IVF treatment
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For quite along time after many difficulties and what seems a never ending journey .... weve been wanting to start a family!!!
To some, having ivf may seem an extreme option for a couple not years and years into a relationship... or for people quite young .... But as Many of our family and friends who already know us will already be aware of, its been quite a struggle to get to this point already... and we therefore have decided this is the best route!
As the reasons for not falling pregnant or being able to stay pregnant when falling naturally were decided to be unknown after a few procedures, invesitgations and attempts with fertility prescriptions it was very difficult to get support via the nhs which has made the process much harder to deal with.
After alot of hard work, overtime and support.... and a very long battle to get pregnant naturally, in 2011 i had IVf at woodlands hospital in Darlington.
The process was suprisingly not as scarey or hard as i thought and all the support needed throughout seemed to be fantastic. The hospital support was incredible it almost felt too good to be true!
I had treatment as part of an egg sharing scheme which meant that another lady somewehere who could no longer produce eggs would also have the opportunity to be a mum too!
I was very lucky .... and The treatment worked first time .... it seemed to take forever but At 7 weeks had the first scan and discovered, yes doubly lucky.. twins were on the way
Throughout the pregnancy as i was monitered very closely as having identical twins which are considered high risk, there was a number of complications throughout and one of the girls was alot smaller than the other.
Unfortunately it was all a bit to good to be true and at 21 weeks only 9 days after discovering the sex of the girls, the scan discovered isobellas heart had suddenly stopped beating.
There was always that little bit of hope for gabriella, but at 26 weeks ( 14 weeks early) my waters prematurely broke, and isobella and gabriella came into the world... weighing a tiny 1lb 10. The twins were identical, isobella was still born and gabriella unfortunately passed away in neonatal care.
Alot of people since describe me consistenly as strong, and say ' how do you cope' ' you are doing so well', the truth is, its hope.. hope that the girls are okay, and that things will get easier and better.
Its hope the the loss of two beautiful precious little ones will, in the future bless me with the opportunity to be a parent again, and this time for a little bit longer and in nicer circumstances.
Since then,alot has changed.. both for the good and the difficult...
Me and Matty have now been trying to have our own family for quite sometime, unfortunately with not much luck as yet.
Many people would probaly say, your only young be patient, or whats the rush, or tell us it will happen when the time is right, but tbh the truth is the time is right .. its right now.
I think sometimes not having the twins here leaves a space, a space that obviously will never be fully filled, but having that extra addition to our family and our future we feel is what we are ready for.
After speaking with a few people and discussing options it has been decided with my medical history that IVF is probably our only, and our best bet....
As people are fully aware IVf is an extremely expensive process and although we are going to graft extremely hard...We are hoping that with a little bit of extra help/support people will be able to help a small amount and help us to raise the extra money to fund us to have a family alot sooner!!!
The fertility doctor is very optimistic about our chances to conceive through IVF again. I am extremely healthy (well meet all their criteria lol) and have good ovarian reserve which is (apparently ) needed. The doctor has said I am not a typical 27 year old when it comes to my fertility and therefore, we have a limited time frame to achieve our dream of having children together. And we are hoping that with the extra support that, that will help speed up the time frame.
And maybe this time we will have a little bit more luck!! :). And if not maybe help reach out to a few other people who are having difficulty or who have had difficulty in a similar way
At first it was very difficult to even consider doing this page, it is obviously a very personal and difficult situation, but alot of people who know our situation and know us as a couple suggested it would be a good idea..... so here goes :)! hope to have your support
thank you for reading !!!.....
Michaela and Matty xxxxxxxxxx
For quite along time after many difficulties and what seems a never ending journey .... weve been wanting to start a family!!!
To some, having ivf may seem an extreme option for a couple not years and years into a relationship... or for people quite young .... But as Many of our family and friends who already know us will already be aware of, its been quite a struggle to get to this point already... and we therefore have decided this is the best route!
As the reasons for not falling pregnant or being able to stay pregnant when falling naturally were decided to be unknown after a few procedures, invesitgations and attempts with fertility prescriptions it was very difficult to get support via the nhs which has made the process much harder to deal with.
After alot of hard work, overtime and support.... and a very long battle to get pregnant naturally, in 2011 i had IVf at woodlands hospital in Darlington.
The process was suprisingly not as scarey or hard as i thought and all the support needed throughout seemed to be fantastic. The hospital support was incredible it almost felt too good to be true!
I had treatment as part of an egg sharing scheme which meant that another lady somewehere who could no longer produce eggs would also have the opportunity to be a mum too!
I was very lucky .... and The treatment worked first time .... it seemed to take forever but At 7 weeks had the first scan and discovered, yes doubly lucky.. twins were on the way
Throughout the pregnancy as i was monitered very closely as having identical twins which are considered high risk, there was a number of complications throughout and one of the girls was alot smaller than the other.
Unfortunately it was all a bit to good to be true and at 21 weeks only 9 days after discovering the sex of the girls, the scan discovered isobellas heart had suddenly stopped beating.
There was always that little bit of hope for gabriella, but at 26 weeks ( 14 weeks early) my waters prematurely broke, and isobella and gabriella came into the world... weighing a tiny 1lb 10. The twins were identical, isobella was still born and gabriella unfortunately passed away in neonatal care.
Alot of people since describe me consistenly as strong, and say ' how do you cope' ' you are doing so well', the truth is, its hope.. hope that the girls are okay, and that things will get easier and better.
Its hope the the loss of two beautiful precious little ones will, in the future bless me with the opportunity to be a parent again, and this time for a little bit longer and in nicer circumstances.
Since then,alot has changed.. both for the good and the difficult...
Me and Matty have now been trying to have our own family for quite sometime, unfortunately with not much luck as yet.
Many people would probaly say, your only young be patient, or whats the rush, or tell us it will happen when the time is right, but tbh the truth is the time is right .. its right now.
I think sometimes not having the twins here leaves a space, a space that obviously will never be fully filled, but having that extra addition to our family and our future we feel is what we are ready for.
After speaking with a few people and discussing options it has been decided with my medical history that IVF is probably our only, and our best bet....
As people are fully aware IVf is an extremely expensive process and although we are going to graft extremely hard...We are hoping that with a little bit of extra help/support people will be able to help a small amount and help us to raise the extra money to fund us to have a family alot sooner!!!
The fertility doctor is very optimistic about our chances to conceive through IVF again. I am extremely healthy (well meet all their criteria lol) and have good ovarian reserve which is (apparently ) needed. The doctor has said I am not a typical 27 year old when it comes to my fertility and therefore, we have a limited time frame to achieve our dream of having children together. And we are hoping that with the extra support that, that will help speed up the time frame.
And maybe this time we will have a little bit more luck!! :). And if not maybe help reach out to a few other people who are having difficulty or who have had difficulty in a similar way
At first it was very difficult to even consider doing this page, it is obviously a very personal and difficult situation, but alot of people who know our situation and know us as a couple suggested it would be a good idea..... so here goes :)! hope to have your support
thank you for reading !!!.....
Michaela and Matty xxxxxxxxxx
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