We went to visit Barbara on results day morning. Hubby and I were feeling really hopeful of a good result in the afternoon and therefore the session with Barbara was in general very positive.
We told Barbara about how we felt the 2 week wait had went and the symptoms we identified along the way. She was hopeful it would work for us and she shared experiences of other patients with us. She emphasised that age and therefore time was on our side and hopefully IVF should work for us at some point.
Barbara talked to us about about things to prepare us for a negative or positive result.
- Have you both thought about how you will inform friends/family of your IVF result
- Have you thought about due dates
- She emphasised that anxiety will constantly be there until we have a baby in our hands due to the struggles we were having. She talked about how our prioritises will change if its a positive
- She talked about next steps if negative. Would we do another Frozen Egg Transfer. As we only have 1 left, she advised we also talk about the option of starting IVF round 2.
- If its a positive, we will need to pay annually to keep our frozen egg in storage
- If its a positive, we will have a 7 week scan and then we will join all other pregnant women ( non iVF) when it comes to 12 week
We ended our appointment with Barbara early as she could see we were itching to visit the clinic to have my blood test.
Annie's IVF Journey 