u/Cute_Chemical_7714

Hi all,

Does anyone here know a trustworthy obgyn who specializes in endometriosis treatment for fertility?

Particularly less obvious or more complex cases.

I've had 4 fertility clinics tell me that endometriosis is unlikely and the 2 doctors as my obgyn practice said the same. I took the saliva Endotest anyway and now got the results: positive!

I have lost faith in my current doctors anymore after telling me for two years that my infertility is "unexplained" and not wanting to run more tests.

If you have a recommendation for a specialist, please share! Ideally in Zürich but I'm willing to travel as far as I have to, within Switzerland.

Thank you!

Hi all, excuse my mood, but I really need to vent.

I've had three early miscarriages (spontaneous pregnancies + medicated MC), all blamed on my poor egg quality. Blamed on low AMH (0.67), elevated FSH (13) and age (35-36), suspected chromosome issues but didn't test.

All other tests came back with no issues (male and female).

We had two unsuccessful IUIs.

We did three ICSIs so far with zero embryos in the first two rounds and 3 blasts in the third pending PGTA results.

We got four medical opinions so far, plus the two doctors that work in my OB/GYN practice. All of them reassured me that I couldn't have Endo because I don't have the typical symptoms and they didn't see anything on the ultrasound.

I insisted on taking the saliva test after learning about the Ziwig Endotest here on Reddit.

It's f***ing positive!!!!!

I am so relieved on the one hand because I finally have an explanation for everything that's been happening. I'm scared AF on the other because I always thought that egg quality was the problem and once we get a euploid, getting and staying pregnant would be the issue.

I know that we could have gotten an egg donation if my eggs are the problem, but I am terrified that with endo it could mean that this won't solve our problem.

I don't have any specific Endo symptoms, but have been struggling with unspecific stuff that could've been caused by it for years, eg digestion issues... I fear they won't see anything on an MRI and the next step is a laparoscopy, meaning I won't be able to get pregnant for at least another, what 6, 8 months?

What's next? My doctor who shared the results told me I need to discuss the next steps with the fertility specialist who is on holiday and only back next week.

I'm furious I wasted to much time, and I'm freaking out!

Edit: Obviously I meant ticks sorry :) We are in Switzerland and English isn't my first language ;)

Hi all,
We have a lovely dog that we're dogsitting regularly. He's an adopted stray Doberman mix, almost 2 years old and not neutered (in case relevant).

We actually met his owner through Reddit so if you're reading this - I thought we could use some help! 😬

We are using spot on fluids and an anti-tick collar, but none of that seems to help at all. We all live near fields and forrest (Zürich suburbs) and there isn't a day where we don't find at least one tick.

At the moment, maybe it's the weather, it has gotten extreme, we've found around 15 ticks in the last 4 days. We already search him meticulously after every walk but we never find all of them then, often only hours later or the next day. We've even stopped going on long nature walks but that's not the way.

We've asked other dog owners in our neighborhood but none of them seem to have this problem, they all use the same stuff we use or unaffordable fancy dog supplements.

I'm now interested: have any of you gotten this issue under control, if yes what's your drug of choice? Which one can you recommend that prevents those little fuckers from even jumping onto the dog or instead kill them instantly when they bite?

The last thing I want is those fuckers to hop on, not bite but using the dog as a free taxi into our flat and then bite us instead.

Thanks in advance!

PS: for our late family dog, my family used to use some tablets that were prescription only but aren't available in Switzerland, hence asking here...

Hi all,

I am surely not the only one in history this happened to, so looking for your experiences.

Terlinden dry cleaning lost a relatively expensive business dress. I brought it on 12.05.26, at the agreed pick up time one week later they said it wasn't done they one more week. Today 28.5.26, I went again and they admitted it's still not there, they will keep searching and call me tomorrow for next steps.

I have the receipt - 25.05.24 - and the dress was 330 CHF.

I've read that they usually just pay actual cash value vs the total replacement value which I believe after 2 years they will claim is not that much. Although I always buy timeless high quality products and I wear my business clothes for probably like 10 years!

Any experiences and if yes how much were you able to recover? Just to know what to mentally prepare for...

TW: past spontaneous pregnancies (unsuccessful)

Hi all,

We've just finished our third round of ICSI. Without going too much into details and diagnostics (not the point of this post), problem seems to be egg quality and we're trying to figure out what to transfer first.

Background:
We had two natural pregnancies, 1 biochemical and 1 week 8MMC in 2024 within the first 5 months of trying.
Then did with two IUIs, then 2 rounds of ICSI where we wanted to PGT-A test.

First round: AFC 5, 6 eggs retrieved, 5 mature and fertilized, 0 blasts
Second round: AFC 7, 8 eggs retrieved, 7 mature and fertilized, 4 blasts - 3 were 5CC and lab discarded them without letting us know (we would have wanted to keep them), 1 was 5BB and aneuploid.

Shortly after we had another natural pregnancy, MC in week 6.

All of the above was devastating. We decided to radically improve our health/lifestyle and try two more rounds. We adopted a good sleep hygiene, reduced stress and started eating almost no processed food/mostly organic. Since January we've been very strict on caffeine and didn't have a single sip of alcohol. We also both take all the recommended supplements.

Now we did our third ICSI: AFC 8, 6 eggs retrieved, mature and fertilized, 4 blasts - 5BB, 5BC, 5CB were biopsied for PGT-A and frozen. 5CC was frozen with no biopsy. The lab was really challenging us, saying there is no chance with the 5CC and they said it wasn't able to be tested, but we wanted it frozen anyway. We are waiting for PGT-A results for the others.

So far, looks like the lifestyle change might have moved the needle at least a little bit?

Not sure if we will continue with more rounds if there are again no euploids or move on to donation.

My questions are:

- In which order should we transfer, assuming the tested ones are euploid?
- Should we start with the 5CC and work our way up, to see if the transfer protocol works or can be optimized?
- Or should we use the 5BB first and reserve the more optimized subsequent cycles for the weaker quality ones?
- What would you advise to support implantation?

Thank you 🙏🏼

We had 2 ICSIs last year - 6 eggs no embryos and 8 eggs 1 aneuploid.

We took a break to get over it and to improve our health.
Sleep, nutrition, no alcohol, took all the supplements. We reduced stress as much as possible.

I know there's no magic cure that will make my egg numbers increase, but with an AFC of 8 last cycle (last year was 5 and 7 prior to the last ERs), I somehow thought we should get at least 8-9. The ultrasounds showed 6-9 large follicles and several medium one that looked they could catch up.

In the last ERs we always saw less follicles on the ultrasound than we ended up getting eggs so my hopes were up.

I know what matters is how many euploids we'll get. But after last year's experiences I'm so scared we'll end up with zero again.

I just can't take this anymore. I've been so good. Why don't I deserve to be a mother. I wanted two children at least. Nobody will ever say Mama to me.
I'm so tired of this shit.

We have taken all the tests. We are healthy. We've changed the doctor and protocol. We got four independent medical opinions. There is no explanation. I just need hugs >.<

Update: Das ging ja schnell! Danke für die Tipps :) bevor das eskaliert und ich mich nachher nicht entscheiden kann hab ich jetzt alle Ideen abgespeichert für Donnerstag und für die Zukunft. Hmmm Fantakuchen löst echt was aus....

Hallo zusammen,

Wir haben so eine Freunde Gruppe mit denen wir uns reihum immer wieder zum Essen einladen. Beim Kochen werden regelmässig aufwendige Sachen kreiert und wir geniessen es alle. Meistens wird dazu guter Wein getrunken, gespielt, usw.

Für Donnerstag haben wir sie ausnahmsweise mal zum Kaffee & Kuchen eingeladen. Klingt spiessig aber wir finden es alle nice :-). Statt Wein gibt es diesmal verschiedene (selbstgemachte) Säfte und an Kuchen habe ich geplant drei zu machen - Baskischer Käsekuchen, eine Lemon Curd Tarte und noch was Schokoladiges.

Nun die grosse Überraschung, ein Kind ist doch nicht bei den Grosseltern sondern kommt mit.

Da wir leider keine Kinder haben nun die grosse Frage, was ist denn so ein Kuchen auf den Kinder um die 5-6 Jahre voll abfahren? Am besten sowas was auf dem Kindergeburtstag immer der totale Renner ist! Bonuspunkte falls jemand ein schweizer Rezept hat.

Danke im Voraus!

Hi all,

This post is only for users in Germany/Switzerland:

Do you have a recommendation for a cleaning product that works for wood + tiles (Parkett/Fliesen)?

I don't trust the Dreame product won't ruin my wooden floor, especially as it doesn't specify at all which materials it's made for.

And while there might be recommendations on this sub I'm looking for something that is available *here*, ideally at dm/Müller/supermarkets. Even better if it's an organic product but not a must.

Thank you!

I've checked Bridge and Markthalle, haven't yet checked Globus but will do.

Are there any other, maybe smaller shops I could try?

TIA!

Hi all,

We took a bit of a break from this topic and now that we started again it's all creeping up to me again...

We're 36f and 38m, TTC for two years. Early on we had two spontaneous pregnancies, one chemical and one MMC in week 8 which I miscarried with meds.
January 2025, OB recommended running a hormone panel, FSH came back slightly above desired range and AMH at 1.13, she then referred me to a fertility clinic. We did two of IUIs, unsuccessful. All tests came back normal.

Did first ICSI - 6 eggs, 5 mature and fertilized, 0 blasts.

Second ICSI - 8 eggs, 7 mature and fertilized. 4 blasts of which 1 good enough to test - monosomy 13. The others were discarded without our consent because we had indicated we didn't want a transfer without PGTA. It a was horrible misunderstanding and we decided to take a break.

Planned for third ICSI in April this year. Third spontaneous pregnancy in January 26, MMC in week 6/7. Had to delay ICSI to May due to body needing a break. We tested DNA fragmentation and karyotype, all normal.

We have been improving our lifestyle to the healthiest possible over the last few years already. We don't use any drugs. We were both smokers but quit 4 years ago, otherwise healthy. We sleep 7-8h, work out 2-3x week plus several walks. We have reduced stress by as much as possible. We barely eat any processed food, most is homecooked. Since January 2026 we have even quit any alcohol and it's frankly felt really good.

Ive been taking prenatal complex for 2 years, started Omega 3 and low dose CoQ10 last October. Since February this year I added Vitamin D and upped the CoQ10 dose to 3x200mg per day.

New fertility doctor proposed a different protocol from what I had before: I'm taking the pill now since cycle day 1, stopping in a few days, then will start Merional 300, Gonal F and Duphaston around 5 days later. After that I only know well do dual trigger.

In the last ultrasound my AFC was 8 - the highest I've ever seen (5 and 7 last year).

The last times, I always felt so optimistic and then so devastated. This time I feel scared: I've literally done everything in my power and there is nothing more that I can do. So if it fails again, I feel like it will never happen.

Knowing that statistically we need 4-6 healthy embryos for the chance to have our two desired children, I wonder if we're insane for trying again.

If you're still reading, thank you. I don't know what I'm looking for. Maybe just hugs and encouragement.

thank you and have a lovely weekend

Edit: Thanks all! We have enough tips for multiple trips :) We tried the one recommended at Blumenbergplatz, just across my old flat so it was a nostalgic decision. Really liked it! Later I also had a delicious matcha at Soma but that one was a bit overpriced for St Gallen (same price as Zurich despite rents are probably half 😬)

Hi St Gallers,

I'm visiting St Gallen today to show my partner around as I've lived there for a while more than a decade ago. I remember a lot of cool places but probably a lot has also changed!

He's a real coffee snob so my question is: where can we get the best coffee in town and which place should we avoid?

Thank you 🙏🏼

Edit: I am based in Switzerland. Clinic / lab shopping and public statistics aren't a thing here.

Hi,

We have been TTC since 34f/36m, are now 36/38 and had three spontaneous pregnancies resulting in early MCs. Before the third MC we did two IUIs (unsuccessful) and two ICSI.

First ICSI: 6 eggs, 5 mature and fertilized, 0 blasts

Second ICSI: 8 eggs, 7 mature and fertilized. 4 blasts of which 3 were "too bad to test or freeze" and one was PGTA tested - monosomy 13.

We've done genetic testing, DNA fragmentation, all kinds of blood tests. Tubes are clear, no indication for endo (although I want to test for it, currently endo saliva test is planned but not more YET due to cost and invasiveness). Everything has always come back normal. Only my FSH was slightly too high and AMH is was low (1.13 in Jan 2025 prior to ICSIs, 0.67 in Jan 2026).

We're now preparing for our third ICSI. I've been taking Prenatal complex since 2024 and added Vitamin D, Omega 3 and 600mg of CoQ1 for the last three months. Added melatonin 4 weeks ago.

We stopped smoking 4 years ago and haven't had alcohol since 1/1/26. We work out 3x a week, sleep 7-8h religiously and eat almost no processed food.

None of this caused any stress, if at all we feel better through this lifestyle change.

My AFC has "improved" from 5 last year to 8 last month.

I have high hopes for the ICSI in May. If we end up - again - with zero embryos, should we stop? I wonder if it's time to move on, but egg donation isn't a thing in my country and adoption is near impossible. I don't know what to do.

Should we be doing more tests? Are there any other options?