Lost a friend during IVF
Hey all, this may be me looking for answers to a very sad situation but I thought I would share. I have a friend that I recently lost due to suicide... she had been trying for a baby for 6 years. She had been through the <a href="https://glowing.com/glow-fertility-program">IUI</a>’s and was in her first round of <a href="https://glowing.com/glow-fertility-program">IVF</a>. 2 of her embryos fertilized. She was preparing for the transfer in the coming weeks. During that time, her doctors had advised her to stop taking her anxiety and depression medication. Her estrogen levels were upwards on the 3800 range. She had been so stressed over if she could handle a loss of the transfer was not successful. A few days ago she shot herself. I have been at such a loss. She had always talked about how suicide was so selfish. Her husband said she was talking about if the transfer was not successful right before. I guess I just feel like the doctors may have failed her and put her at a risk knowing she had been medicated for years. I couldn’t not imagine the emotional distress she was suddenly under and without knowing how to handle such emotions on her own due to the reliability she had on medication. Have any of you experienced such emotional distress? Do you feel as though the stress of infertility could lead someone to do this? All she wanted was to be a mother. That was all she talked about. And now this. I’m so terribly heartbroken. She had pled out for help from a friend but it was too late. I feel like she knew the thoughts she was having were not normal. Any answers or responses would be appreciated.
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