28
January
2021
by Marian Nathan
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Attempting IVF after 2 unsuccessful IUI cycles
After three miscarriages and two unsuccessful IUI cycles, I was devastated. Only my best friend knew that we were attempting ART (artificial reproductive technology), so on the plus side, it was easier to appear fine and avoid intrusive questions, but in reality, it was killing…
26
November
2020
by Marian Nathan
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Miscarrying 3 times
I was 22 years old and Andre was 26 when we got married in October 2010, after 4 years of dating. I married young for a myriad of reasons. One of the bigger reasons being that I have always wanted a large family, hence the…
1
December
2014
by Tan Yi Lin
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Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
I guess by now most readers would have learnt that Dannie has, ahem, coughed up an entry on how we somehow managed to make a baby without the help of IVF. It’s been almost a month and a half since we first found out –…
24
February
2014
by Tan Yi Lin
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Frozen
No, I’m not going to do a review of the movie animation by the same title in this entry. I don’t think Coco is old enough to sit through an entire movie without declaring, “I don’t want to watch this cartoon. This cartoon little bit…
19
February
2014
by Tan Yi Lin
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In Case Of Emergency
I left off after my last entry on 28 Jan with quite a cliff-hanger. I was scheduled to see Dr Sadhana to kick-start the frozen cycle in March – and was really excited about my upcoming appointment on 7 Feb at KKH. Then, the (very) unexpected…
28
January
2014
by Tan Yi Lin
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1, 2, We’ll Continue. 3… 4…?
One of the things that a couple considering or undergoing IVF has to grapple with is how many embryos to transfer into the womb. For our first 3 cycles (1 fresh, 1 frozen and 1 fresh), we didn’t hesitate to transfer 2 embryos for each…