Has anyone had egg collection with anaesthesia

[Petitepoi]

Hi guys, I’m just wanting to know if anyone has had an egg collection with anaesthetic anywhere near Sheffield? I had 2 rounds of IVF last year at Jessops and the egg collections were what I can only describe as horrifying. I was screaming so much one of the nurses was crying. My consultant told me a small amount of women do have a lot of pain however they can’t put us to sleep as they don’t have the means (I find this barbaric tbh). I have since been diagnosed with endometriosis (left ovary had a large endometrioma and this was the most painful side). We are looking into going again next year however unsure who to go with and cannot find anywhere online that puts you to sleep for egg collection. Does anyone have any experiences/answers? TIA xxx

Whaaaaat?!? I'm in australia and very few clinics do it without twilight sedation...

did you have the 'green whistle'?

@Georgie743 I had sedation which didn’t touch the sides both times. I didn’t feel sleepy and it definitely didn’t help the pain. The gas and air helped in that it gave me something to bite down on lol.
what’s the green whistle? X

I had it in Bristol a decade ago and was definitely sedated as I only remember going into the room and nothing else. Another one with endometriosis so same here. Good luck with your journey.

Oh gosh! I don't know anyone who remembers anything at all about the procedure. Maybe you need more drugs?!

the green whistle is what paramedics often give, some kind of painkiller. When I enquired about not having sedation for an egg retrieval my specialist said I would have a local anaesthetic in the vaginal wall plus the green whistle.

Yes I had sedation. It involved an anaesthetist (additional cost) but was totally fine. Do not trust a clinic who will sedate you with a specialist trained Dr who will ONLY be responsible for your sedation ie not involved in the egg retrieval at all

@Makegoodchoices was this just sedation then? Definitely not anaesthetic? X

@Georgie743 oh yeah I remember it all vividly lol. They told me they couldn’t give me anymore sedation or pain relief as I was already on top whack. I bet the procedures are quite different in different counties! X

@ChocHotolate 👍🏻 so a general anaesthetic then? Where did you have this done?

Just to clarify - I had sedation however this didn’t work

I had a general in all 3 of my egg retrievals, the clinic did offer another option but they told me to go for the general as it’s bloody painful. X

@Monsterjam they’re not wrong lol. where was this at? X

There is a different fertility IVF clinic at Glen Road Sheffield, but I don't know if they do anaesthetic for egg collection.

I had IV sedation for mine and don't remember a thing. It felt just like a general anaesthetic to me even though it wasn't. The doctor (anaesthetist?) said have a nice sleep and we'll see you after then injected it into my arm and I felt that weird dizzy sensation then the next thing I remember was waking up in recovery. Which has been the same for any general anaesthetics I've had.
I think the difference is you breathe for yourself for sedation but you need to be intubated for a general. General is also riskier for that reason I think.

@PaperSheet Where was this at? IV sedation hasn’t been an option for me :( just a temazepam tablet :( x

I had egg collection under GA. We travelled to Czech Republic for treatment. It was so much cheaper than UK and the facilities were fantastic. I can't even imagine doing egg collection awake?!!!

Unfortunately this was in London. I've been to 3 different clinics in London and they all did IV sedation. I had assumed it was normal everywhere until reading otherwise on here.
Admittedly it did up the costs a lot more but I'd budgeted for it.

No, not a general anaesthetic just sedation

I had sedation at Care in Nottingham (many moons ago). Like many pps, I remember nothing until until waking up in recovery. I'm fairly sure the sedation was delivered via a cannula (it definitely wasn't a tablet) and I wasn't allowed to drive afterwards (same rules as for a GA).

I think this is where a lot of confusion happens. Some places call getting a tablet sedation and others call getting an IV sedation just "sedation". They're both correct that they're both sedation but they work very very differently.
IV sedation you're pretty much knocked out the same as if you'd had GA. Tablet form is meant to just relax you but you're aware of everything.
IV sedation will be much more expensive and may well require an anesthetist. Maybe that's why some clinics don't offer it?

I didn't realise people had tablet sedation! It sounds horrendous. It was proper IV sedation at my clinic and I didn't remember a thing. If I'd wanted a GA, I think it would have to be done somewhere else and there would have rules about how long you have to stay afterwards I imagine.

Prior to my egg collection I took Oral lorazepam the night before and the morning of and I was also given IV sedation.
I can't remember anything after they gave me some oxygen via a nasal cannula! I slept through most of it and wouldn't have been able to co ordinate gas and air.

That sounds barbaric!
Sorry you've had to go through that OP!

Oral temazepam is a sleeping tablet, definitely not sedation! I can't believe that they class that as sedation!

@Petitepoi bourn clinic in Cambridge

It’s licenced for both I think.

Also had sedation and didn’t feel or remember a thing!