I wanted to see if anyone had advice / been through a similar treatment pathway.
Background: 32 y/o and been trying for two years (on pill / implant before then). No luck after one year so went through standard GP testing as my cycles had been long and irregular after the implant, but tests / scans didn't show anything up. They weren't able to time my bloods 7 days before my period to check for ovulation due to the nature of my cycle, but as they were done late in a long cycle and showed I hadn't ovulated they thought I might have a problem with ovulation. I did have some classic PCOS symptoms such as facial hair, heavy periods when I was young (pre-pill) and back acne but nothing showed up on bloods or scans and as I'm not overweight I think it was ruled out.
I've now been on Clomid for 6 months (prescribed privately due to NHS referral wait) and I'm also under an NHS consultant. I've had positive at home ovulation tests each month and my cycles have returned to a normal length but no pregnancy.
I'm now not sure what to do next. NHS have said they won't see me until June and even then it would be to discuss other medicine (i.e. not IVF yet).
Private clinic have said to maybe look down the iui route, but I know success rates are low.
If you were on Clomid and didn't have PCOS what was your next step? Should I be pushing for IVF? I know I'm still early on as it's only been two years but I'm worried time is ticking.
Sorry for the long post and thank you in advance for any tips or advice.
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Keeping everything crossed for you 🤞 thanks so much for sharing your experience. Hoping once I meet my consultant I'll have a better idea about next steps, but I think IVF might be likely.
I did 6 cycles of Clomid with NHS and then they gave me a choice to try IUI or IVF. The success rate for IUI is lower and I wasn’t getting any younger so I just went straight to IVF.
Thanks for sharing your experience. It's always really useful to hear other people's path. That's was I was thinking about going straight to IVF (if possible). Will see what the consultant says.
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