Tromso,
CONGRATS!!! Thanks for sharing so many of your symptoms and tips with all of us! really admire how you take care of yourself during the 2WW. I still went out for work-related stuff for quite long hours. btw, what time did you go for BT and what time did they call you to tell you the BT results?
BabyJourney, Eskimobaby, Coolcool, Chrisl,
Thx for ur well wishes! Hopefully I hv good news to share on Monday
HOPE,
I was diagnosed with endometriosis over 10 years ago. Been having painful menses and twice, had to go for laparoscopy to remove big blood clots. After m/c in 2009, menses became really irregular, 40 days once for a few months. Was only last year when menses stabilized. But menstrual cramps were really bad, will be bed ridden for abt 2 days, very heavy flow, super super pain. Even if I use heat pack, mix different pain killers and triple the dosage, will still be in pain until I perspire.
DH and I decided to try IVF this year after trying clomid and natural last year but no good news. Went to NUH and saw prof Wong, did all the tests etc and decided to go ahead since didn't see any cysts.
My gonal f stimulation was 1 more week than others, had to spend over 1k more on those. Nearly had to abandon the cycle cos prof at first says my follicles were not growing enough, later he said my ovaries were too high due to adenomyosis making my uterus too swollen and pushing up my ovaries.
Eventually, suddenly can see 21 follicles and the sizes are over 20mm, then went for ER. Out of the 21 follicles, only 6 were retrieved, of which there was only 1 egg. And that 1 egg didn't become embryo so failed cycle. Prof suggested I go thru a laparoscopy to stitch down my ovaries permanently so that for 2nd cycle, can reach the follicles better. I trusted his judgement and went ahead with surgery.
Dr Fong was the one who did the surgery. He said my uterus is swollen til there is no space to stitch my ovaries down. But he saw blockage in one of my tubes and cleared it tho it would still not function properly anymore. And my uterus is stuck to my intestines like how an envelope is sealed with glue
That's why he suggested surrogacy or adoption cos even if pregnant which is very difficult, the environment inside is not conducive for pregnancy. Prof Wong did not suggest other methods. My friend who's successful under dr Loh asked me to seek his opinion which I did.
Dr Loh advised I take a 10-week Lucrin jab to help bring down the activity level of my hormones so that my uterus can be less swollen. He also has confidence to reach my follicles. Thus I switched hospital o kkivf.
Dr Loh has helped me retrieve 7 eggs and 2 became embryos, the rest didnt make it. During ET, it seemed challenging, took quite some time, but he did it too.
Now I just hope I can be another of his success story after my disappointment at NUH. Thinking back, I feel that I wasted my first cycle and even had to go thru a failed surgery. Prof Wong and dr Fong are nice doctors though. Just no fate with them I guess.
Sorry for my long story...