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Hi,
So I know there are many women/couples out there who struggle with infertility and the emotions when the word gets mentioned turns your world around. So let me take you back, in May 2016 at the age of 25 I took my first pregnancy test and it was positive! I was shocked, over-whelmed, but filled with warmth! I told my partner the news and he was also over the moon. This joy suddenly turned into darkness, as I experienced slight bleeding. The hospital said this could be normal as the sac was in my womb and everything was where it should have been. After a couple of days I went back as it continued, the doctor then said it looked as if I suffered a miscarriage as my womb was now empty. I went back to the hospital the next day for checks, and within moments I was rushed to theatre, turns out I had internal bleeding and it was actually an ectopic pregnancy. It was a whirlwind, and before I knew it I woke up to the news that the pregnancy (8 and a half weeks)had ruptured my fallopian tube, and both the pregnancy and my left fallopian tube had been removed. So the experience that you should have when those blue lines appear on the pregnancy test, soon turned me into a person who didn't want to speak to anyone, a person who blamed herself for what had happened, and a person who started to push everyone close to her away.
As time went by, and I started to heal I wanted answers. Two and a half years after I suffered the ectopic pregnancy I finally got referred to a Fertility Clinic. Me and my partner both had tests, even though my partner has a child from a previous relationship we still wanted to make sure everything was ok on both of our parts. My partner got given the all clear, but there was a problem with my remaining fallopian tube. It appeared that scarring had now appeared on it. In January 2019, I underwent a Laparoscopy and dye test for my right tube, to see if the doctors could save and repair it, it was unsuccessful. So at the age of 28, I have been given the news that there is very little chance of me ever conceiving naturally, and if I ever did that it would end up another ectopic as it is the end of my fallopian tube that is blocked, so the egg would get stuck.
As a young person, you think you have the rest of your life to have children and that it will just happen. Well I did anyway. I have been with my partner for over 3 years, we have a house, a pet dog, and I love his son like he is my own. That makes me crave my own child even more. I have grieved, been knocked down, and trying so hard to hold onto the little hope that one day I will be able to hold my own child in my arms, I will not give up.
Me and my partner are both going to compete in running events in the hope to also raise money ourselves. Because, my partner already has a child this excludes me from being eligible to free NHS - IVF Funding. I will not sit on my back side and expect donations as I know everyone in life goes through something, and it is just to make us stronger, but sometimes all we need is a little help.
D & J x
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Rhys Jay
Jun 17, 2019
Good luck you you guys
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Leonnie Preece
Jun 13, 2019
Good luck to you both x
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Anonymous
Jun 12, 2019
Ain't much but I'm skint. Cant wait to see your baby Love you x x x
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Hayley Betts
Jun 11, 2019
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Danny Helsby
Jun 11, 2019
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Chris
Jun 11, 2019
Good luck both xx
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Jay Knight
Jun 11, 2019
All the best guys! X
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