Counselling...
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Topic: Counselling...
Posted By: JaneW
Subject: Counselling...
Date Posted: 03 September 2010 at 8:04pm
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Hey guys,
Just wondering if and how long before treatment people have had a counselling session...and did you find it helpful? I'm feeling pretty good about everything at the moment ( and we are still a few months away from starting ICSI) , but we have an appointment next week with our FS to go over our plan, and I'm thinking about seeing if I can book a counselling session on the same day just cos we'll be over there anyway. Anyway just wanted to get some feedback on how helpful you found it, and if I should wait until we're in the thick of things. I guess I'm thinking there may be issues that DH and I haven't even thought of though that perhaps we should be discussing now? |
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Posted By: fozziebear
Date Posted: 03 September 2010 at 8:19pm
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Hey JaneW
When we had our orientation at F+ one of things that we had to do was talk to a counsellor. DH and I found it somewhat helpful but for us just talking out what we were thinking seemed to help better. I do know there are some people who have used them and found them helpful. I guess it is personal perference. Sorry to not me much help. All the best with your treatment and wishing you a BFP. |
Posted By: JaneW
Date Posted: 04 September 2010 at 7:44am
| Cheers Fozzie...we do talk through it ourselves anyway too...I think I will wait a couple of months and see what happens! |
Posted By: Nightingale
Date Posted: 07 September 2010 at 7:53am
Hey Jane 
We had our counselling session the same day as our appointment leading into IVF#1 (God, so long ago!) and to be honest the counselling is more a going over of what to expect, how it all works etc, rather than actual 'counselling' I don't know how to explain it but I didn't find it particularly helpful from a counselling perspective. ------------- ME:30 DH: 30 DS#1: Cohen (27.6.2011) DS#2: Due 13th December 2012 |
Posted By: JaneW
Date Posted: 07 September 2010 at 7:25pm
| Thanks for that hon, I think I will leave it for now, especially since I'm in a good place anyway, I guess I was worried we might be missing some important issues to discuss but we do talk about a lot of stuff...my main worry is what to do if we have any left over embryos!But I guess we will cross that bridge if and when we come to it...prob a bit too early to be thinking about that now anyway! Thanks for the feedback :) |