infertilaty clinic

[kitten_uk2]

hi, me and me hubby have been trying for a baby for 18 months now and have finnally been seen at the infertilaty clinic at our hospital. on the 5th jan i have been booked in to have a procedure done where some dye will be put into my fullopian tubes, im not looking forward to this to say the least, but im also abit worried as i was told my day 21 hormone level ( i think) is only 2, when it should be anything between 30 and 50, any advice would be greatful if anyone has been down this road, thanx

[jb190281]

hi kitten. im also in the early stages of these investigations. ive been for my initial scan which reduced me to tears i must admit. ive now been prescribed drugs which dont seem to be helping much! so i agree with you, it isnt particularly nice and a little bit worrying to say the least!

if you fancy a more in depth chat, please feel free and i'll give you my email address

[annie0000]

Hi kitten, I had the procedure you are describing when my husband and i were going through the same thing. It is actually fairly straightforward, the make a little incision in your tummy button under general anaesthetic and I think I took the next day off work and the couple of stiches came out by themselves. I was told I had one part funtioning tube and the other was fine. Not sure what my hormone levels were, but I had irregular periods and mid period bleeding as well (I put a lot of it down to stress with trying). I did get prescribed clomid for a couple of months but then taken off it again - I think they felt the hormones were okay and didn't want to risk a multiple pregnancy. I am not sure if it was the flushing of the dye, the relief that everything was okay or what, but I got pregnant shortly after having the surgical procedure - I now have 2 boys born 13 months apart - we took advantage of the post pregnancy fertile period!!

[kitten_uk2]

thanx for those answers, i had a scan done too and there was a few tiny cysts in my overies and a few ovulation eggs too, ive not had a period since beginning of nov and that was only a day of spotting, my periods are hit and miss. im worried the hysterosalpingogram (HSG) will cause me pain, and im not haveing any anesthetic.
we already have a 5 and half yr old boy together, so we would be unable to get ivf treatment if it came to that. im just hopin they can give me some medication to increase my hormones

[jb190281]

hi again kitten. the medication ive been prescribed is metformin, which i believe is used in an attempt to regulate periods. its done nothing for me as yet, but fingers crossed. im sure you could discuss these things with your consultant? best of luck x

[zzxxee]

hope everything goes ok x

[xxsparkerxx]

Hi, me and my partner have been trying for a baby for nearly 3 years now, After I had been trying for about 12mths I decided to go to the doctors who in turn referred me to the hospital, after many tests it was found that I have PCOS, I have had various tests/scans including the HSG, it isnt that bad at all, no pain, I would just say uncomfortable for a very short time, the only thing I found was a day or so after I bled wuite heavy but apart from that I was fine. we are still trying for a baby and I am noe back on Clomid, this helps to ovulate and increase the chance of getting caught pregnant, however I dont hold much hope of Clomid working as I have been on it before and didnt work then, I think my next step wil be being referred for IVF. It is a long and drawn out process and we seem to have been trying forever, but I just keep thinking that one day hopefully we will get a baby so it would hae all benn worth it.

[aggiela]

Hi Kitten, I wasn't going to reply to you as I felt you had enough answers and then I read sparkers reply. Sparker you seem soo downhearted and at the end of your teather the same as I felt when I was waiting on my fertilty treatment. I was told I had PCOS and my husband had been tested and I was waiting for my laperoscopy. Hubby was fine, and I had resigned myself to the fact IUI would work. After 6 years, 4 miscarriages and a term on the fertility waiting list I finaly relaxed cause it wasn't "my choice" anymore. I fell pregnant in nov 2007 and had a georgous baby daughter in july 2008. I used to hate reading stories like mine cause I thought that I would never be so lucky, but, I was. I think the moral is, relax. Easier said than done, I Know. Let us know how u get on hun. xXx

[xxsparkerxx]

I think it gets me down at times because you want something so bad but you have to let nature take its course and there is nothing you can do about it at all, and with the nhs its just a long drawn out process, but like I say, if at the end of it all we manage to have a baby then it will all have been worth it in the end, and when it finally does happen you will all know :-)