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a very nervous hello
hi ladies, my name is stacey. i used to be on here about 3 years ago but stopped due to becoming obsessed with the site lol. but im back again as we srill havent got anywhere and i need some support.
our situation is my OH has low sperm count, he is 24 and im 22, we found out there was a problem about 4 years ago. we were refered for ICSI/IVF but were refused because of my age. i was told that i had to be 23 to start the treatment. i am now 22 and wil lbe 23 in feb so not tooo long now xx
id love to hear about all of your situations and how you cope with long term TTC.
LOVE STACEY XX
our situation is my OH has low sperm count, he is 24 and im 22, we found out there was a problem about 4 years ago. we were refered for ICSI/IVF but were refused because of my age. i was told that i had to be 23 to start the treatment. i am now 22 and wil lbe 23 in feb so not tooo long now xx
id love to hear about all of your situations and how you cope with long term TTC.
LOVE STACEY XX
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I didn't know there was a minimum age for ivf. That is awful as it makes no difference that you're young, if you're going to have problems ttc doesn't matter what your age is.
I've been ttc for 12 months. I fell pregnant on 2nd cycle but it was ectopic. I had a 3 month rest and there has been nothing since. We have had our 1st appointment at the fertility clinic and are having our tests done in time for next appointment in september.
I don't know how I cope, I think taking it a day at a tiime helps and these ladies are wonderful x x x
I know what you mean about becoming obsessed!
I think it's terrible that there is a minimum age for ivf, if it was unexplained infertility you could understand as maybe, a big maybe you may conceive naturally but when you know you cant it must be so frustrating!
We've had our first appointment at fertility clinic, i had an internal scan and was told i had PCOS on left ovary but that right ovary looked liked it had recently ovulated, ive to wait on blood test results and if i am ovulating they will do hcg and if not they'll give me clomid.
I don't know how others cope, when its just me and my hubby i openly don't cope, i cry alot and it scares me that i wont be able to give him a baby as he'd make a wonderful Dad.
Good luck on your journey to becoming a mummy and im sure already know there is loads of lovely ladies on here. xx
I get the obsessed thing. I too have taken a step back from this website at times, even although i never joined before. Thanks for you kind comments on my posting. I know what it's like to wait and sometimes have just resigned myself to it not happening. I hope your treatment goes ahead as planned; and it all works for you, you've waited patiently after all. I had no idea there was minimum ages for fertility treatment. I wonder what the justification for that is! Did you get all the, it only takes one nonsense, you never know! When you were at the clinic initially?
I have been TTC for around 8 months but had a bad feeling about it. After tests, we found out that DH has "no sperm count, but occasional dead sperms were seen". I was and still am devastated. We were told that ICSI is our option and that hopefully they can find live sperms inside ( I really pray that there is).
We still have some appointments and stuff yet to be done.
I wish you all the best, and hopefully fall pregnant naturally... It can happen
A friend of mine, her DH had low count and had to do ICSI to get pregnant. It failed the first time but got pregnant the 2nd round of ICSI. When she had her baby she thought that they'll never fall naturally but guess what? after 1 - 2 months she found out she was pregnant (naturally). She then wanted a 3rd child, ICSI failed, but after few months she wss pregnant again (naturally again).
Miracles happen.