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Egg donor help

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Tina487 · 13/07/2023 10:50

Morning everyone,

I am donating eggs in a few weeks and due to lots of complicating circumstances, I'll be donating in London where I don't really know many people. After the collection you need someone to come and collect you and keep an eye on you for 24h. I have a friend who is WFH, so can definitely do the second part, but can't get the time off to come collect me.
Has anyone else been through this process and/or have any ideas about how to find someone who might be able to come pick me up and get the tube to my friend's with me?

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tonystarksrighthand · 13/07/2023 10:54

Can't your friend come and meet you?

tonystarksrighthand · 13/07/2023 10:55

Oh I see they can't get the time off.

Holly60 · 13/07/2023 12:57

Taxi?

Nothing1234 · 13/07/2023 13:27

Depending on your clinic and how you think you'll be, you may be allowed to get a cab. (You'd need to ask the clinic first though). I've had 3 egg collection procedures for ivf and the first two at one clinic despite insisting someone collected me didn't even bother checking. They just asked if someone was coming I said yes and they let me go. (The second time I just asked someone to meet me at the clinic to walk out the door with then I let them go home and I got the tube by myself. But I never normally react to GA/ sedation so was pretty sure I'd be fine.) The third time they did say if no one could come I could arrange a cab as long as I agreed to go straight home. So I did that. But it is very much dependent on the clinic. And how you'll think you'll be after a sedation etc.

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Tina487 · 13/07/2023 21:23

Nothing1234 · 13/07/2023 13:27

Depending on your clinic and how you think you'll be, you may be allowed to get a cab. (You'd need to ask the clinic first though). I've had 3 egg collection procedures for ivf and the first two at one clinic despite insisting someone collected me didn't even bother checking. They just asked if someone was coming I said yes and they let me go. (The second time I just asked someone to meet me at the clinic to walk out the door with then I let them go home and I got the tube by myself. But I never normally react to GA/ sedation so was pretty sure I'd be fine.) The third time they did say if no one could come I could arrange a cab as long as I agreed to go straight home. So I did that. But it is very much dependent on the clinic. And how you'll think you'll be after a sedation etc.

Thank you so much @Nothing1234 , I'll get in touch with them tomorrow to see if they'll just let me get an Uber.
Ultimately, can they actually keep me there? I was thinking that if I can't sort anything, surely I can sign a self-discharge, ir something to that effect?
I've never had issues with sedations or GAs in the past...

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