4th IVF cycle failure… What are our options now?

jessie · 2018-01-16 03:58:35 UTC

After a year of trying for a baby, we went for tests and were diagnosed with unexplained infertility. We asked for and received a 21-day blood test (for progesterone, which shows whether ovulation has occurred) and NHS-funded Clomid treatment for six months, but this was unsuccessful. Although we were on the waiting list for further funded treatment, we decided to have the private clinic. I had to do one injection every second day (about four or five injections in total) and there were several trips to the hospital for scans. The injections were really easy to get used to and with the auto-injector, it doesn’t really look like you’re injecting yourself. Even my husband, who hates needles, admitted that it didn’t look too scary. The clinic resulted in a short-lived (six-week) non-viable pregnancy. We then underwent a further three unsuccessful cycles. After that, we went on the waiting list for one funded cycle of IVF and were lucky enough to start almost immediately. However, this too was unsuccessful. We were reviewing our options when I discovered I’d become pregnant naturally. We were over the moon but at six weeks, I again miscarried. So after four treatments, one IVF cycle and two miscarriages we’re now wondering where we go from here. It all seems incredibly unfair and life is very cruel. We have now decided to have a break for six months. We were going to go straight into paying for another go at IVF, but we need a break from it all and there may be a chance that I can fall pregnant naturally again.

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