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Hello ladies,

We had an ICSI cycle back in 2009 which resulted in our fab little boy, Alex, being born in March 2010. After 10 months of trying naturally (without much hope to be honest because my husbands sperm was rubbish last time around!) we have an inital appointment next week to discuss another round of IVF. I can't wait to get the ball rolling again, it's amazing how differently I feel this time as compared to last time.

I wanted to quickly ask... I appreciate I will need another HIV test and I assume DH will have a sperm test (as that has been identified as being a big problem for us) but will I need an HSG? I had one before, which showed no problems, and obviously I've successfully carried and given birth to a baby since then. So do you think I'll need one? Do they do them second time around? Would prefer not to bother with it, obviously, but mostly I don't want it to delay us starting treatment by another month.

I am due to get AF any day now, so with the appointment next week, I was kinda hoping to start quickly, maybe even the following cycle. It's private, so I assume we can skip the waiting list?! Would really love to start cycling early December, but wondering if I'm getting my hopes up...?!

Thanks in advance for any replies. I've been having a nose through your diaries to remind myself of the process and of how all-consuming it is. Yikes. It's a lot to take on when you've already got a little one to worry about and consider... And Alex is priority number 1, obviously. But I really want to give him a little bro or sis, he'd love it. And probably be quite jealous I suspect! That'll be fun to deal with!

Sending love and to everyone, Sarah xxx

Thanks so much for the reply. I've been having a read through your diary, hope you don't mind, just need to get myself back into "the zone" again, and re-learn all the terminology. What's OCP?! Sorry if I'm being stupid!

Last time was just amazing, with Alex, because it didn't seem to be going very well during the cycle and then bingo - it worked! I have to keep telling myself that we probably won't get that lucky again... We don't have anything frozen, so it's a full, fresh cycle for us again. Blimin' expensive!

Good news that you didn't need HSG etc - really hoping we don't either.

Thanks again for the reply - sending you an enormous heap of and lots of PMA too, Sarah xxx

Ah, OCP - got it! No, I wasn't last time, so hoping not to do that this time either.

Yes, there are benefits to a full fresh cycle, but cost certainly isn't one of them! I am dreading handing over the debit card to pay for this little lot. If it works, then obviously it'll be a bargain, but if it doesn't then it's a very expensive failure! I'd really like a carbon-copy of my last cycle to be honest, I'd pay extra for that!

Thanks again for your replies, xxx

Hi All,

Thanks for all the lovely replies. Much appreciated. :-)

Had our appointent this week and the answer to my question is: They want ALL the tests again this time around. Grrrr! So we have to get bloods done, scan done, HSG done and sperm test done. A total cost of over £800. Ouch!

The plan is that next cycle I'll have all these tests (which will be timed around my 35th birthday - that'll be nice!) and then start the one after - I'm due on right before Christmas, so now hoping the 4 day clinic closure for Christmas doesn't affect anything. Of course, if I have the long protocol that I had last time, then the drugs don't start until day 21, so the Xmas closure should have no impact on it... I think! It should mean the drugs start around 10th-15th January. I keep thinking "if it works then my due date will probably be October..." - which is just so dangerous to my state-of-mind. It won't help to be making plans to leave work, have a winter baby before we've even started..!

The review appointment was interesting. He looked at our "numbers" and agreed that the cycle didn't go so well last time around - low number of eggs (4) and a low fertilitsation rate (50%). But he said our embryos were great, really strong, and confirmed that there's a lot of luck involved - which we clearly had last time around. He said he'd review the test results from this time and then decide treatment based on that, but that we'd probably do exactly what we did last time, because it worked.

Anyway, I'm nattering! But wanted to add that they asked for ALL the tests to be repeated this thread, in case someone else is searching for the answer to that question...

Wishing everyone well, sprinkling as I go, Sarah xxx

Hi Flic!

How you doin'? How's motherhood treating you?!

All is good with me, little Alex is amazing. I'm absolutely loving being a mum - and he's a really special, bright, funny litle boy - and a little terror too!

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Good to hear from you!

Sarah xxx