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23, adhesions and not ovulating

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#1 ·
Hi all,

In need of a rant and to share my story with people who understand how I feel.

I joined this forum a few months ago, at which point after ttc for 1 year (now 16 months) I was referred to a specialist GP in my area. I went for my initial blood tests after 8 months ttc as my partner is older than me and we wanted to get the ball rolling as soon as possible. I was told at that point that i was ovulating, and his sperm count was good so just keep trying.

The specialist GP sent me for a hysterosalpingogram, and i was sent a results letter which was awful. It was very vague informing me that "my right tube was a bit blocked but the dye spilled out on both sides so with a bit more time they hope i would conceive naturally".
I am a specialist nurse (although i have very limited gynae knowledge) and wasn't happy with this explanation, having never had any indication of internal issues, so i requested a telephone appointment with the GP.

At this point, she then told me that i have adhesions in the right fallopian tube, and there was an unusual flow in the left side - but she didnt know what that meant. She also then told me that because of this, i am at a higher risk of having an ectopic pregnancy so if i did get pregnant before my next appointment in december, to contact them as i would be entitled to an early scan. I was angry with this because i would not have got any of this information had i not arranged a further telephone appointment. She was just going to see me in December.

I asked one of my Consultant friends at work if he could recommend anyone he knows who does private fertility work. He got in touch with another consultant, who then contacted me. I explained the whole situation, and she then hit me with another bombshell... the progesterone test i had done at month 8 was 23. She said according to the guidelines, the reading should be 30 or more to confirm ovulation, so it was borderline, if at all. She told me to get it done again, which i did, and the result was 22 on day 21 and 15 on day 24. She told me that i am not ovulating, and to get my gp to refer me in to the hospital. I am now waiting for an appointment to see her.

These last few weeks have been horrible, i have gone from being told "your only young, just keep trying" and trying to keep hope, to actually finding out that there is something really wrong with me - although i havent been given a definitive diagnosis yet. I have never had an STD and have done the swabs to confirm this, so i have scarring with no current explanation.

I know i am only at the beginning of my journey, but i cant help but feeling that 9 months ago when i had my initial blood test that i should have been referred on then to someone who knows what they are talking about. I am still trying to process this information but i have been a bit of an emotional wreck this week.

Sorry for such a long post, just needed to vent i think.

Hayley x
 
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#2 ·
Hayley just to give you hope I was younger than your age when I received a similar diagnosis with damaged tubes, they were in an awful state on the report tbh plus my ovaries were bound with adhesions too, no ovulation was reported either  :( Anyway I didn't get the tubes dealt with (removed in my case) for nearly 20 years due to circumstances and dr's telling me to ttc naturally.

Long story short I finally started the IVF process at age 40 and have beautiful twin boys now  :) I can tell you I definately do ovulate but I do believe the tubes or adhesions may hinder proper ovulation (I had excellent egg reserve at an older age so that was the silver lining of annovulation).

IVF was made for women with tubal issues and you have a great chance with IVF x
 
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