IVF beginner looking for help and encouragement!

[blissfulbabble]

Hi everyone!

I'm new here and I guess I'm just looking for some support and encouragement.

I'm 27 and have an 18 mos DD. A year ago I lost one of my ovaries from a cyst that had twisted it. Not fun. Last week I had surgery to remove what we thought was another cyst on my other (and now only) ovary. It turned out it was in my fallopian tube....basically my Dr had to take out both my tubes but did save my ovary.
Now it seems that IVF is my only option to (biologically) have more kids.
I am very very grateful to still have an ovary but am feeling overwhelmed by the IVF process.
My DD still breastfeeds and I have always planned on letting her wean herself.
But from my understanding right now I would not be able to continue to breastfeed once we start the IVF process. Is that true? I should be meeting with a specialist soon, which I'm looking forward to.

I know I am lucky to have my ovary and everything will work out.
I have always wanted a big family and this was just so unexpected. I'm still taking it all in.

Any advice or info you have would be so appreciated.

Thank you for reading

[rcr]

Hi Blissful: I am sorry you are dealing with this. IVF is a long and hard road to go, We have a regular IVF thread (in the infertility forum) if you want to join us.
 

[TenzinsMama]

My RE has told me that if I were to do IVF, she would be okay if I was only nursing twice a day.  Especially with an older babe/toddler, who would likely be getting most of their nutrition out of solids and other liquids anyway, and nursing for comfort oftentime more than anything else. Also, she explained to me about the percentage of drug actually getting into breastmilk (often 1% or less for many meds), plus with the fertility drugs being what they are, they are like what would be naturally occuring in our bodies (albeit in a different amount). She shared that the nurses at our clinic kind of get freaked out when they hear of somebody breastfeeding and wanting to do any fertility stuff, as they have the mindset that it is a definite no-no in all cases. I trust my doc, though-- and so when I've gone through (recently) for an updated fertility work-up (I had a c/s with DD, so I wanted to get the tests done to make sure that I didn't have any scarring to be concerned about-- I feel I have to start thinking about what my next steps are since my age is a huge factor) I didn't talk about nursing at all with the nurses. Just my doc. I looked into Thomas Hale's info, and that was helpful, too. So far, other than my age, everything else is looking okay-- I hope something happens for me naturally and I don't have to cross that bridge. Good luck to you!