying pregnant was. Hopefully it will be something simple that they can sort out for you Hun. Xx

 

[happycupcake]

I wonder if a huge dose of diazepam would be ok for this ... it helped for the dental abscess I had. How much can they tell from a scan regarding tubes? Sorry for all the questions. Also, is this NHS or do you have to pay for it? I wasn't told by our GP, she just did the referral

 

[robo123]

I had it all done on the NHS they have been amazing with me. They can tell if you have any issues in your tubes and if there is any issues with you uterus that could cause implantation issues. Things like scar tissue and swelling can have a huge impact. They should scan you at certain times to look at your eggs and how many you produce to rule out polysistic ovaries which can also have. A negative impact on egg quality. Ask away Hun it's always best to get it all checked whilst they are referring you. Xx

 

[ameeann]

Yeh they'll definitely look at your both, but in our case, his got done way quicker haha my oh has low morphology!

 

[Jules8]

My OH was nervous too. He ended up doing ok though once he got there. He said he was glad they really didn't make anything out of it, just a normal thing they do. They just handed him a cup, told him to take his time, and the doctor talked to me about other things until he was done.

 

[happycupcake]

Is it available on the NHS when you already have children? I'm sorry, I don't know if you have children or if this is your first. I have three biological children. It's frustrating I had our daughter only in 2013, and now it's this huge struggle.
I'm confused as to whether treatments are offered on the NHS when you already have children if they impact your health aside from wanting more children, and if you have to pay for treatment if say, it's IVF. I'm probably not making sense.
The things I guess are the most obvious to me to get checked out are blood clotting disorders, any immune system problems, hormone levels, egg and sperm health and anything obvious in uterus or tubes making things difficult.

Kind of hoping after the decidual cast thing that that may have helped and things may possibly happen now that isn't there. I would also like to try to sort out whatever the problem is by myself if possible, I've been trying to figure it out for months. I feel guilty taking up a space in a fertility clinic when I have children, when there are probably many without children who need to be seen.
But on the other hand I know if the problem lies with myself then it could be having a huge impact on my general health so needs sorting out anyway.

I hope my husband's sperm are ok, I know he will feel like it's his fault if there's something wrong with them

 

[robo123]

All the tests and checks will be done on the NHS. Unfortunately they will not cover IVf as you have children. This is my first and by a miracle happened naturally as due to my husbands weight we were not eligible for IVF on the NHS. I had early losses and it was due to a tubal issue. Just because you have children does not mean you are not entitled to the same treatment and investigations Hun. Xx

 

[happycupcake]

This is what I was thinking. Absolutely fair enough, I do have children and the NHS is stretched so far already. But it's so good to know that any investigations or treating any issues are covered.
I'm so pleased for you. I'm sorry you have had to go through so much but it's lovely to see that after all that you conceived naturally and didn't have to worry about paying what I imagine is a hefty sum for IVF

 

[josephine3]

So sorry cupcake im so frustrated for you

 

[robo123]

Thank you, I feel very lucky and blessed to be in this position.
The NHS are brilliant, but the whole IVf thing with me was very upsetting as I knew it was me with the issues hubby is like superman apparently which did not make me feel any better.
I really hope they get on with the investigations and can treat whatever it is asap so you don't have to keep going through this heartache xx

 

[happycupcake]

No worries Josephine, I should be used to this outcome by now but for some reason although it isn't surprising it's still rubbish and depressing.

Robo, I'm sorry if you said before, but what do you think changed for you to enable you to conceive naturally? You have gone through so much, to then conceive naturally like this must have been such a huge emotional smack in the face (in a nice way). I guess when you have experienced all you have, and you're going through specialists to help and everything, it must feel as if there isn't any way it'll happen by itself so must have been the most amazingly lovely shock for you both! I haven't been through what you have, but I would be absolutely stunned if we fell pregnant and it stuck randomly without help. But miracles do indeed happen

 

[robo123]

I had surgery to remove my tube due to ectopic pregnancies, however when they opened me up the tube I had the ectopics in was fine and the other was so infected And scarred it was effecting my uterus, so no pregnancies would stick so they removed that tube and 2 months later I go for a check up and I'm pregnant! They knew the tube was damaged due to the HSG but not the extent so it was never an option to remove it before. X

 

[happycupcake]

Blimey. So they went in thinking they were removing the tube you had ectopics in and ended up removing the other?!? I'm guessing this wasn't what you expected! How amazing you fell pregnant just two months after though
So having HSG can damage your tubes? If you went back in time and they offered this to you, knowing it could do some damage would you still go ahead? Is it worth having it done? Or does it not usually cause any damage?
I'm sorry, I know this is probably hard for you to go over, it must have been so hard to go through. X

 

[robo123]

Don't apologise if anything I have been through can help I'm More than happy to share. The HSG can not cause any damage, my tube had been damaged for years they don't know the cause and without the HSG I would never have known the tube was broken. It was a shock when they said the tube that I had the ectopics in was healthy and they wouldn't remove it but I'm so glad they didn't. Xx

 

[happycupcake]

Thank you so much for sharing
That's crazy, you would assume, naturally, that the tube with ectopics would be damaged, not the other way around! So the HSG can't damage them, that's good. I really don't relish the idea of having that done, I'm hoping to escape this. I'm hoping for a miracle to happen and it's as simple as balancing hormones and hopefully having got rid of the partial cast I can go on my merry way. I have an inkling I may be asking too much from the universe, however.
Your story is really quite astonishing to me. I think you're incredibly brave and strong to go through all that, this pregnancy was definitely earned and hugely deserved

 

[happycupcake]

I don't know whether to keep updating this thread since it started out as a testing thread, but I had my bloods done yesterday to check for various things; FSH, LH, oestradiol, FBC & thyroid. I think that's it, but I have to have progesterone checked during my lp, as soon as I know when it's a week from af ... unsure how to calculate this when progesterone lengthens my lp, I'm assuming go in as if I wasn't using it? Also unsure whether I should actually use it if I have to be tested for it as it will alter results and I won't then have a true picture of what my levels are?