Instituto Bernabeu - experiences?

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Just starting out on exploring this avenue after four failed attempts at IVF. It still feels like a large leap to make as I still had hope that I might be successful with my own eggs but starting to come to terms with this and now looking into alternate options.

My clinic works closely with IB in Spain, and I'd love to hear experiences from anyone who has been through a donor cycle with them. How did you find the whole process? What worked well and not so well? Any advice that you can share?

And when were your cycles? @Worstusername

@Athina747 I am surprised, my understanding was they only used fresh donor eggs. On both cycles they kept me aware of donor progress and I was on the meds to sync. My first cycle was May 2022, second cycle (successful transfer) was July 2023

Thank you for your answer @Worstusername
My cycle was also July 2023 (sadly, biochemical), with them using frozen donor eggs, as I knew after.
I am so irritated by this, because I wanted fresh donor eggs, which is the best option.
Looks like they treat patients differently, which I think is not alright.

Also, did anyone have breakfast after the embryo transfer at IB Madrid?

@Athina747 no breakfast after any of my transfers (none have been early morning) but yes after egg collection. I have heard of people having holistic treatments before or after transfer in other clinics but I didn’t have anything like that.

Hi the difference is where you do the procedure. In Madrid they only use frozen eggs while in alicante as they have more donors on site they do fresh. this is what explained to us in the first meeting. Hope this helps

Instituto Bernabeu Alicante – double donor IVF / donor egg experience?
Hi everyone,
I’m considering double donor IVF (donor eggs + donor sperm) at Instituto Bernabeu in Alicante and I would really appreciate hearing from anyone who has recently had treatment there.
I’m especially trying to understand:

• How long did it take from confirming/paying for the treatment to donor matching and embryo transfer?
• The clinic mentions around 6–8 weeks: was this realistic in your experience?
• Did they use fresh donor eggs or vitrified/frozen eggs?
• Was your first embryo transfer fresh or frozen?
• Approximately how many mature donor eggs did you receive?
• If you travelled from abroad, how were the endometrial scans and monitoring organised?

Any recent experience with the Alicante clinic, positive or negative, would be really helpful. Thank you so much!