Dublin woman Orla Donnelly tells us how having endometriosis caused her to have her eggs frozen at the age of 26 and what the experience was like.
For some it’s a sort of lifestyle choice – but for others it’s a way to fight back against an illness that could compromise their chance of motherhood.
“I used to joke that myself, my fictitious husband and my five children could have our own basketball team, subs and all. So when the doctor sat me down and told me that my AMH levels were low for my age when I was 24, I was devastated to say the least. “I felt lost and alone. My friends were all moving on with their lives, enjoying being in their early twenties; traveling, moving out and I was grieving a life I had always imagined myself living. It was not something I imagined facing at 24. It hit me hard, harder than I let on and harder than I’ve been willing to admit until now. Due to complications of the endometriosis I had to have an unscheduled fifth surgery last November.
“I injected myself three times a day every day for 12 days. I had a scan every second day to see how the follicles were progressing and then, thankfully, I had a successful egg collection in September. The entire process cost around €3,500 and took around a month from my initial consultation.
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