Not such a jubilant jubilee, but the day I learned to breathe

In the UK we had a long bank holiday weekend at the beginning of June 2012 for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. On the Friday night we went to some friends for a quiet meal and had loved the fact that all evening we had a little secret that we knew and they didn’t. We were […]

Clomid – hormone madness in a little tablet with a potential silver lining of hope

After all the tests our consultant prescribed Clomiphine Citrate – often known as Clomid (for more info see http://www.nhs.uk/medicine-guides/pages/MedicineOverview.aspx?condition=Infertility&medicine=clomifene%20citrate&preparationClomifene%2050mg%20tablets) PCOS means that my enlarged ovaries are full of eggs, but something does not work properly with my hormones and so there’s never the surge of the correct hormones to mature or release any of them. […]

Continued from – When is a test not a test?

Continued from previous post……. Stage Four – Hysterosalpingogram (HSG) Official description: Radiographic contrast (dye) is injected into the uterine cavity through the vagina and cervix. The uterine cavity fills with dye and if the fallopian tubes are open, dye fills the tubes and spills into the abdominal cavity. This shows whether the fallopian tubes are […]

When is a test not a test? When no amount of studying will help you.

Warning: this is going to be a very frank and honest explanation/description of the tests I had following our referral to the hospital. The type of person I am means I like to have all the details of everything to feel most settled knowing exactly what to expect. I did not have this luxury myself […]