S1 E6. Nadia's Story! Endometriosis, Adenomyosis, Letrozole, Advocating for yourself
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This weeks update is a heavy one! Skip to 25 mins if you don’t want to tune in, it covers:
- Jasmyn - follow up phone consult with FA about test results, potential surgery, struggling.
- Lydia - scheduling in IVF, cancelling trips, shift in the feeling of the two week wait.
We had the pleasure of catching up with Nadia about her trying to conceive journey so far. Her story covers:
- Coming off the pill and having serious side effects from it
- Unexplained sporadic extreme pain for years
- Advocating for yourself
- Misdiagnosed with mittelschmerz
- Preparing for pregnancy. Trying to ensure pregnancy will be possible
- Diagnosed with adenomyosis
- HCG test
- Medicated cycles using Letrozole
- Self referred to Fertility Associates
- Diagnosed with stage 3 endometriosis
- Lap surgery
- Looking at IVF as the next step
- Emotional toll of TTC
Endometrioses website: https://nzendo.org.nz/esig/
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