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| Katena |
on Tue 4 Dec 07, 9:04 PM to Katena's blog.
So on December 1st i started taking Folic acid. It Felt quite monumentous in taking in and feels like another step in the right direction.
We also heard from the clinic and we had to send a questionnaire back and then they will put us on the Fertility treatment waiting list.
Apparently the list is 9-12 months long...and it really disheartened me to hear that. I know this is going to be a long process....but to wait maybe a year before we even start treatment just feels like a life time!!!!!
I wish i had some good news....but alas i dont 
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| 4 Dec 07, 9:38 PM pam_minxy UK, 9 yrs |
but it's a start and i though of you today when i saw the news that a lesbian couple were celebrating the first birthday of their ivf quads see it can and does happen but bloody hell 4 at once good luck xx We have to accept other people's "imperfections" if we want them to accept ours |
| 5 Dec 07, 1:58 AM SallyCat UK, 5 yrs |
From one who's been on the fertility treadmill (and is now 14 weeks' pregnant after 8 long years of fertility treatment) do not give up. Take this wait as the norm. Take the folic acid (it's good for you and you'll get mucho praise from the docs at the hospital when going for antenatal checks!) Fertility is a loooonnnng slow process. I cannot overstate just how mentally and emotionally challenging it is. But it's worth it. Even if it doesn't work, at least you've tried. And that's the important bit. The trying. If you don't try you'll never get pregnant; if you do try and you don't get pregnant it's heart breaking. Try and keep your head and your heart out of it though. If you put all your emotions into it, unless you're made of exceedingly strong stuff, you'll break. I had cycle after cycle after cycle. I kept on having to stop and get off the fertiltiy merry-go-round because it was a case of stopping and breathing or losing my mind. I've caught. Last ever cycle. Had given up hope entirely. My head and heart were left at home. Only my body went to the hospital. I obeyed the instructions given to me, but it was without any kind of emotion involved. 14 weeks later I am still in a complete gobsmacked state. My emotions have kicked in, and hormones, and weight gain! I truly believe I only caught because my body went to hospital and I left my heart and hope at home. I'm wandering. I'll pootle off. But don't give up. Keep trying. And however frustrating it feels, learn the zen of fertility waiting times - they're loooooooong! |
