How it all started

Hi, my name is Eva and I'm 26. Ricky, who is 25, and I have been together for 2 and a half years now and would like to start our little family. Ricky has been in a car accident several years ago which left him quadriplegic because of C5/6 complete spinal injury. He will have to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair but we met after his accident anyway so I don't see it as a problem or obstacle in anything we do. Of course, we have to adjust our plans when travelling or going some places but sometimes with difficulties it has always been manageable.

Please see this blog only as my online diary, following our journey through IVF.

We started thinking about having a baby sometime at the beginning of last year (2015). We had to go to GP once so we thought we might as well ask them about our options in this matter. They were very nice and understandable and booked me for some blood tests to see if my hormone levels were OK. That all went well and after learning I was good to go, we were expecting referral letter to IVF clinic. Nothing came. Couple of months passed and still nothing. We found ourselves at GP again so asked about it but they said because we were there that time because of Ricky, they couldn't look into my file and check anything. Big disappointment and we felt a bit cheated. After that I booked myself an appointment to get the referral letter. That was in June or July 2015. I got to GP. There was another person in the room but have no idea who that was. I didn't mind really as it was nothing embarrassing  to ask. I explained we came in a few months earlier and about the blood tests and everything and that I would like them to type me the letter and the response I got was: ,And what do you expect them to do about that?' I felt like an idiot. Well... They have their methods how to retrieve sperm from my boyfriend and how to help us conceive but they were the doctors so why should he ask me like this in a very rude and irritated way? I left with nothing and still angry I googled IVF clinics in UK. Found a nice one about 45-minute-long drive from where we live. Great. Got boyfriend to call them to see if they do people with spinal injuries. Got ourselves an appointment on August 4, 2015! Yay!