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Nikki & Steve (Australia)
Chapter Three: Visiting the clinic
Liberation
What I found out was surprising and liberating. The doctor we saw
was informative, hopeful and kind. I discovered that, for my age
group, the success rate was about 45% (I had only just turned 30).
The long-term risks of the drugs were in no way as threatening as I
had thought. There is “no appreciable increase in risk” of birth
abnormalities. There may be an increased risk of premature birth
and low birth weight. We could have the final say on how many eggs
were exposed to sperm, how many embryos transferred to my uterus
(with an upper limit to reduce the risk of multiple pregnancy) and
what to do with the remaining embryos.
In the beginning I wrote to my sister overseas:
“ Frozen embryos make me want to cry (I don’t quite know why). The
induction of multiple ovulation makes me feel uncomfortable. The
thought of getting pregnant makes it seem a bit better – well a lot
better. When we were kids the idea of sex to get pregnant was
pretty gross. Now it sounds so much more romantic. But maybe as I
get more used to these things they wont feel as yucky as they do
now.”
I was right. As I got used to the idea it became a lot less
‘yucky’, a lot more exciting and the best science lesson we had
ever had. At the end of the day, the hope of getting pregnant made
it all seem a lot better.
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