Hmm, how do I begin? I'll start from the VERY beginning. I'm originally from Florida, but moved here in 2000. Dh & I met on the internet whilst I was at university. I had had family problems then so I just moved out and in with my (blood) sister. About the same time, I had been accepted for a student work visa (July) and was debating when to go since I'd never been out of the country before. Dh had come over to visit me for a week and asked if I was going to go back with him. I consulted my sister who said "go for it", which I did. I stepped foot on UK soil on 29/08/00 and have only been back to the US once (Feb/March 03). My work visa was for 6mths so dh took me to Cyprus, where he proposed. I returned on a tourist visa and found out from immigration that we had to be married before my visa ran out in Aug. We did well organising a wedding in 2mths! On 21st July 2001 we were married. I received British citizenship on 01/12/04 so I'm quite chuffed at having dual nationality.
Dh and I have been ttc on and off since about Dec 2001. I went off the pill because it was screwing my cycles up - and making that month's period last 25 days. As I've gotten older, the cramps I had became worse and worse. I went to my doctor who prescribed me various tables, one being a progesterone supplement, but none helped. The cramps finally became so bad that I had them almost every day of every week, no matter if it was before, during, or after AF.
My GP finally referred me to the local fertility unit which also housed the IVF and gyneacology departments. I saw the specialist there who put me in for a laparoscopy. I had my lap on 17/03/04. They couldn't tell from that so after another 7 months (Oct 04), I went back and the consultant said "You have all the symptoms of endometriosis so I'm going to treat you for it". He prescribed a Zoladex 3.6mg injection, with 3 mth reviews.
This past Monday I had another review with being prescribed another 3 months, which will be the maximum about of 9 mths being on Zoladex. This time I was also prescribed an HRT patch to help alleviate the symptoms, which have been a nightmare (hot flushes, fatigue, achy joints, nausea, etc).
Whilst on the injection, I don't ovulate nor can I get pregnant. So during this time, I have been trying to get dh to do his SAs, which is a nightmare. He blames himself, etc and it's the whole macho thing of "I-can't-get-my-wife-pregnant-so-I'm-less-of-a-man" scenario. Although, I have told him otherwise and even my consultant who is head of the IVF unit said that all men fluctuate a bit so that's why he has them do 3 SAs then take it from there.
Being a mother is the only thing I really want in life. I do find it hard. I can remember last year on my birthday, dh wrote in my card that maybe next year I'll have a mommy one. Well, that's not going to happen so it gets me down, along with mother's day and things like that.
Well, I think that's about it for now. I hope everyone is having a lovely Good Friday. Take care, Mel x
Dh and I have been ttc on and off since about Dec 2001. I went off the pill because it was screwing my cycles up - and making that month's period last 25 days. As I've gotten older, the cramps I had became worse and worse. I went to my doctor who prescribed me various tables, one being a progesterone supplement, but none helped. The cramps finally became so bad that I had them almost every day of every week, no matter if it was before, during, or after AF.
My GP finally referred me to the local fertility unit which also housed the IVF and gyneacology departments. I saw the specialist there who put me in for a laparoscopy. I had my lap on 17/03/04. They couldn't tell from that so after another 7 months (Oct 04), I went back and the consultant said "You have all the symptoms of endometriosis so I'm going to treat you for it". He prescribed a Zoladex 3.6mg injection, with 3 mth reviews.
This past Monday I had another review with being prescribed another 3 months, which will be the maximum about of 9 mths being on Zoladex. This time I was also prescribed an HRT patch to help alleviate the symptoms, which have been a nightmare (hot flushes, fatigue, achy joints, nausea, etc).
Whilst on the injection, I don't ovulate nor can I get pregnant. So during this time, I have been trying to get dh to do his SAs, which is a nightmare. He blames himself, etc and it's the whole macho thing of "I-can't-get-my-wife-pregnant-so-I'm-less-of-a-man" scenario. Although, I have told him otherwise and even my consultant who is head of the IVF unit said that all men fluctuate a bit so that's why he has them do 3 SAs then take it from there.
Being a mother is the only thing I really want in life. I do find it hard. I can remember last year on my birthday, dh wrote in my card that maybe next year I'll have a mommy one. Well, that's not going to happen so it gets me down, along with mother's day and things like that.
Well, I think that's about it for now. I hope everyone is having a lovely Good Friday. Take care, Mel x
