Infertility

I always had a fear I was infertile so started trying for a baby with little optimism. After a year of trying I went with my husband to the doctors. My husband was sent for a sperm count which came back fine . I got some blood tests as I did have some symptoms of PCOS but that came back clear. The doctor said that he wouldn't do anything for another year but then we moved and changed doctors and the new GP referred us to Gynaecology. Actually once you are referred it is a frustrating process of an appointment then a waiting list. I was initially sent for a bundle of blood tests which all came back fine. I was referred for a Hysterosalpingogram ...  Read the complete review

Well i wasn't infertile!!! I was 17 when i had my daugter, a child myself. I have grown up and raised her wonderfully and enjoyed every minute, Now with my wonderful partner (some days) and emotionally and financially ready we decided to start trying. So i came off the pill (Depo Proveria injection) and we planned - I got the folic acid and we counted out our ovulation days. That was 2 years ago! We went to the doctors and they have done the bloodt tests and the 21 day ostregan tests etc and i AM ovulating so we have been referred yet again. There is nothing more frustrating than having a child by surprise if you ...  Read the complete review

I know for most women, this is a taboo subject. Alot of women feel they have failed as a woman if they can't produce children! What a load of phooey, is what I say. Womans only job is to make children? ok, then what? what are we supposed to do when we have birthed our kids? Let them bring themselves up? Now I think you are getting my point. Many women cannot have children, and so adopt, foster ect,. You are doing the upbringing over the next eighteen years.That makes you as much a woman as having them yourselves! So why did I choose to adopt this attitude? Because I have both, given birth to my own children, and brought up somebody else's. ...  Read the complete review

I have grown up with children always been around me and looking after them. Infact at one point when babysitting, I used to go on a 150 mile round trip as the request of the parents. So when I was getting older and in relationships, the natural thing was children. The relationships ended and it often made me think during the time I was in them, why did I not get pregnant. But then my career came up and I was into that and had no time for children. It would be one day, but not now... I loved my cousins kids and my god children who were always around at Aunty Karens.. The my career ended in 1996 and I moved and got married and we did not want to waste ...  Read the complete review

Jeez, I had to think for a while there, try to come up with an intro to this 'opinion'. Y'know what though, I couldn't. Every time I started I got a feeling that it just wasn't right, that it might offend someone or be taken the wrong way, perhaps even that I might feel a bit sheepish about writing about this subject. Maybe that was because there's still a bit of a stigma attached to the whole subject of infertility - I get the feeling that it's still a very much brushed-under-the-carpet subject. And I should know, I've lived it for the past eight years or so. It has been a subject that I've tried to avoid where possible, y'know, ...  Read the complete review