We can finally get moving

[littlemorag]

Hi ladies,

I originally posted on this site almost 4 years ago when my OH and I first started ttc... well still no BFP or even a sniff in that time!

Im sure many of you will have had similar experiences but after a year I couldnt go on any more forums and felt like I was going crazy - it really affected my life and marriage for 2 years but slowly, i started to feel ok about it and even have a little more hope. You see, my OH was not ready in the slightest to seek help, I am very much a can-do person so managed to get myself checked and rechecked but the subject of fertility clinics was off the menu, I was ready 6 months in but it takes 2 to tango and after all this time my OH finally feels like its time to explore a little further and had a spem analysis done. I dont have the exact details but the jist of the problem is that his count is good but morphology is very poor with only 1% being ok.
I honestly dont know how to feel.... relieved, sad that the chances are it wont happen naturally, nervous at the future.
All I know that is I can start to move on after being in hiatus (and seeing all our friands have 1 or 2 babies by now) for 3.5 years - even posting here fills me with positivity - something ive not felt in a loooong time.
So, here we go..... another test and then an appointment for the fertility clinic and plenty of time to get my BMI under 30 for that...

So Im just asking for you ladies who are already down the IVF route - did it feel strange once you realised that it if it was going to happen, you would need help? I am feeling a bit calm but weird about it (we only had the conversations an hour ago!)

sorry fot he long post - I am bad for yabbling!

Mx

 

[trying hard]

Good luck hun

 

[purplesparkle]

good luck i'm starting iui soon. feels a bit strange for me as always hoped for natural conception

 

[littlemorag]

Hi Purple,

Me too, but after 1 year I got CD21 tests and an ultrasound. Apart from my testosterone being a teeny bit high, I was ok so i figured it might not be all me - the rest of the time was just a waiting game till my dear OH came round.

I feel a bit strange today, I got up this morning wondering if it was a dream as it feels like ive been in limbo forever...

Best of luck with the IUI, Doc thinks we will be straight to ICSI IVF

Mx

 

[urchin]

in a nutshell YES!
I was absolutely slaughtered when I found out we would need IVF ... but after I had picked myself up and dusted myself down, I just started thinking about it differently.

My objective is a baby of my own, and if my body isn't going to do it by myself, then I'll take all that medical technology has to offer

I'm currently in the 2WW after IVF - and if I'm successful, believe me, I won't give a shit how my baby got to be in there!

 

[littlemorag]

Hahahahhah!

Too true, I still feel a bit strange today but I'll adjust.... After 3.5 years it not like it's a massive shock

Mx

 

[SunUp]

Yes, it was weird at first... to know I needed help to become pregnant.
But, after TTC for a while, I kinda figured something was up...
After the initial shock, trust me, you see things differently. Yeah, sure it would be nice to get pregnant 'naturally'... but then you realize how glad you are that you didn't live 50 years ago, when you wouldn't have options, and how much you don't really care how you end up pregnant...
And then you will get impatient because you just want IVF to happen!
Good luck! Maybe we will get our BFPs around the same time! (which is, hopefully, VERY soon!)