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Posted: 09 January 2014 at 11:37am |
Hi all - first time poster with a couple of questions for those of you who have done Ovarian Drilling (OD) We have been TTC for just over 4 years (T1 diabetes, PCOS, minor sperm morphology issues) and are now waiting for OD through Fertility Associates Wellington. We have previously tried Clomid, IVF and IVM. Questions: 1) How long did you have to wait for your OD surgery? (I've been told to expect up to 5mths) 2) How did you find the procedure, recovery etc? 3) Was it successful for you? Did you start ovulating / get BFP (and if so how soon after)? Thanks in advance! 
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Posted: 01 February 2014 at 3:26pm |
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Hello
My first post here as I saw your message.
I would have had to wait 4-5 months on the public system so I phoned my medical insurance. Due to PCOS and not ovulating on my own - I was eligible for private treatment. I was able to have the procedure 2 weeks after I rang them which was on Thursday. I highly recommend private treatment as the care is amazing.
It's now Saturday and I am still taking it easy. Sore tummy and pretty tired. from the operation. Every day I feel better. Followup treatment with my Dr is on Wednesday so will let you know how it goes.
It has a high success rate with 70 percent of women who have the procedure start to ovulate on their own.
Fingers crossed it works
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Posted: 01 February 2014 at 4:16pm |
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Thank-you so much for your response. Fingers crossed all goes well for you and great to hear that you aren't feeling too bad afterwards. Unfortunately I don't have health insurance (mostly because of my diabetes) so I have to put up with the wait. My specialist through Fertility Associates will do the actual surgery though rather than some faceless stranger which I'm pleased about. I hope your follow-up appt. goes well on Wednesday!
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Posted: 01 February 2014 at 6:39pm |
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Fertility Associates have been awesome. They look after you really well. Good luck!
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Posted: 02 February 2014 at 1:20pm |
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Totally agree about Fertility Associates. Best money we spent was paying for an initial consultation with them (have been on public funding since). Even though we haven't had any success yet (after clomid, 2 cancelled IVF cycles and an unsuccessful IVM cycle) we still feel like they are fantastic with how supportive they are and their management of our treatment.
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Posted: 04 February 2014 at 12:55pm |
Ooh, me! Pick me!  I had ovarian drilling along with an op for endo in 2009. Mine was covered privately, so there was no wait at all. I found the procedure and the recovery pretty straightforward really. I can't remember how long I had to have off work, but I spent one night in the hospital and a few days feeling a bit tender afterwards. But definitely no agonising pain or anything worth being scared of. And the good news... I never got a period the month after  After a long time trying unsuccessfully, I ovulated a couple of weeks after the op, and we conceived our son. Even better news - since then, I have successfully ovulated on my own each time I got my period back after havig a baby, and we now have three children. The last two were conceived with the same speed as my first, it appears once we actually got my body to ovulate it knew what to do! I hope you have similar success.
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Posted: 04 February 2014 at 2:29pm |
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Wow! That is such a great success story!
Thank you for sharing. You have given me a lot of confidence that I made the right decision to have it done last week. Follow up appt tomorrow afternoon with FA so hopefully some good news for me soon too.
Thanks again
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Posted: 04 February 2014 at 7:42pm |
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What a fantastic result Hopes! Thank-you for sharing. Natural ovulation would be amazing but at the very least I hope it boosts our luck with other treatments. Also great to hear the long-term impact it's had as you read a lot about it being a short-term fix.
Good luck with your appt tomorrow Hopefully! Fingers crossed!
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Posted: 05 February 2014 at 10:10pm |
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Update:
Followup appt with my Dr went really well.
Everything looks fine from the outside (ovaries, tubes and uterus) - yeah!
They could only get dye through one tube and it was perfect. The other tube was inaccessible due to my tilted uterus. So we are presuming that it's is fine too.
So all and all a good result.
Next steps:
Blood tests weekly to see if I ovulate on my own - fingers crossed!
If I do then we keep trying for natural conception for 3-6 months.
If not, we can then go on to next stage of fertility treatment with injections to provide additional hormones to trigger ovulation.
In conclusion, really really pleased I went through with operation and fingers crossed that it works.
I will keep you posted.
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Posted: 06 February 2014 at 7:41am |
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All sounds really positive! Hope that elusive ovulation comes your way soon!
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Posted: 06 February 2014 at 11:20am |
Thank you
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Posted: 13 February 2014 at 10:33pm |
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Update: had a blood test on Monday and progesterone levels are up. I have had period symptoms so will be interesting to see what develops. Another blood test on Monday.
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Posted: 14 February 2014 at 8:49pm |
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Oooh - that's sounding promising! Fingers crossed!
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Posted: 16 February 2014 at 10:29am |
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Got my period yesterday. Pretty exciting as this is the first natural period in have had in over 15 years.
I went off the pill a year ago and haven't had one since so this is pretty exciting stuff!
I can't believe that I can now ovulate naturally!!!
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Posted: 06 March 2014 at 9:31pm |
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Sorry I missed this post earlier Hope. That's fantastic that you got AF!
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Posted: 27 March 2014 at 7:53pm |
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Unfortunately I am not ovulating regularly. Back to fertility specialist today and now in line (one year queue) for IVF.
Pretty guttered
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Posted: 31 March 2014 at 1:16pm |
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So sorry to hear that regular ovulation hasn't kicked in after your OD. Such a huge disappointment after it was all seeming so positive! Will you be doing anything such as Clomid while you wait for IVF? I've read that even if OD isn't enough to get Ov happening on it's own it can make other methods more effective. I certainly hope so as that's the main goal for me as I've already been down the IVF route with no joy due to poor response.
I just got my OD surgery date a few days ago - booked in for end of April.
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Posted: 31 March 2014 at 9:22pm |
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Hi, thank you for your kindness. I asked my specialist if I could try clomid again as it does make me ovulate but my uterus lining gets thin so not a good medicine for me to take - Buggar ah!
I may ovulate in my own - just not like clockwork.
All the best for your surgery - my fingers are crossed for you. Let me know how you get on or if you have any questions after surgery. I hope you have taken some time off work to recover. I took a week and was so pleased I did. It was nice to take it easy and not have to explain to anyone at work while you felt a little fragile.
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Posted: 31 March 2014 at 10:03pm |
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Stink about the clomid thinking your lining. Do you use OPKs? I have mixed success with them due to the messed up PCOS hormones but maybe post-surgery they could be useful?
OD scheduled for the 24th which is perfect timing as I had already planned to take those days between Easter and Anzac Day off anyway! Will let you know how it goes.
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Posted: 01 April 2014 at 10:18pm |
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Hi, what is OPK?
Good on you for taking those days off - you will appreciate having some rest and not having to face work while you heal up.
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