IVF

We had another appointment with our fertility specialist yesterday and lets just say it wasn't what we were expecting :(

We got some test results and they weren't good. It looks like IVF might be our only chance at having another baby.

To be honest, I never ever thought that we would need IVF. We have Jakson, who we conceived naturally, it turns out that Jakson may very well be a true miracle baby.

When IVF was mentioned it sent fear through me, as well as excitement, confusion, sadness, anger and just a complete feeling of being overwhelmed.

In order to do IVF we are both going to need to have a police check and child protection order check done! To me having to do these checks is highly offensive, why would we go through such invasive investigative procedures and test, and the emotional roller coaster we have been on if we didn't truly want a child to love and take care of???

Now, I really have to focus on getting this anger out and letting go of it because this process is going to be hard enough without holding on to this frustration over the police checks.
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We won't try IVF for a few months yet, first we have to re-do some tests and I have to have my operation on the 6th of May and after that we start on injections to stimulate ovulation. I will have to have daily injection and hope that they work better than the other drugs I have been on.

Right now we are still trying to take it all in, there is a lot to comprehend and process at the moment. IVF is not only extremal expensive (thousands and thousands of dollars for each try) but it so emotionally taxing not only on us as individuals but as a couple as well. The drugs involved are hard on the body and I have to make sure that I can still be a good mum to Jakson while trying for another baby.

All we can do right now is keep our fingers crossed we get another little miracle bub and don't have to do IVF