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It’s little wonder that by the time I met Dr Siedhoff at Cedars Sinai But he told me that was unfortunately quite common and confirmed the only way to know was via laparoscopy, after looking at my records he said although there’s no guarantee he will find anything it seemed like a wise choice for me to explore. *Make sure your highly rated specialist excises endo (not the old method of  burning it off) obviously I recommend Dr Siedhoff at Cedars Sinai in LA Dr Braverman shares a lot of research on endo and it’s impact on egg quality and implantation.

When I heard about the LA screening of ‘Vegas Baby’ (a new documentary film diving into the world of IVF – link here) The film follows the journey of a diverse group of people all desperately trying to ‘win’ a baby. They each submitted a video plea for the chance to win a free round of IVF at Dr Sher’s clinic in Las Vegas. The director does a great job of making an entertaining, thought provoking film full of deep human interest stories set in a fascinatingly surreal but real world.

It was absolutely terrifying and difficult but one of the most incredible experiences I’ve ever pushed myself to do. Despite all the technical issues we had e.g. 2 dodgy cameras, a mic that broke midway through the talk and missing footage (producers nightmare) This is our reality of trying and failing to have a baby (in a million and one ways) but most importantly the one thing that’s kept me sane. To anyone who knows what that feels like and especially those suffering in silence, I hope this helps.

My heartbeat ended up in my throat and I just didn’t know how to process it “yay I was very ready to start with the IVF process, the process that I know works with my body, with an embryo that is 2 years younger than me and is part of my daughter’s batch. It’s so crazy that your OB doesn’t take you in until you’re far along the pregnancy. I don’t know if it made me more sluggish, but I wasn’t feeling 100%.