Some advice please ladies...

Hello SwartKat!!

Sorry it's been SO long since I've been on here. With work, studies, parents that are moving etc, my feet have barely touched the ground over the past few weeks.

The medical aid..... such a complicated business, huh? As a friend of mine said, they pay once the baby is there but they don't pay to help get the baby there in the first place. So true and so tragic.

I had an appointment to see gynae on 11/11/2014 to see if my eggs are the right size for conception. She said that anything under 1.8cm is 'useless for conception'. If it was the right size, she was going to inject me to make me ovulate and then give hubby and I a 'timetable...'

As fate would have it, on the day of my appointment, there was no egg to be seen. Luckily, it was because I'd already ovulated and not because I didn't ovulate (hope that makes sense).

Now, I have to go see her again before day 5 of cycle so, I'm going on Friday. Starting hormone treatment (pills) probably just don't know what ones yet and then it's again see her in another 10 days for trigger injection to cause ovulation and of course, receive THE timetable. Hahahahaha

Really hoping and praying that this works this month. She said that other option is to operate so that she can see what's going on. Especially seeing as the one tube is blocked and that the other one (the radiologist said) has a growth. Gynae never said anything about a growth so, honestly, don't know.

Ah well. Only time will tell but, I must confess, I feel very positive that this is going to work for us.

Thanks so much for everything guys.

I'm not sure I would be patient enough to go the pills route. To me a blocked tube seems serious, I think I'd opt for the operation and get it done with. Provided that the medical aid pays for it, of course.

Thanks krisps!!

I was also worried about scarring etc. I seriously don't need scarring to add to all the crap as well.

Thanks so much and good luck to you too! Hope everything works out great for you.

Hi there,

I'm new on the forum but my husband and I would also like to start TTC but something always comes up. Now it's an infection that caused me months of 'spotting' and painful sex so I'm taking horrible antibiotics and have to go for an ultrasound and blood tests again to see if my PCOS has decided to act up again after managing to get it under control after so many years.

With regards to your question, I'd try the pills first, it might take longer but maybe it will help. I'm always scared about operations because I read up on possibilities of scarring which could make things worse. But I'm not a doctor or a medical professional in any way, but I hope your gynae helps you out and everything goes well

Good luck!!!

Still waiting for gynae to call me. I'm a little nervous about this. I understand that they are busy, really I do but I would like to hear what she thinks are the next steps we need to take.
Ah well, they say patience is a virtue...

Hi everyone,

I just have a quick question.

I had to go for a HSG procedure this morning (where they inject a solution into the womb to see if the fallopian tubes are open) Well, my results show that the left tube is open and the right tube is closed.

The assistant who helped the radiologist said to me after he left that I have a 50% chance of getting pregnant. This, in addition to the thyroid, drastically cuts our chances and upon hearing it left me in tears.

My gynae said on 30 September that I have slight PCOS on the right ovary but nothing to worry about. Now the right tube is blocked. She also said something about a small operation to fix the tubes and pop the PCOS. Also said that we have to make sure that I'm ovulating correctly, spoke about drinking pills to help ovulation.

Now, before we head into that route of operations etc, I was wondering, do you guys think I should take the pills and see f that works first or should I go for op?