IVF clinic closed over Xmas

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Hi all after an awful week I’m now obsessing about the fact the IVF clinic is closed over Christmas, right when my next cycle is likely to begin. Im wondering how I can either be ok with waiting it out or if I would be able to switch to another clinic seamlessly enough.

I’m having an assisted miscarriage on Tuesday so I’m not exactly in my right mind. I’m 43 and am grieving the pregnancy, age and now the loss of this month. And obviously I don’t know exactly how it will play out in my body so I don’t know exactly when my cycle will start, but 4-6 weeks is right in the closed time.

We’re also wanting to go with a donor egg on the next cycle - I don’t know how long it takes to go through this process. If we couldn’t do an embryo transfer in December I may as well wait for my clinic.

I hear that going again within three months of miscarriage ups the chances. On Thursday I was told by my current clinic I would be able to go with my next cycle so it sounds like they expect me to be fine physically.

And advice would be very gratefully received.

Most IVF clinics are closed for Christmas so I wouldn’t change to a new one unless there were other reasons.

Sorry to hear what you are going through. Loss is always hard.

As Louise said most ivf clinics close over the Christmas period. I’m not sure where you are but some ivf clinics have a waiting list for donor eggs as there is a huge demand for them. Ours was an 8 month wait. Once we picked a donor I had to start meds and the donor start her protocol. We chose our donor end of May and transfer was about 4 weeks later.

Thanks for this. I’ve just emailed the clinic to check we are on the waiting list. It’s so bloody hard to get all the info!

Apparently with ours it’s a 2-3 month wait. Can I ask once chosen, is it just one egg, and then if it doesn’t work it’s another wait for another donor?

It depends a lot on what sort of egg donation options your clinic offers. I've been an egg share recipient, where I had to wait for a suitable donor to become available, and also used frozen eggs, which were available immediately. In both cases there was a guaranteed minimum number of eggs I'd receive.

Have you thought about going abroad? Donor eggs and embryos are more readily available.