Thursday, 31 August 2017
Monday, 28 August 2017
Instead of IVF
If only it is this easy...
Ask any IVFers, how many of us have already changed our lifestyle, followed a fertility diet, tracked our ovulation, drank that horrible bitter TCM herbs and got poked by countless acupuncture needles. If any of these worked for us, we wouldn't be going through IVF. It's not a matter of choice.
Monday, 14 August 2017
Problem Found
Back track a little, this is what happened between my last post and now: As recommended by Dr Roland, DH did the sperm DNA fragmentation test and the result came back as high fertility potential (i.e. low DNA fragmentation). Now that this issue is ruled out, I need to get myself checked. I pondered for a long time and decided not to go for SIS nor laparoscopy. Instead, I went to see Dr Sheila Vasoo at her ARC Clinic in Mount Elizabeth Novena. As expected, she ordered a series of blood tests for auto-immunity investigate. Total cost including consultation: $1455. Dr Sheila's staff gave me a slip of paper to bring to ParkwayHealth Laboratory (at ground floor of the same building). The phlebotomist drew 6 tubes of blood on the day of my first appointment and another 6 tubes on CD5.
We returned to see Dr Sheila Vasoo on Saturday to collect my blood test results. Turns out, I have sticky blood. Although this is not a good news, I feel relieved that we at least have a clear solution to our infertility now. The plan is for me to start taking aspirin, folic acid and Vitamin D right away. Then, I'll go back to Dr Sadhana for the frozen transfer in my next cycle. I'll have to start taking clexane jabs nearing ET too.
We returned to see Dr Sheila Vasoo on Saturday to collect my blood test results. Turns out, I have sticky blood. Although this is not a good news, I feel relieved that we at least have a clear solution to our infertility now. The plan is for me to start taking aspirin, folic acid and Vitamin D right away. Then, I'll go back to Dr Sadhana for the frozen transfer in my next cycle. I'll have to start taking clexane jabs nearing ET too.
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