intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)<\/a>. This means that after egg collection, they defrost some of the sperm and then try to pick the one which looks the healthiest. They chop their tail off and insert it directly into the egg.<\/p>\nOnly one good quality sperm is needed, and rather than leaving it to chance, a sperm will find the egg in the petri dish as in regular IVF. So far, we have undergone three rounds of ICSI, all of which have failed. My egg quality is not great, and it took a while to get the right drug combination that I responded to. We will keep trying, though; I still find it amazing that science can help us bypass this problem.<\/p>\n
Dealing with A Chronic Illness & Infertility<\/h2>\n We are not just navigating infertility; we are also navigating life with chronic illness along with infertility. As well as going through fertility treatments, we now have to go to our local hospital every six months to the cystic fibrosis clinic for my husband’s check-up.<\/p>\n
Cystic fibrosis in general causes the body to produce thick mucus, which affects the lungs and digestive system in particular. He sees a nutritionist and dietitian who keeps their eye on his physical health; we are lucky to have this provision so close to us. The team is fantastic and always wants to hear about our infertility journey, encouraging us with success stories from other patients.<\/p>\n
Although my husband is asymptomatic in that other than infertility, he shows no symptoms; we know that as he gets older, it is likely that he will need additional medical interventions. For example, chest infections can be severe in CF sufferers. For now, though, we are concentrating on our dream to be parents, and we hope it will be the fourth time lucky for us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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