I just wanted to share some good news. We have been going through ivf since 2013. When we started our ivf journey we were initially told by the consultant that IVF would not work when they looked at, our results. We were told we had already paid for the cycle but were not entitled for a refund but that it would not work. We were totally floored and devastated. An embryologist took me aside and said she recommended we still went ahead with the cycle because we had nothing to lose. Thank goodness we did, as we had our first daughter as a, result of that cycle.
Well fast forward a bumby roller-coaster and we tried a few more times and have another daughter and a soon from different frozen cycles. During lockdown we decided to try one last time with a, frozen cycle. I have just had an early scan at 7 weeks and it is twins. Am so in shock. Our story has been squeezed into a few lines and has involved a lot of tears and anguish along the way. Ivf is such a traumatic process but the rewards are amazing. I wish I could have told myself at the start where I would be now. I just wanted to share because if we had listened to the first consultant and not gone ahead, we would be in a very different place to where we are now. Always get a second opinion, try to always have hope even when things seem so bleak. You never can tell which cycle will be the one that works. Wishing everyone on this journey love and luck. Xxx
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Wow, just wow! What a story! 🙌🙌 many, many congratulations to you and your (expanding) family. So many of us pray and hope but are often floored by the harsh realties of this process and left trying to pick ourselves back up. This is a reminder that things can work out with amazing results. Thank you for posting. xx
It really is. I don't want it to sound like I am being flippant because this is the very shortened version of the story but it really can work even if the odds are stacked against it. Cycles when they have told me everything is perfect and it didnt work... Cycles when they said it wasn't perfect and it has worked There is no logic. But I just want people who are feeling like it might never work. It really only takes one lucky cycle and everything else is forgotten about. Xxx
Amen to that, and no you don't sound flippant. I am 5wks today and I am anxious as hell, checking I still have symptoms, that I am not bleeding etc. Yesterday I felt so excited and today I am scared I am not going to make it to 7. Hard to be super positive when you've been disappointed before suppose. Hope I have some luck too. xx
All the best. It is so nerve wracking I know. Feeling that is totally normal. I think with ivf pregnancies you will feel a bit like that all way through till you are holding baby. The scans really help with anxiety. I am 8 weeks now and feel the same Xxx
Holy moly! What a journey and 3 children and 2 more on the way 😱😱😱...u must feel like the luckiest woman in the world.. How wrong that consultant was.....albeit with much needed help and heartbreak along the way as is so common with this IVF journey. many congratulations. Wishing u all the best with this pregnancy. Xxx
Oh my!! Congratulations love. What a beautiful and heartwarming story! Thank you so much for the encouraging words. Im sure many of us need it. Wishing u a wonderful and safe pregnancy xxx💐💐💐
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