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Preparing for IVF – Ordering the sperm
My medication arrived safely the day after I ordered it, and I felt the first of what were likely to be dozens of mini-triumphs as I stumbled over each hurdle towards IVF. So many things could still go...
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A very welcome visitor
As an IVF patient, you’re emotionally like a pin in a ten-pin bowling alley, knocked down again and again, every time you manage to right yourself. I began to wonder how long I could carry on picking...
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Information: Finding the cheapest way to have IVF
Forgive a brief interruption to the narrative flow of this memoir once again. I felt that it might be helpful to share some information. I recently posted on a fertility forum asking if there was...
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Preparing for IVF – Needles, needles and more needles
My hands are shaking and I feel faint. For years I’ve had a phobia of sharp objects, especially needles, and now my worst nightmare is being realised – I have to give myself an injection. A few days...
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On longing
I spend Christmas Day walking, for miles around the city of Copenhagen. Every pace forward is a valiant attempt to keep my mind off tomorrow’s scan and the possibility of all this effort and expense...
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Preparing for IVF – Second scan (and all systems are go!)
I arrived early for my second scan. I recognised the auburn-haired nurse I’d seen the day before and she showed me into the scanning room straight away. This time, a friendly-faced male doctor with a...
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The evening before
I’d taken the Ovitrelle injection (for ovulation) the previous evening at the instructed time and awoke to my first blue sky since arriving in Copenhagen. My only task was to stay calm and not think...
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IVF – The experience of egg collection (and being part of a miracle)
I arose early after an understandably restless night and caught the bus to the fertility clinic. Dark clouds hung low in the sky and the temperature had warmed slightly. Alone in the waiting room, I...
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The wonder of IVF – Embryo transfer
So much has been written about the pain and emotional trauma of IVF. Of course I will be deeply upset if the process doesn’t work but the overwhelming sensations I felt during the egg collection and...
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The two week wait (pregnant until proven otherwise!)
And I am into the dreaded Two Week Wait, or ‘pregnant until proven otherwise’. Many claim this to be the hardest part of the IVF process. No more scans, blood tests or monitoring by the clinic, just...
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