Private v NHS what is the situ?

[EMHW123]

Hi all,

Not sure of the answer to this, or even if there is one?

We were referred via gp over 10 weeks ago originally but the hospital never received the referral. 6 weeks ago or so we were re-referred but told the waiting list is over 13 weeks which is rather infuriating.

My partner has 0% morphology on his first SA - difficult but not impossible to get pregnant naturally so I've read... and so far my bloods have been normal although I bleed throughout the 2ww 50% of the time suggesting I may also have an issue. 😏

I'm now waiting on my scans etc and we have just realised our private healthcare covers this.

My question is are we jeopardising our potential NHS 2 goes at ivf/icsi if we go private for our investigations? Or will I just need to do every test twice?

Has anyone been down this road before?

I appreciate I'm super lucky to even have this option.

Thanks for reading ☺️

[EMHW123]

Thanks @JoJoSM2 I will check my ccg today and see what the status is here :)

Hope it's all going as well as can be expected for you :)

[JoJoSM2]

Locally to me, NHS they will consider funding even if you've had 1 round of IVF privately. With regards to doing tests again, the NHS consultant I saw wanted everything repeated. However, I don't imagine that would generally be the case and it's a clear waste of money and time.