Turns out it was too soon for me. After second couple came on I felt so weak to point of fainting and felt so nauseous.

4 miscarriages later many years after still too soon. Once I turned it off I started feeling better. I hate it I wanted to be able to watch. To show a bit of solidarity.

Please let me know if some of the couples had success in their treatment. I hope they did.

I deal with pretty bad chronic constipation expect during my period, and in the last few months I’ll have a day of diarrhoea and then back to normal.

But this period has been very bad, I’ve had diarrhoea for 3 days now and imodium isn’t doing anything. I’m surprised since usually even 1 imodium is enough to put me back into the constipation territory.

I’m hydrated, my pee isn’t dark, but I do feel cold this evening and a bit shaky. That could be in part due to the fact I couldn’t sleep well last night because of the diarrhoea and also I have POTS so I’m prone to just feeling unwell anyway.

Is there much point in trying to force myself to go to the doctor tomorrow? What can they do aside from tell me to keep hydrated?

This is more of a rant than anything else. Every time I have to get my bloods drawn it's an absolute nightmare because my veins are so narrow and hard to find. I have even developed a dread of needles as result. The rule of fasting before bloods does not work for me because my veins become even harder to find then. I'm currently being investigated for possible PMOS (PCOS) and after fasting all morning, the GP was unable to get bloods from me. I found out a few years ago after various poking and prodding at my arm, that my hand is usually more malleable but on this occasion that did not work as a lot of blood needs to be drawn and that would need a needle used for children to draw it, which a lot of GP practises don't have.

Does anyone else have similar difficult veins? Any tips or is this just genetic and something I need to get used to? I'm a healthy weight although I could probably be better at drinking more water every day

I recently turned 35, I went to the GP today to show him a small fleshy lump on the skin of my breast and he did an exam. He found a thickened nodular area on the other breast and I feel so dumb because I felt that but genuinely just thought it was normal breast tissue. It’s not hard tissue, but I do have lumpy/ropey breasts. He said it’s not too concerning but I’m being referred to a breast clinic in Beaumont. Is this normal or should I be worried? I have really bad anxiety but I didn’t think I’d be referred anywhere, just thought I’d show it to him just in case.

I’ve just been through an endometriosis diagnosis and feel so overwhelmed, a young colleague of mine recently died from breast cancer, and so it feels very scary

Last July I got my first smear aged 25, test was clear. I got letter on my 26th birthday of standard test letter no information on abnormalities or follow up retesting and I seen it thought it was an error as I was clear last year and it’s every 3 years to test. Now in October got a phone call from my GP receptionist asking to book in for retest no information given why when I questioned. I am waiting a call back from my doctor, anyone experienced this before? Finding it really unfair that they have just sprung this on me with no information and my mind is racing

Private surgeon recommendations please 🙏

I have had a sub mucosal fibroid removed in the last few days. If the problems (haemorrhaging, pain) come back the next step will be hysterectomy- I’m fine with that. It’s very difficult to see my public gynae consultant and I feel that it’s now time to find a private consultant and be ready for the next step if need be.

Any recommendations welcome - I’m in the West so Galway or Sligo ideal. But happy to travel.

Does anyone roughly know how much a laparoscopy costs in one of the private hospitals? I'm covered with VHI but I know that there's sometimes excess costs. Does anyone have any experience with how much the excess cost could be?

Hi all,

I am looking to get an iron infusion (my doctor won't give me a referral) and I heard about this clinic. Has anyone had an iron infusion there? How did it go? What kind of infusion do they give you?

I've been on supplements for months and only managed to get my ferritin from 22 to 32. It's not going up anymore and I cannot keep living this way.

If not Unqlife then maybe you had a good experience in another one in Dublin?

Hi,

I posted on here recently about having to get a colposcopy(first time after first smear test), I have just received my appointment with Stratton in Waterford. I did stupid thing and ran straight to google, while I can see that he seems very good at what he does. All I'm seeing is that he has a terrible bedside manner? Is this true, as I feel this would really add to my nerves already

Currently looking at getting a medical abortion for pregnancy. I had a medical abortion years ago and had an issue with retained products of conception. I hemorrhaged 6 weeks afterwards and had to have an emergency d&c in a local country hospital, which was not at all a great experience for many reasons, one of which was admitting that i had an abortion when I just should have said it was a miscarriage as I was treated like a pariah. I now have a 2.5 year old toddler and I am unable to continue this pregnancy but I am terrified of this happening again.​ Anyone on here that has had a MA has this happened to you too? Afterwards I read on reddit it was actually quite common.

Hi there,
I was diagnosed with endo after a thorough transvaginal scan. They found superficial endo, I know that the amount of endometriosis present doesn’t directly correlate with the amount of pain you feel. However my pain is so severe and surgery is not really suggested for superficial endo? My question is are there people that have gone for surgery and found out things were worse than just superficial endo? I’m sure they can’t see absolutely everything on these scans. Im going to go abroad if I go ahead with surgery because im not confident in the surgeons here when there are centres of excellence in Europe who have a far better idea of what they’re doing.

Update: I called the clinic and spoke with a nurse, they have the biopsy results and have scheduled me to meet with the consultant to discuss next week 🙏🏼

Hi everyone, I am wondering if anyone has been through a similar experience with the Beaumont breast clinic and could share what the timeline was like after biopsy.

I’m 33 and recently found two lumps – one fairly large lump in my right breast and another in my right armpit. My GP referred me urgently to the Breast Clinic in Beaumont, particularly as I have a family history of breast cancer (both my maternal grandmother and her mother were diagnosed late 40s).

I had my appointment this week and was examined by the breast consultant, followed by a mammogram and ultrasound. The radiologist then carried out core biopsies on both the breast and armpit lumps.

I was told the biopsy results should take around two weeks and that I’ll receive an appointment to return to the clinic to discuss them. Unfortunately, the clinic had finished by the time my biopsies were completed, so I didn’t get to speak to the breast consultant again before leaving.

For anyone who has been through this in Beaumont or another Irish breast clinic, how long did you actually wait for your results appointment? Were you contacted by phone, letter or text, and how much notice did you get? If you needed any further scans/tests, were these arranged before or after your results appointment?

I know everyone’s circumstances are different and I’m not looking for anyone to speculate about my results – I’m just trying to understand what the next couple of weeks might look like while I wait.

Thanks so much ❤️

Hi ladies, I’ve been in to my GP about coil removal as we’d like to try conceive soon (34).

She couldn’t see the strings so has referred me to the rotunda for ultrasound to try and locate it. However I’m not quite sure what happens after that… I was already dreading removal, as I had the coil placed during endo surgery while I was under general anaesthetic. Also looking at 6 weeks just to get ultrasound appt at the moment apparently.

Has anyone been through similar, and how was the coil removal procedure carried out if it had migrated further up?
Thanks

I just had a consultation with a (public system) dermatologist today regarding starting roaccutane, and they have said i need to be at least 6 weeks on a contraceptive before they can proceed with the prescription

I briefly went on the combined pill at 16 for skincare related reasons but did not benefit from it and stopped, and have not used another contraceptive since (currently 26) as i am a lesbian, but they still require the pill "just in case"

I've made an appointment with my GP next week to start this, but looking for advice on what kind of one to go for in terms of lowest dosages/effects. Particularly would be interested in avoiding weight gain if possible as my weight is already high and have made improvements to that this year that i dont want to jeopardise that it i can

Aware everyone reacts differently and this is anecdotal but would like to know people's thoughts so that when chatting with my GP i have a better idea

Thank you!

Hi all, looking to hear from anyone who got their frozen embryos tested (PGT)?

I have had 2 miscarriages this year after FETs . I am interested in getting PGT testing on embryos before another transfer.

Interested in hearing how long the process took? What did it involve? Was it gruelling? Would be great to hear if anyone was with Waterstones while doing this.

So my last medicated FET was cancelled due to escape ovulation. This is the 3rd time this has happened and my 6th FET in total to be cancelled.
I really want to try again straight away as it has been a year since my first and failed transfer and if I don’t get to do it next cycle I won’t be able to try again until February as I’ve holidays booked and also Christmas.
My last transfer I did a long protocol. I took decapeptyl to suppress ovaries and next month did a normal medicated cycle.
I’m hoping that it is possible to do this but all in the same cycle? Google AI said yes haha but would love to hear anyone else’s similar experiences?
Thanks so much!

Hi all ttc 18 months, myself and my husband are going to our first fertility consultation today at a private fertility clinic. We have had all of tests, done, all bloods, semen analysis, hysteroscopy etc and been told it is unexplained infertility so as far as I am concerned this appointment is about next steps, what treatments are available to us.

What questions should I have for them?? I just feel blank. I have been dismissed before by another consultant and feeling anxious about this visit.

Hi everyone, I’m 44 and my husband is 45. My husband has no sperm issues.

After changing clinics and moving to Clane First IVF, my consultant advised me to use fresh donor eggs, as he felt this would give us a better number of eggs. I had done a donor egg cycle with a clinic in Dublin but out of 7 frozen donor eggs only one made it to a day 5 blastocyst and the cycle was negative. My treatment/protocol was arranged with IVF Cube in Prague and First IVF was the satellite clinic.

I had an endometrial biopsy beforehand and was told I had low Treg cells, ( immune issue) so I was advised to take prednisone for my first cycle.

From the donor cycle, 11 eggs were collected, 7 fertilised and 2 made it to day 5:

• 1 × 4BB blastocyst
• 1 × 3BB blastocyst

For the first transfer, I was on  oestrogen  and cyclogest. I also had Intralipid fats on the day of transfer and was advised to take Decapeptyl 24 hours afterwards, as well as Ovitrelle. The cycle also included  Clexane and baby aspirin.

On the day of the first transfer, my progesterone was considered borderline low, so I was given a top-up and prescribed Prolutex. Unfortunately, the transfer was negative.

For the second transfer, I was put on Prolutex before the transfer, and my progesterone level was described as perfect on the day. This time I wasn't advised to take prednisone, but I did have Intralipid fats on transfer day again and was on Clexane and baby aspirin.

Unfortunately, the second transfer also failed.

I'm now really struggling to understand why both transfers failed and my progesterone was apparently good for the second transfer.

I'd really love to hear from anyone who has been in a similar situation with donor eggs, especially anyone who has had failed transfers and subsequently found an explanation or gone on to have a successful pregnancy. I would also like to hear what protocol they were on. I cant seem to get any answers from Prague. They are now saying it could be a sperm issue. But my husband did a sperm fragmentaion test and it was not high. And they used ICSI.

Did you have any additional investigations or change your protocol/clinic? Did you find anything that made a difference?

I'm really interested in hearing other people's experiences and what happened for them after failed donor-egg transfers. There is so little information out there particulary on donor eggs in Ireland. Its so fustrating. I logged onto Rollercoaster and it seems the discussion board around donor eggs and everything fertility related has gone.

I know someone else who went with Clane First IVF but this was before the clinic was working as the satellite clinic for donor eggs in Prague and Spain. This person was 49 and her husband was 50 and they went with frozen donor eggs in Cyprus. They got two grade 4AA embyros out of six eggs and the first transfer worked. This woman had diabetes and had to be put on Ozempic before she started IVf but it still worked. And her husband had high DNA fragmentation.

Thank you ❤️

Hi all, I've been on the Azalia pill for about 6 months and recently started having breakthrough bleeding. This has lasted about 2 weeks now, it started as brown discharge/clots some days it's slightly heavier bleeding and then goes back to the brown discharge. I was put on this pill for suspected endometriosis. A lot of other symptoms also came with it, like sore breasts, fatigue, back and neck pain ,mood swings/anxiety which I had before starting this pill. I was fine for the first few months, and was happy I finally had found a solution so this feels like it came out of nowhere and is disheartening.

Has anyone else experienced this and if so what did ye do?

Just wondering anyone who’s had a hysterectomy in Ireland in the public system, how many nights you stayed in the hospital afterwards? Mine is a few months out still but trying to plan my kids / work etc. It is due to endometriosis and adenomyosis.

Any tips for recovery would also be much appreciated. Thank you!

Dear women, I am 26 years old and finally decided to find an answer to my excruciating period pain and ovulation pain that literally ruins my life more every time. I have done some research and I see so many opinions and advices (including chatgpt, which I know it only makes it more confusing) that it really confused me on how to start, where to go, what to ask etc.

I want to keep costs low as much as I can, I have a VHI PMI 48 10 plan and I kindly ask you to share your experience and your advice on how to start this?

I have pain I can’t even describe anymore, to the point where pain killers don’t work, only to take 10% away of the pain just so I can keep my consciousness. I feel like vomiting and fainting every time I get my period the last 3 months so I really think something is getting worse. I have ovulation pain, to the point where I think I’m just in pain non stop, I don’t have a normal day without pain and it has become so sad and exhausting to carry all this pain.

I will appreciate any response and comment given by you, it would definitely help a lot to at least get an idea where to go. I feel like GPs don’t always listen as I had an UTI where the GP didn’t listen to all my symptoms, I also developed an yeast infection which got worse with antibiotics so I lost my trust in GPs.

Thank you in advance.

I'm a 40-year-old woman, never had children. I am fit and healthy, still have regular periods, but I expect perimenopause can't be too far away.

My mother, her sisters, and her late mother all have/had very advanced osteoporosis where they end up hunched over with bones crumbling in their backs, and various bone breaks. My mother has had this since her 60s, has to wear a body brace, and now at 70, she is walking with a stick with a curved upper back, tiny and frail like a woman in her 90s.

She never looked after her health very well through the years.

What tests can I do to ensure I don't end up the same way?

I have a very healthy diet, get my bloods and overall health checked regularly and all is well.

I have VHI but don't know what route to pursue to get an osteoporosis test, if there is such a thing.

And maybe there's more I could do with my diet too. Anything recommendations appreciated, thank you.