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    Feeling down about kids

    A few really great resources come to mind: (1) www.cfmothers.com (this website is based on a "secret" Facebook group that you can be asked to be added to by just contacting one of the two website creators. It has been a tremendous support for me this last while. I have been trying to conceive...
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    Failed IUIs, moving on to IVF

    Thanks for the luck! I'm actually up in Canada. However, fertility treatments are not covered by the public healthcare. I think it's technically private...? Not sure... But for IUI, there was actually no waitlist at the clinic that I went to, but there is about a 4-6 month wait for IVF (plus the...
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    Failed IUIs, moving on to IVF

    I was just hoping to see whether anybody else has been in the same situation as me. My husband and I have been trying to conceive for 2 years now. We just finished our 6th round of IUI (combined with Clomid). All 6 failed. We are now in the process of moving onto IVF. We have our mandatory info...
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    chances of getting pregnant

    I am also in the trying-to-get-pregnant boat. My doctors and CF team have been so supportive which definitely helps. In terms on the vitamins, they have really changed them around on me to 1) ensure I am getting all the right vitamins, and 2) to ensure I do not get TOO MUCH vitamin A (can be...
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    Just for fun but CF related - Real things doctors have said to me in the hospital

    Here are two of my favourites: 1) Sitting down with the dietician on the CF team, after about 20 minutes together, she suggests that I get tested for CF-related diabetes (I had been diagnosed 10 years before this meeting....!) 2) In high school my phys ed teacher told me "I think your CF is...
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    Just for fun but CF related - Real things doctors have said to me in the hospital

    Here are two of my favourites: 1) Sitting down with the dietician on the CF team, after about 20 minutes together, she suggests that I get tested for CF-related diabetes (I had been diagnosed 10 years before this meeting....!) 2) In high school my phys ed teacher told me "I think your CF is...
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    Wanting to conceive

    Hi all, I just found this site and am glad that I did. I am a 26-year-old with CF (homozygous deltaF508). My husband and I have been trying to conceive for almost a year and a half now with no luck. We did our first round of IUI with clomid last month with no success. Here's to round 2...! On a...
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