How long was your fertility journey?

It took me over four years. I had three failed IUIs and three FETs. My first two FETs resulted in blighted ovums/chemical pregnancies, so on my third we transferred two embryos. One failed to implant, but the other is my beautiful four- month-old little boy! I had a slight change in protocols with the successful transfer, but nothing major. Don’t lose hope!

you are literally writing my thoughts. You are so not alone. I had the best crying session yesterday because of this. I’ve had 3 failed iui’s, 1 failed FET and the second FET was an ectopic. I’ve also been at this for 3 years. It certainly hasn’t been a walk in the park but one day our time will come. Wishing you all the best!

What was your protocol for your successful FET and what changes did you make?

We have been ttc for nearly 4 years and going 2 go down the ivf route as my husband has a low sperm count

I’m so sorry to hear you’re going through it too I wouldn’t wish this on anyone! It’s so hard to stay motivated and hopeful isn’t it
I feel like I need to commit all my life and time to get to the bottom of my fertility problem ( which isn’t realistic or feasible!) so hard having a down day too which doesn’t help x

congratulations that’s Liebig news! Wishing you all the best x

Not to mention I’ve just turned 35 which I don’t feel old and know it isn’t that old hit fertility wise I feel like it’s a big milestone ,

@Kate I've just turned 39 I sit and think to myself will this ever happen as my body clock is ticking its awful what us woman have 2 go through just 2 have a baby

it’s so difficult isn’t it, it’s like a ticking time bomb isn’t it and I hate it so much xxx

@Kate yea it is we dnt get nhs funding we have 2 pay for each round I know its not guaranteed 2 work first time were currently saving the money for our first round hoping 2 start it at the start of nxt year xxx

Best of luck to you! Us too, we’ve paid for 2 rounds and it’s bloody expensive! Access fertility is much better fyi for savings xx

@kate yea it is expensive we got our testing on the nhs but treatment we have 2 pay for our doctor told us we would be about 5 thousand pound a round what is access fertility I've never heard of it

it’s so pricey isn’t it! It’s basically like a payment package you can do instead of paying direct to the clinic( for example I paid for 2 rounds and it was approx 6500 - not including medication any more tests etc) have a look in to it it does work out better value xx

@Kate I will have a look at that so u pay it every month or whatever and they pay 2 the clinic for u xx

no sadly you still have to pay upfront but it does work out cheaper in comparison to what the clinics offer xx

I’m 35 - 5 years TTC - diagnosed ‘unexplained infertility’ 2 years in. Clomid and letrozole both 6-9 month trials - NHS taking way too long. Started IVF and paid privately this month. Hoping for my miracle x

@Kate that makes sense when I looked at the costs it was half the price of what our clinic was charging for 1 round which does make it more affordable xx

keeping everything crossed for your happy ending! Xx

It gives me comfort I’m not alone but also makes me so sad so many well deserving people are struggling ❤️

About four years and more failures and miscarriages than I want to think about. But I was like you and couldn’t make myself give up. Maybe if I hit menopause I would have? But I got my little prince eventually.

congratulations to you I’m sure he was worth it all ❤️

It has taken 6 years to get to where we are now with two little boys. We have had 7 transfers, which resulted in failed implantation and MC. My oldest boy is just over 2 and our youngest is 5 days old. It is such a long and challenging process.

congratulations to you, so pleased to hear you have your happy ending
Did they find a ‘reason’ for the failed implantations? This is where I’m at now x

Thanks, @Kate. Unfortunately, I was just told it was bad luck as we had good quality embryos. We didn't have our embryos tested, though. I feel like there may have been more the clinic could have suggested to look into it further.