Freezing Embryos

17th August 2022. CareFertility Clinic, Tunbridge Wells.

Cancer & Fertility. 💉

This subject is a hard one to share but it’s one that’s so important to talk about it as so many of us women have to face it, in so many different ways.

I would never have imagined spending my first week of turning 30 in and out of a fertility clinic, yet here we are. Cancer has a horrible way of impacting every part of your life.

We have always talked about having children in the future but now with chemo next up on the agenda this means facing the uncertainty of having my fertility put at risk.

Making these tough decisions to go ahead with preservation treatment was hard as nothing goes ahead without risks or side effects. As well as trying to navigate through the whole daunting process of egg retrieval, with the cancer appointments continuing to run alongside it.

With it all being so time sensitive my team decided we need to start the process of freezing our embryos immediately. With this being sprung on us we had little time to get our heads around it before our bloods were being taken and my first scans done.

And that's when I first found out I also have polycystic ovaries.

Just because I didn't have enough going on right now!

But because of this I would be monitored more closely and scanned more often. Meaning a lot more trips to the fertility clinic.

We was then sent home armed with a huge box of medication. It’s hard not to feel overwhelmed.

So here goes the next 2 weeks of poor Rob injecting my stomach twice a day, taking tablets every morning, regular scans and bracing ourselves for all of the extra hormones to start kicking in.

Not expecting this to be an easy ride but so grateful to have Rob with me every step of the way. 🖤