Last natural chance gone

[Ttcblues]

Well that's it, my final chance to concieve before starting ivf has failed.

Kept thinking what a wonderful story that would of made. Guess I wanted it even more this month to save me having to go through ivf.

Oh well onwards and upwards. Praying with everything I have in me that ivf works first time.

Xx

[Hopeful1982]

Ttcblues,

I can totally relate to this as I felt exactly the same when I had my last period before IVF. Although assisted conception gives us a wonderful opportunity to have our longed for babies at the end of the day, we would all much prefer it happened naturally!

Good luck with your round of IVF. It's a surreal experience and a bit of a roller coaster!

Take care x

[Hidden]

Oh I know that feeling! We have unexplained infertility & because I know it could happen naturally every month I beg my period not to turn up!! We are getting close to our first go with IVF and dreading it in a way especially all the medication and things our bodies have to endure. I will just be focussing on the end result with all my fingers & toes crossed!!

Best of luck to you X

[Ttcblues in reply to Hidden]

Thanks ladies, best of luck to you both too xx

[Anjel2]

I felt the same way, we went on holiday before IVF and I was desperately hoping that I would get pregnant but it didn't happen. I quickly accepted IVF as a gift and a chance to get the help we obviously needed. In one way it was nice to have things in the hands of experts and I didn't have to worry about when I was ovulating or whether I would get my period each month. IVF is an emotional journey and my advice would be to take it one step at a time. Just concentrate on what's happening in the present and before you know it you'll have jumped several hurdles.

Wishing you all the best x

[EllieD]

Hey there please do not feel to disheartened! IVF is as stressful as you allow it to be! My advice would be to focus on the next appointment and try not to think too far ahead! But it worked for me - 1st cycle and I'm now 20 weeks.

As soon as you have that first scan the stress of IVF evaporates! X

[samrakkar]

Good luck x

[Bunty83]

I felt exactly the same way and really didn't want to start the cycle. But then when we actually started the injections etc I felt like we were doing something positive to reach our dream. I'm now 15 weeks pregnant and getting my bump which at times I thought would never happen. I decided to try and hope for the best but be realistic and try not to panic that it wouldn't work as we could try again. It didn't seem good to get sad about something that hadnt happened yet. This helped waiting for our scans too, you can't help or predict a miscarriage but to be honest I was, and still am scared of that happening. I know that advice to stay hopeful might seem easy to say now after it worked first time for us and I can't imagine how disappointing it must be to go through all the ups and downs of a cycle and not get a positive at the end. I had friends who stayed hopeful for me even at times I doubted everything and sometimes you need someone to say they believe. Good luck xx

[Ttcblues]

Thank you so much for those lovely replies ladies. I will try and take all your advice on board and take it one step at a time x