I couldn’t shake that feeling of ‘what if’

Our fertility journey began in 2022 when I found out that I had an extremely low ovarian reserve and AMH levels. Before going to the clinic, I went to my GP about my concerns and they referred me for an internal scan, but didn’t check my fertility levels. I then contacted the clinic and booked in a fertility review as I was sure something wasn’t right. The results showed I had the fertility levels of someone in their mid 40s (I was 34 at the time) and potentially was heading towards menopause. 

We tried to conceive naturally for the best part of a year and had no success so I went back to the clinic again in 2023. Our first round of IVF (PICSI) was a mix of highs and lows, but despite only 2 eggs being collected one fertilised, was transferred and I fell pregnant. Sadly though the pregnancy wasn’t meant to be and I miscarried just before reaching 12 weeks. 

Determined, I went back to the clinic and we had a further two rounds in May and August of 2024. Sadly both rounds failed despite reaching transfer both times.

After lots of heartache we decided that Jan 2025 would be our final go, one last shot. This ended up being our least successful round and we didn’t even reach fertilisation. I knew it was time to accept it wouldn’t happen and I had to open my mind to other options. We landed on egg donation being the right way forward so I came back to the clinic for some further checks and it was then, during an internal scan I was told I had 10 follicles and suddenly my right ovary contained follicles after none being present for the previous three rounds. 

All of this felt like a sign and I couldn’t shake that feeling of ‘what if’ so we undertook a fifth (and this time) final round. It felt like a dream as everything went better than any other round and unbelievably we had two embryos to transfer. 

Fast forward to December 2025 and our beautiful, miracle twins were born at 35 weeks on 23rd December. One of our family members said he’d dreamed we would have twins for Christmas and lo and behold it happened! 

The staff at the clinic are amazing, you feel safe the moment you step inside and they are there with you on the emotional rollercoaster that is IVF. I cannot thank the clinic and all of the team enough for all their time, patience and diligence, we would never have had our miracle twins without them.