Community Posts, Tips & Support on Fertility Treatments

Hi, I have just been referred for ivf funding with the nhs in bucks. From peoples experience, how long does it for funding to be approved & to actually start the process? Thanks 🙏🏼🙏🏼

Hi! My wife and I are currently on our 3rd round of IUI. If this is unsuccessful we are switching to IVF. Did anyone else make the switch? How long did you wait before starting IVF?

Hi everyone, seeing a lot of comments on here about doing unmedicated / natural IVF. How does that work? How many eggs do you retrieve from that, just 1-2? I’m awaiting my AMH results but I had 36 follicles at my last scan a few weeks ago post ovulation, so they’re confident it’s going to be high / normal range. T...

Hi! I was wondering if anybody has/had the Mirena IUD? Did you like it or not? Just wondering thoughts? Pros/cons? Just your experience. Looking at different birth controls. My oldest is 21 months and I just had a baby 6 weeks ago. :) thank you!

Hi I'm due to start ivf soon and been put on 350ml menopur and 2.5mg letrazole has anyone been on this stimulation and how did it go please

Hi all. When I started IVF way back in 2020, my clinic only checked my FSH levels at the start. 4 years later, I'm still having IVF and they will not check again, even though I am now in my 40s. Having researched online it appears AMH tests are more accurate, but my clinic doesn't do this test. I'm convinced I'm ap...

I’m about to give birth on October 18th and I have 2 sons who are 3 and 2 and 1 daughter who is 1. I don’t want to have anymore children lol I am exhausted, tired, drained, sleep deprived and the list goes on from the cooking, cleaning, running after kids, getting ready for nursery, laundry the heavy pregnancy bel...

Does anyone have any recommendations of IVF clinics to use in Europe please? I’m based in the UK and need donor eggs which I’m assuming is cheap abroad?

Has anyone used them ? Do they have any side effects ?

Is anyone else undecided if they are one and done, or whether they want another? I'm in such turmoil! 🤣🫠 I know people say that you just know when you're done having them, and I defo don't have that firm feeling. But equally, I don't have an overwhelming desire for another. There are pros and cons to both and I'm…

Hi everyone! Has anyone had an unmedicated frozen embryo transfer and it been a success? I’ve attempted medicated and the progynova completely wiped me out, I couldn’t continue on it. TIA xxx

Has anyone tried mucinex I’ve seen it all over the place and I guess it thins you cervical mucus like it would mucus in your nose.

Anyone have stage 4 endometriosis and were able to get pregnant? Just looking to hear some success stories. Some miracle stories. Looking for hope in darkness. Been ttc for the last 4 years. 3 failed ivf cycles.

...Other than the obvious. I have PCOS, I've never caught an LH peak and have periods every 5-6 months. My BMI is high (40). We've been TTC since Feb 2023. I can't have IVF help due to my BMI. OH sperm analysis was pretty normal. Has anyone been in this position and conceived? What did you do? I understand weight l...

Hi, wonder if anyone has similar experience. I just got the call from clinic and looking at quality of embryos they suggest transferring 2 the same time today midday to increase 5% pregnancy chance , it was a short conversation so didn't tell the grading. They are day 3 embryos. And we have only 3 embryos. Didn't ...

Looking for advice: if you could go back to the beginning of your fertility journey, what tests / doctors would you visit first, to save yourself time of trying. I am very inexperienced and only started reading about fertility. I used to have high testosterone and had a diagnosis of PSOc in the past, but haven't bee...

I have stage 4 endo (undiagnosed but an endometrioma is visible on my ovary) and I am planning to have an FET in a couple of months. There are so many protocols from natural, supplemented natural, medicated etc. Previously I was on supplemented natural where I timed my ovulation using a trigger shot. This time, my...

For IVF, I think the criteria is to have a BMI under 35, mine is under this but my fiancée’s isn’t, does this matter given I would be the one carrying the baby?

Used this for 3 cycles now and still has a window of 11 days ….

Absolutely devastated, round 1 of IVF a complete failure. I was doing a shared cycle as I have good AMH and they thought I’d get a good number of eggs. They collected 8 eggs on Monday, so 4 for me, 4 for the recipient. Out of my 4, 2 fertilised and by day 3 we had a 3 cell and a 5 cell (6 is the target). Just ha...