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Experiences
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Sam McCuish (UK)
Chapter Three: Our treatment
Our tests were carried out very quickly, within a
few weeks of our initial appointment. My results were not good; I
was not ovulating or did not appear to have ovulated on the two
occasions when they tested. This meant clomid was not an option
and, as I had thought, it would be IVF. We awaited my husband’s
semen analysis and expected all would be fine, but we were to be
struck with yet another blow. His sperm count was on the low side.
At first I thought nothing of it really, as we would be having IVF
anyway, and this is honestly (I think) how he felt. In some ironic
way, I think he felt he was taking some of the pressure off me. It
turned out that his sperm count was too low for IVF alone and we
would have to have IVF with ICSI (Intracytoplasmic sperm
injection).
Due to my irregular cycle we were able to specify our treatment
start day - it would usually be day 21 of your cycle. We decided to
start in June 2001 and that would give us time to have all our
pre-IVF health checks, Hep, B, C, Rubella, Smear tests and now HIV
testing completed. Awaiting all these results was quite nerve
racking. Even though I was pretty sure there was nothing wrong with
either of us, I was still waiting for something to get in the way.
All was well and we commenced our treatment.
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