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Posted by Heather V on November 08, 2000 at 00:41:33:
In Reply to: Where to start? posted by Chris on November 06, 2000 at 09:50:50:
: My husband & I have been trying to concieve our second child for over a year and a half now. We also had trouble concieving our first. It took 2 years then. The first time around my ob/gynhad me try clomid for one month. I had many side effects from this. A few months later I had a Histrosalpingogram (sp?). They found nothing. My obgyn then refferred my to a specialist and just a couple of weeks before my appointment I found out I was pregnant. Miracles do happen. My son is now 4 1/2 and we are having trouble concieving again. My obgyn has since retired and I am in search of a new one. When I find one I want to be prepared on what kind of questions to ask, and maybe what test could be run. From reading the post here, I feel like the last time I went through this my doctor wasn't much help. I want to be more educated about the process this time through. Sorry for being so long winded.
When you see the RE (reproductive endocrinologist) don't waste a lot of time befoore you go to IVF. Your situation sounds exactly like mine. I have a 4-yr-old daughter that took over a yr. to conceive and now we've been trying agin for another two years with clomid, injectibles and all of the tests. I NEVER thought we'd have to end up doing IVF, but now I'm so glad we did. Especially if you're over 34-- don't wait to go to IVF. I got pregnant the very first cycle and it was so worth the $8,000 I can't even tell you. The endless treatment cycles WEAR you down-- and the success rates even for injectibles and IUI are only about 15% per month compared to 30-60% success rates per month with IVF!

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: : My husband & I have been trying to concieve our second child for over a year and a half now. We also had trouble concieving our first. It took 2 years then. The first time around my ob/gynhad me try clomid for one month. I had many side effects from this. A few months later I had a Histrosalpingogram (sp?). They found nothing. My obgyn then refferred my to a specialist and just a couple of weeks before my appointment I found out I was pregnant. Miracles do happen. My son is now 4 1/2 and we are having trouble concieving again. My obgyn has since retired and I am in search of a new one. When I find one I want to be prepared on what kind of questions to ask, and maybe what test could be run. From reading the post here, I feel like the last time I went through this my doctor wasn't much help. I want to be more educated about the process this time through. Sorry for being so long winded. : When you see the RE (reproductive endocrinologist) don't waste a lot of time befoore you go to IVF. Your situation sounds exactly like mine. I have a 4-yr-old daughter that took over a yr. to conceive and now we've been trying agin for another two years with clomid, injectibles and all of the tests. I NEVER thought we'd have to end up doing IVF, but now I'm so glad we did. Especially if you're over 34-- don't wait to go to IVF. I got pregnant the very first cycle and it was so worth the $8,000 I can't even tell you. The endless treatment cycles WEAR you down-- and the success rates even for injectibles and IUI are only about 15% per month compared to 30-60% success rates per month with IVF!
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