Another negative. In my gut I knew that was the result, but there's always that tiny hope that I'm wrong. We tested a day later than normal this cycle and I still hadn't started bleeding but I guess that was just the progesterone. We've decided to go straight into the next cycle, which we've never done before, mainly because of the timing: we have a mini-holiday at the end of November and then after that it's Christmas etc. So we wanted to get in our last try of the year before all that happened.
I haven't lost hope just yet. We have one more round to go before we reassess. In some ways that will make this upcoming round harder to deal with, I think - knowing it's our last try. But of course it's not the end of the road. We could continue with IUI cycles next year. We could get pregnant naturally. We could consider adoption. IVF, at this point, I would only consider if we were in a position financially where I didn't have to work, because I just don't think I could handle the stress and intrusiveness of it. And of course, it's financially out of reach for us right now in any case.
So. One more round to close out the year. Fingers crossed it's fourth time lucky.
So sorry to hear you got a negative result this time. My fingers are firmly crossed for your next round. Also, no matter how you bring children into your lives they will be so lucky to have parents who want them so much - trust me - I'm a happy adoptee xo
ReplyDeleteThanks Kez :) Adoption is certainly not being ruled out at this stage. I know there are a whole lot of hoops to jump through for that, and a lot of costs, and it's a long, time-consuming process, so it's certainly not something we would enter into lightly. If our next IUI cycle is another negative, then we'll have to do some more research into all our options. So it's all wait-and-see at this point.
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