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• Pregnancy & children >> Pregnancy >> Age 37-39 >> Interview 06 >> Professionals do not always realise what an effect their words have on people. There was little continuity of care at the hospital antenatal clinic.

First pregnancy through ICSI IVF. Experienced hyper ovarian stimulation. Induced at 42 weeks with birth by emergency section. Second pregnancy occurred naturally 7 months after birth of first child.

• Pregnancy & children >> Pregnancy >> Age 37-39 >> Interview 06 >> She expected IVF to be stressful but it was not as bad as she anticipated.

First pregnancy through ICSI IVF. Experienced hyper ovarian stimulation. Induced at 42 weeks with birth by emergency section. Second pregnancy occurred naturally 7 months after birth of first child.

• Pregnancy & children >> Pregnancy >> Age 37-39 >> Interview 06 >> Men may find it difficult when their partner is having fertility treatment, and it can strain the couple's relationship.

First pregnancy through ICSI IVF. Experienced hyper ovarian stimulation. Induced at 42 weeks with birth by emergency section. Second pregnancy occurred naturally 7 months after birth of first child.

• Pregnancy & children >> Pregnancy >> Age 37-39 >> Interview 06 >> She developed bloating, sharp pain and sickness in early pregnancy. This was caused by ovarian hyper-stimulation syndrome resulting from IVF.

First pregnancy through ICSI IVF. Experienced hyper ovarian stimulation. Induced at 42 weeks with birth by emergency section. Second pregnancy occurred naturally 7 months after birth of first child.

• Pregnancy & children >> Pregnancy >> Age 25-30 >> Interview 27 >> She felt ill taking clomifene (Clomid) and could not get clear information about this. She wanted no further intervention such as IVF.

Had problems getting pregnant because of polycystic ovary syndrome. Conceived after taking Clomid; also used acupuncture. Now 16 weeks pregnant, and pregnancy is progressing well.

• Pregnancy & children >> Pregnancy >> Age 34-36 >> Interview 16 >> Giving birth was an awe-inspiring and emotional moment. She felt privileged to experience it.

Experienced recurrent miscarriage before entering an egg share IVF scheme. IVF was successful after one cycle and pregnancy was excellent. Vaginal birth.

• Pregnancy & children >> Pregnancy >> Age 37-39 >> Interview 11 >> After two terminations for a genetic condition they decided against egg donation. They wanted IVF with pre-implantation diagnosis but found it hard to

Multiple miscarriages and a late termination due to reciprocal balanced chromosome translocation. Healthy twins born using pre-implantation genetic diagnosis.

• Pregnancy & children >> Pregnancy >> Age 37-39 >> Interview 11 >> Staff at the specialist hospital were more sympathetic than at their local hospital. They explained pre-implantation genetic diagnosis clearly, and th

Multiple miscarriages and a late termination due to reciprocal balanced chromosome translocation. Healthy twins born using pre-implantation genetic diagnosis.

• Pregnancy & children >> Pregnancy >> Age 37-39 >> Interview 11 >> She advises other parents to accept that having IVF will take over their lives for a while and just allow themselves to focus on it.

Multiple miscarriages and a late termination due to reciprocal balanced chromosome translocation. Healthy twins born using pre-implantation genetic diagnosis.

• Pregnancy & children >> Pregnancy >> Age 34-36 >> Interview 16 >> Investigations never found a cause for her miscarriages and the uncertainty in each pregnancy was hard, but having a healthy baby has given her hope.

Experienced recurrent miscarriage before entering an egg share IVF scheme. IVF was successful after one cycle and pregnancy was excellent. Vaginal birth.

• Pregnancy & children >> Pregnancy >> Age 34-36 >> Interview 16 >> After three unexplained miscarriages and treatment for low fertility with clomifene (Clomid), she joined an egg donation scheme which enabled her to h

Experienced recurrent miscarriage before entering an egg share IVF scheme. IVF was successful after one cycle and pregnancy was excellent. Vaginal birth.

• Pregnancy & children >> Pregnancy >> Age 34-36 >> Interview 16 >> Harvesting the eggs for donation was painful but it was an exciting time. The effect of the drugs she had to take was difficult to cope with.

Experienced recurrent miscarriage before entering an egg share IVF scheme. IVF was successful after one cycle and pregnancy was excellent. Vaginal birth.

• Pregnancy & children >> Pregnancy >> Age 34-36 >> Interview 16 >> The possibility of taking part in an egg donation scheme should be made more widely known, as there is an age limit for taking part.

Experienced recurrent miscarriage before entering an egg share IVF scheme. IVF was successful after one cycle and pregnancy was excellent. Vaginal birth.

• Pregnancy & children >> Pregnancy >> Age 34-36 >> Interview 16 >> After IVF, they were so anxious and excited they did the pregnancy test in the middle of the night and immediately phoned family to tell them. Only on

Experienced recurrent miscarriage before entering an egg share IVF scheme. IVF was successful after one cycle and pregnancy was excellent. Vaginal birth.