u/InfiniteCranberry234

We’re a couple, staying in Rhodes for 8 days in July in Kolympia, very excited to see beautiful Rhodes! We’re unsure whether to rent a car or not… we will probably spend some days at the hotel and the local beaches, but we’ll also take a few day trips to Lindos, Rhodes town, different beaches etc. We’re a bit concerned about parking/very busy roads given the time of year - should we rent a car or is it better to take busses/taxis? What is the parking like on the island during July?
We’ve found a cheap car on Holiday Autos - has anyone used this before?
Thank you!

Hi everyone, I haven’t posted on Reddit before so I hope I’m doing this right. We’ve been doing IVF for 2+ years, initially due to being in a same sex couple. I’ll try and briefly sum up our journey - my wife has done 4 egg retrievals (first one produced 4 embryos, the rest produced 0) and I’ve done 2. I have endometriosis which I had surgery for last year, although appears to have started growing back. My wife sadly can’t carry due to medical reasons so all transfers have been to me:

FET#1 - wife’s embryo, 4BB untested, modified natural cycle - BFN

FET#2 - wife’s embryo, 3BB untested, medicated - BFN

FET#3 - wife’s embryos, 3BC untested, medicated - 1st didn’t survive thaw, 2nd was a BFN

Endo surgery

FET#4 - my embryo, 4AB untested, medicated - BFN

FET #5 - my embryo, 4AA Euploid, medicated + aspirin - BFP!! But then MMC at 7.5 weeks - vacuum surgical management

Changed clinic

FET#6 - my embryo, 4BB Euploid, medicated + aspirin, clexane/inhixa, intralipids, prednisolone - BFN

What the hell?? I’m at such a loss, never in a million years did we think this could go so badly. We are both exhausted, broken, and terrified of never being able to be parents and have a family.

During this time I’ve also done microbiome testing, Emma/alice tests, hysteroscopy, NK cell testing, blood clotting testing…

I think basically I’m asking is there any hope at this point? The one blessing we have is that I somehow managed to make 8 euploids in my second egg retrieval, so we still have 6 frozen. I’m willing to try a few more times but there’s a limit on how much more my mental health can take. Has anyone else had success after something like this? Is there anything else we can try? Is there something wrong with me that means this just isn’t possible? 💔

We haven’t tried down regulation yet… neither clinics seemed to think it was needed, and I did get pregnant that one time without it, but are we being silly not to try?

Thank you for reading this ❤️