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Woman Suffered Five ᴍɪsᴄᴀʀʀɪᴀɢᴇs And ᴇɴᴅᴜʀᴇᴅ 10 Years of I.V.F To Become A Mum
Andraya Chuter and her husband are £8k in ᴅᴇʙᴛ after paying for endless rounds of I.V.F
At first, we felt nature would take its course because I was only 26, but following 12 months of trying, I cried every time I got my ᴘᴇʀɪᴏᴅ. Our GP had said he would refer us for I.V.F if we still weren’t successful after two years, but we didn’t want to get sᴛᴜᴄᴋ ᴏɴ an NHS waiting list, so in late 2003 we went to a private ᴄʟɪɴɪᴄ Fᴏʀ ɪɴᴛʀᴀᴜᴛᴇʀɪɴᴇ ɪɴsᴇᴍɪɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴ (IUI), where doctors put Paul’s ᴘʀᴇᴘᴀʀᴇᴅ sᴘᴇʀᴍ sᴛʀᴀɪɢʜᴛ into my ᴡᴏᴍʙ.
But that was unsuccessful, too, which really ᴋɴᴏᴄᴋᴇᴅ ᴜs. Over the next year, we had two more rounds of I.V.F. When the first of these Fᴀɪʟᴇᴅ, it floored us even more, so when in late 2005 I found out I was pregnant, we were thrilled. But it was short-lived, as eight weeks later I ᴍɪsᴄᴀʀʀɪᴇᴅ. It was ʜᴇᴀʀᴛʙʀᴇᴀᴋɪɴɢ. Paul and I didn’t give up hope, and over the next six years, I had five more courses of I.V.F, costing around £4,000 each.
So at the beginning of 2011 we took almost a year off ᴛʀᴇᴀᴛᴍᴇɴᴛ to focus on our marriage. At the end of the year, we resumed I.V.F at a different clinic, where we got the news that my ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ ᴄᴇʟʟs ʀᴇᴀᴄᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴀɴʏ Fᴏᴇᴛᴜs ᴀs ɪF ɪᴛ ᴡᴀs ᴀɴ ɪɴFᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ and would try to get rid of it. It was ᴀᴡFᴜʟ to hear, but it was a relief to have a reason and I was given ᴍᴇᴅɪᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴛᴏ ᴄᴏᴜɴᴛᴇʀᴀᴄᴛ it. In December, we had another Fᴀɪʟᴇᴅ cycle of I.V.F. By then we were heavily in ᴅᴇʙᴛ and running out of options. However, after another cycle in April 2012, ʙʟᴏᴏᴅ ᴛᴇsᴛs ʀᴇᴠᴇᴀʟᴇᴅ I was pregnant.