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Sam McCuish (UK)
Chapter Two: Deciding on treatment and meeting
our consultant
My husband and I were married in September 2000
and a tiny part of me was still dreaming about becoming pregnant
naturally, after all it’s not unheard of. My husband has known of
my condition and what this meant from day one, I had felt obliged
to tell him and he was fantastic - he loved me, not a child we
didn’t have. However, I found the topic of having a baby very
difficult to discuss with him. Whenever I asked him if he wanted to
have a baby, he always avoided the conversation or said, “we’ll
just see what happens”. I knew then as I know now that he was only
trying to protect me and did not want me to feel pressured if it
was never to be. He did however suggest that I go and speak to a
private physician about my Endometriosis, as it was as bad as ever
and I had gone three months without a period.
I was given a referral by my G.P and I met our consultant in 2001,
when I was 26 years old. We discussed my case history, and it was
as if he read my mind, but of course he did not, he had just met so
many other women in my predicament. He openly asked me if I wanted
to start a family, and this was really the reason why I was there.
I had a physical examination and on presentation things didn’t seem
too bad, so we would consider our options after a few tests. I
would have to have the standard tests to check if I was ovulating
(LH surge) and, if so, they may consider some clomid and then see
what happened. My husband would have to have a semen analysis. I
was very nervous about going home to, first of all, tell him what
we had decided without him even being there and, second, presenting
him with this little plastic tub! He was, as he always is,
brilliant about it, and we laughed - and I cried - all night. It
was finally going to happen, I was going to have some real hope of
having a baby.
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