At seven or eight weeks the heartbeat of the foetus can be detected. This is probably the point at which it is most realistic to think you are pregnant.
If the treatment does not work, and the woman's period starts, the letdown is serious. The sensations are akin to having a miscarriage, with the rapid hormonal changes producing severe mood swings and the loss of what may have seemed to be symptoms of pregnancy, including enlargement and tenderness of the breasts, and sometimes a bloated feeling in the stomach. It can be worse if a woman has had an early positive test and has started thinking in terms of a viable pregnancy. Very often women feel that the loss they experience in early pregnancy is not properly recognised or acknowledged by society, and the same can hold true for this stage of in vitro fertilisation.
Yet frequently it is at this stage that the link with the clinic is weakest: the treatment is over and all that remains is a follow-up appointment with the consultant to discuss the way forward. It may not be possible to talk to the doctor who has been treating you, especially on the NHS when you have to book your follow-up consultation appointment months in advance. You may be able to talk to one of the infertility nurses or an administrator, but many women feel that this is not enough. So it is at this stage that all other support systems are important -family, friends, counsellor, support group, or GP.
Shirley M. Duran is a mother of two and an author of a variety of related lifestyle issues and topics with which has helped hundreds of mothers become pregnant. If you have any pregnancy questions for which you need answers, it is recommended to visit: http://mypregnancyquestions.info/
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