Tired of waiting for funding... starting my private cycle next week

[CatDV]

Hello everyone 😊

As the title suggests, I could not wait 9 more months to start my one and only NHS cycle.

I have done some research and I am going to Czech Republic for IVF. Literally no waiting time, a lots cheaper than a cycle in the UK and apparently better success rates??

I am just waiting for my P to start (maybe Monday or Tuesday) in order to start my injections.

I have been prescribed 175units of Gonal F and nothing else... I see you ladies in so many different meds, I was surprised when I was prescribed only one... hope they know what they are doing.

When back in March our consultant on a follow up appointment said : “well, everything looks normal with you two, I will refer you to IVF” I was in chock and cried for hours. I wanted a reason to fail to conceive, not IVF. And it sounded so scary!

After pushing for a laparoscopy in April, was told they found very minimal endo (which was removed), and very healthy organs otherwise, so not a valid reason for not conceiving.

I can’t believe that in fact I am super excited to start this journey 😊

Although it’s not guaranteed it will work, we feel that we’ve never been so close!

Wish me luck 🍀

[penny24]

Good luck, fingers crossed for your bfp xx

[CatDV in reply to penny24]

Thank you Penny ☺️

[magda22]

Yes, good luck 🤞

[CatDV in reply to magda22]

Thanks Magda xx

[Lynn31181]

Good luck with your journey.

I was started off on only 150 ml or units of gonal f. For the last couple days it was raised to 175 just to boost the final couple eggs. That worked for us. We had scans every other day just to check how they were growing. Then there was 1 other injection just to trigger ovulation the day before egg collection.

I saw other people on other drugs and more of them but just that one worked for us first time. X

[Refocus in reply to Lynn31181]

Hi Lynn, were you private or NHS? I started on 225 gonal-f with NHS with no checkups until day 9, at which point they cancelled the cycle. X

[Lynn31181 in reply to Refocus]

That was NHS. You would think all nhs regions are the same but from what I’ve read on here, every region has different procedures.

[CatDV]

Thanks Lynn, that’s quite reassuring.

They only asked me to have 2 scans though 🤐 day 7 and day 10 ...

But I’ll try not to think too much about this and believe it will be ok, even with less scans 😊

Hope everything is going well with your pregnancy xxx

[Lynn31181 in reply to CatDV]

Good luck with your journey. X

[Dunla]

Sending you lots and lots of luck for your cycle. We have family members who went for treatment in Czech Republic and had immediate success! Hoping you will have a similar experience xx

[CatDV in reply to Dunla]

Awww thanks Dunla 😍

Let’s hope we are as lucky xxx

[CC2018]

Good luck! X

[CatDV in reply to CC2018]

Thanks CC 😊

[Caza2009]

Good luck with your cycle xxxx

[CatDV in reply to Caza2009]

Thanks Caza! 😀

[Clover5]

Wishing you lots of luck for a positive outcome!💕🤞 XX

[CatDV]

Thank you Clover!!

☺️

And keep us updated on your pregnancy. It keeps us going by reading positive stories xxx

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Sorry CatDV I missed this!

I haven’t had IVF so cant comment on what’s normal & what’s not. But I wanted to wish you the very best with the cycle & hope it’s successful. You were wise to push for a lap as even a tiny bit of endo can affect fertility ( mine did) . The IVF will have a much better chance with it being removed 👌🏻 xoxo

[CatDV in reply to Hidden]

Thanks Jess ❤️

Wishing you the very best in your journey too xx