Thanks for tuning into today’s conversation with the amazing Rachel

In this episode we chat all about

✔️trying to conceive and knowing that something wasn’t right - going on letrozol for 6 cycles and only ovulating twice

✔️deciding to go on IVF and deciding between light and regular IVF

✔️collecting 22 eggs from her IVF cycle but having none fertilize due to egg-sp*rm interaction problem

✔️doing IVF rounds using ICSI fertilisation and oocyte activation which gave Rachel the most fertilised embryo

✔️after her last round of IVF and collection, Rachel felt the best she ever had and advocated for a fresh embryo transfer as she felt this was the right way to go

✔️conceiving after almost 18 months of waiting and over a year of going through IVF

✔️being accepted into MGP model of care, doing private hypnobirthing and breastfeeding classes as well as attending hospital birth classes to know the hospital’s policies and what to advocate against!

✔️Rachel felt that she couldn’t have an unmedicated birth as she had trouble to conceive and felt that birth would be difficult

✔️Rachel not believing she was in labour for 2 days when she had regular surges, she kept thinking “this is going to get worse, this may not even be labour!”

✔️not getting sleep for 3 days prior to birth as the surges were worse when Rachel laid down and then after a long prelabour, Rachel’s labour beginning

✔️Rachel being in disbelief after the birth that she had done it without pain relief as she thought the intensity of labour would get worse and there would be a pain where she would be asking for an epidural

✔️Finding great support in the Facebook group IVF Australia

IVF Support Group Australia - Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/105615329563232?locale=fr_FR

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