Hi, we got the letter through the door the other day, that we are top of the list for ivf and im so scared/excited!
I have a few medical problems which doesn't help the situation at all. I received a liver transplant in 2004 so I am on numerous anti rejection drugs, plus as a result of the transplant I now have varises in my gullet which could be a problem if I do get pregnant, im only allowed to have one baby as my body probably can not cope with multiple pregnancies or having a 2nd pregnancy later.
My doctors at the transplant unit are happy for me to have one pregnancy as long as I am well enough at the time of conceiving and the fertility doctors and my specialists will always stay in contact and I will be checked on very regularly. Plus I also have PCOS.
I have been with my husband for 8 years now and we have been trying from around 2006 till 2011. In 2010 we had our meeting with the gyne and I was told I have PCOS and was told to try and lose weight, I managed to get my weight down by 3 stone and I started on Clomid, I had 6 tries with that and only once were we told to try and conceive as I had produced to many eggs or none at all as they were only looking for one. After that in 2011 through other things as well I developed severe depression, worse than I had ever had before, so I stopped the treatment. I also gained 4 stone in a year and was totally unable to get myself into gear to get the weight off.
Anyway, at the beginning of the year I decided that I have to do something to shift this weight and we would go back to the gyne once i'd got my weight down and I was as healthy as I could be. Ive managed to lose 17 pounds so far since 1st Jan, i've still got a long way to go but I am eating healthy and exercising as much as possible and have been losing around 1 to 2 pounds a week which I am pleased about, I have not had depression since last summer and dont plan on letting it take over me again.
Well we got the IVF letter through the door last week and I feel a million things at once,
- what if it doesn't work - is that it will we ever get pregnant,
- would be great if we could have our baby we've long waited for?
- I've not had time to lose the weight yet - BMI is at 35, so i'm border line
- what if my body does cope with it?
- I don't want to let me hubby down?
- the procedure
- it goes on and on
I just hope hope hope it works!
Anyway that's a bit about me, looking for some reasurrance and advice.
Thanks xxx
I have a few medical problems which doesn't help the situation at all. I received a liver transplant in 2004 so I am on numerous anti rejection drugs, plus as a result of the transplant I now have varises in my gullet which could be a problem if I do get pregnant, im only allowed to have one baby as my body probably can not cope with multiple pregnancies or having a 2nd pregnancy later.
My doctors at the transplant unit are happy for me to have one pregnancy as long as I am well enough at the time of conceiving and the fertility doctors and my specialists will always stay in contact and I will be checked on very regularly. Plus I also have PCOS.
I have been with my husband for 8 years now and we have been trying from around 2006 till 2011. In 2010 we had our meeting with the gyne and I was told I have PCOS and was told to try and lose weight, I managed to get my weight down by 3 stone and I started on Clomid, I had 6 tries with that and only once were we told to try and conceive as I had produced to many eggs or none at all as they were only looking for one. After that in 2011 through other things as well I developed severe depression, worse than I had ever had before, so I stopped the treatment. I also gained 4 stone in a year and was totally unable to get myself into gear to get the weight off.
Anyway, at the beginning of the year I decided that I have to do something to shift this weight and we would go back to the gyne once i'd got my weight down and I was as healthy as I could be. Ive managed to lose 17 pounds so far since 1st Jan, i've still got a long way to go but I am eating healthy and exercising as much as possible and have been losing around 1 to 2 pounds a week which I am pleased about, I have not had depression since last summer and dont plan on letting it take over me again.
Well we got the IVF letter through the door last week and I feel a million things at once,
- what if it doesn't work - is that it will we ever get pregnant,
- would be great if we could have our baby we've long waited for?
- I've not had time to lose the weight yet - BMI is at 35, so i'm border line
- what if my body does cope with it?
- I don't want to let me hubby down?
- the procedure
- it goes on and on
I just hope hope hope it works!
Anyway that's a bit about me, looking for some reasurrance and advice.
Thanks xxx
