I am new to this site and havent posted until now. My DH and I have just completed our first proper IVF cycle after 3 years of TTC. We tried for the first year without realising that I had any problems.
I discovered I had endometriosis which resulted in a laprotomy in April 2002. I continued to suffer from severe abdominal pain and back ache for almost a year before a new consultant did a a laproscopy and discovered that I had such bad adhesions and everything inside my stomach was all stuck together. I had another laprotomy in April 2003 to free up these adhesions and to check the condition of my tubes. Luckily the adhesions were freed up but one of my tubes was blocked and could not be fixed. We were told to try natuarally for 6 months and then consider IVF.
We went to start our first cycle at the beginning of this year but had to stop after the prostap injection as another cyst was found in one of my ovaries and the other ovary was stuck behind my womb. I had yet another laprotomy done to sort these probs out in Jan 2004 and were able to start the whole IVF process in March.
I was a bit negative throughout the whole cycle because I just didnt think it would happen for me. During the 2ww after ET I had AF pains for the first week and was convinced that this meant that the treatment had not worked. However I just had my blood test on Tuesday and recieved a BFP!!!
I couldnt belive it and still cant. I cant wait for the scan on 4th May as I dont think that I will be convinced until then. I was wondering if anyone could advise me what I can do to decrease the chances of m/c as this is my new fear now. I'm not working at the mo so I will be resting as much as poss but am still scared that my dream will be cruely snatched away from me. My HCG level was 350 which the nurses told me was a good level but I am unaware of what the normal range is so if anyone can help me please reply.
Thank you to everyone who has already posted as your stories have really helped me during this time and I wish that I had had the courage to post sooner.
