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Myriam (Switzerland)
Chapter Four: Going through the
treatment
Eventually we looked for a new gynaecologist.
This time I wanted a woman doctor, and one who would also do IVF.
And with her, things finally started moving quickly (I was already
30). An x-ray of the fallopian tubes, a laparoscopy and
hysteroscopy, and further detailed tests on my hormones and on my
husband’s hormones by the urologist did not reveal any problems. I
was slowly beginning to wish that they would finally find something
wrong. But everything seemed ok. I was often afraid that it could
all be just in the mind and also visited a psychiatrist for this
reason. But the consultations with him did help me a lot. I became
calmer and less inclined to blame myself for everything.
Fortunately, all these problems had brought my husband and me even
closer together, but it still did me good to have someone else I
could discuss things with.
Over time, I became increasingly confident of my doctor. We
performed 3 inseminations, all unfortunately without success. Our
doctor now recommended IVF.
My husband and I had a few consultations before we were quite sure
we wanted to go down this path. First we treated ourselves again to
a 3-month trip and then started the first IVF cycle in January
2002.
The whole course of therapy with the hormones, the egg which first
refused to grow, and the frequent absences from work were an
emotional strain in particular, so I was happy to have my
consultations with my psychiatrist.
Physically, everything went well, and 8 eggs were taken from me, of
which 6 were fertilized. Two of these I had re-implanted, and the
rest were frozen.
Then came the great day of the transfer. Both my husband and I were
somehow really euphoric - at last the chances were high again
(20-25%).
It was good to know that we still had some frozen fertilized eggs
for the next attempt.
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