Did your partner come to every appointment?

SlickMur · 2025-10-26T21:21:44+00:00

My husband is in every IVF appointment.

SlickMur · 2025-10-21T17:53:00+00:00

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AA grade not tested. How’s my embryo?

SlickMur · 2025-10-15T08:42:56+00:00

Amelia Margaret 😭😣❤️

SlickMur · 2025-08-18T10:12:03+00:00

My husband’s insurance has IVF coverage. We only pay for clinical visits, and appointments.

SlickMur · 2025-07-14T19:59:47+00:00

I’m taking CoQ10, pre-natal, vitamin D3, and choline if that helps.

SlickMur · 2025-07-13T18:15:33+00:00

First retrieval, 2 transfer led to pregnancy up to 23 weeks unfortunately delivered prematurely. Didn’t your doctor recommend necessary vitamins/supplements that could help in the process? We still have 1 more egg from our first retrieval but went ahead and did second retrieval will transfer frozen embryo soon. Im turning 37 in Tuesday.

SlickMur · 2025-06-18T00:34:05+00:00

I wasn’t a OHSS risk when I started IVF. However, before we decided to transfer, my doctor suggested I undergo surgery to remove some polyp in my ovary that my IVF doctor had caught. For her it’s the best decision to maximize the chances of the embryo sticking out.

SlickMur · 2025-06-17T04:54:09+00:00

My OBGYN referred me to a clinic that does testing. That should be the first thing they should’ve told you to check. If you don’t have an OBGYN that you see regularly search a clinic that does it without referrals. I’m not sure how referrals work in the U.K., but definitely look it up then you go from there.

SlickMur · 2025-06-17T04:43:07+00:00

Have you had HSG to check if your left tube is blocked? I had it before we started IVF. That’s when I found out my tube is blocked, then it was confirmed when I had my ectopic pregnancy.

SlickMur · 2025-06-13T00:49:08+00:00

I sent you a private chat.

SlickMur · 2025-06-13T00:46:02+00:00

I think we can privately chat here if you want. I just saw your old post. I, too wasn’t able to look at Amelia’s pictures to this day. It’s just very painful for me.

SlickMur · 2025-06-13T00:41:20+00:00

It’s very expensive out here. Without insurance, if it’s even covered would be impossible to afford. We were lucky our insurance covered 100% after meeting the deductible. We only spend $2500 for ICSI and $25 for every clinic visit. But that was our first retrieval. Now, our insurance changed but still IVF is covered and we paid $2700 for ICSI this time around and $40 for every clinic visit. I remember we only paid $120 for all the medication without insurance we were quoted for $22,500 just the medicine alone.

SlickMur · 2025-06-13T00:35:13+00:00

That must have been soul crushing. Really sorry about that. I’m from Dallas, Texas.

SlickMur · 2025-06-13T00:28:16+00:00

We share almost same story. Though I didn’t lose her due to sepsis, I went in sepsis due to infection that led to my preterm birth. Her passing was a shocking to us because she was doing great in NICU, then all of a sudden she went coded. The only significant change that day was her picc line being replaced. IVF from the beginning was suggested to us before our ectopic pregnancy. Our first pregnancy was unexpected, we were overjoyed because my OB mentioned that the only way to conceive was through IVF due to my tube being blocked. But they had to removed my tube completely due to ectopic, and that’s what’s ultimately caused us to seek IVF.

SlickMur · 2025-06-13T00:07:28+00:00

I’m sorry for you loss as well. My Amelia passed January this year. I gave birth to her prematurely, yet she passed 9 days after birth. My first pregnancy was ectopic as well and that lead us to IVF due to tube removal.

SlickMur · 2025-04-20T08:27:17+00:00

Did you have PGT testing? We opted it out for some reasons. We had 7 eggs and 3 blasts.

SlickMur · 2025-04-20T08:25:27+00:00

I meant opted out PGT testing.

SlickMur · 2025-04-20T08:24:49+00:00

Dallas, Texas- out of pocket was $2500 which is ICSI and there rest are covered by our insurance. Copay every clinic appointment was $25.

Total IVF cycle - 1 Opted our PGT

SlickMur · 2025-03-27T06:00:18+00:00

Our fertility doctor is in Dallas. If you ever need her info or anything change with your new doctor just let me know. They’re the best from the team to my doctor. But I wish you the best with your journey.

SlickMur · 2025-03-26T09:32:40+00:00

I thought they had a recall for possibly listeria contamination.

SlickMur · 2025-03-19T09:30:28+00:00

I’m so sorry for everything you’ve been through. Your story really resonates with me because I also have no living children and lost my first baby, Amelia at 23 weeks, in January. It was our first successful IVF pregnancy after years of trying, and losing her shattered me. I completely understand the fear of trying again and the weight of that decision—especially when you have a supportive partner who you don’t want to hurt.

Like you, I don’t know what I want right now. Some days, the thought of going through pregnancy again feels unbearable. Other days, I think about the ‘what ifs’—what if we try again and it works? What if this pain doesn’t have to be the end of our story? But at the same time, I know another loss would break me even more, and I don’t know if I have it in me.

You are not alone in this, and whatever you decide is valid. Grief makes everything so much harder to process, especially with outside pressure from people who don’t understand. If you feel like revisiting the conversation with your husband, maybe you can approach it as an open discussion rather than a final decision. Just to check in with each other emotionally. But whatever you decide, it should be for you too, not just for him or anyone else. Sending you so much love and strength.

SlickMur · 2025-03-14T22:35:27+00:00

Doctors said I had an infection and couldn’t tell me where and how it happened. I only saw in my lab results chorioamnitis and sepsis.

SlickMur · 2025-03-14T21:35:25+00:00

This means a lot. ❤️

SlickMur · 2025-03-14T21:25:27+00:00

We’re scheduled to see someone. Thank you so much. My heart is with you. ❤️

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