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May 12, 1999


I was having a bad time imagining how terrible my appointment is going to be next week and generally getting worried about how depressed I am going to be afterwards when this letter came from one of the people on my UK mailing list. So just in case you weren't quite sure what I meant yesterday when I said that the IF treatment here SUCKS, I thought I would post this letter. I have removed everything personal so as to make it as anonymous as possible, but it is true.

I wonder in the long run whether a vaginal breech birth or a home birth is worth going through all of this first.

Hi everyone,

I'm hoping that someone out there can help me regain my sanity... :-(( Here's my problem:

Last week, at 10DPO, I had what I thought was AF, although lighter and less painful than usual. I assumed the cycle was yet another write-off. But ever since, I've had huge/sore breasts, been needing to pee all the time, feel sick, and have been bawling my eyes out at absolutely everything, from TV to parking problems (!).

Sounds a bit like PMS, except I've never had the symptoms AFTER a period! Anyway, I did an HPT at 14DPO, which was ---, and I've done a few since, where there was a ghost of a line(including today, 18DPO) although you had to really squint to see it! What's going on????

I just phoned my GP's surgery to see if I could have a blood test done, offering to pay for it myself, but they said that the local hospitals don't even do HCG blood tests, which I find hard to believe... With my track record (TTC almost 5 yrs, incl a m/c) I want to know asap so I can take progesterone.

Why is it like bashing your head against a brick wall, trying to get help/interest/support from GPs? They didn't even understand WHY I wanted a blood test!

Just amazing is all I can say, and it really doesn't do much for calming my nerves about Tuesday.

UGH



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