I recently had my first IVF cycle on the NHS as a result of 'unexplained infertility': we had one fresh blasto transfer in early July (failed) and have 6 in the freezer. We have our review appointment end of September and then probably the first FET in October/November.
My question is whether you ladies with a lot of IVF experience would recommend paying a private clinic to do some additional tests prior to our NHS FET: if we did this, and if something that the NHS hadn't tested for turned out to be a potential source of the failed fresh transfer (and a long, unsuccessful period of trying naturally), then would the NHS take the private test result into account and modify our protocol?
I'm considering private tests because even just from one stim cycle it's pretty clear that the NHS treatment we're receiving is very far from bespoke: they really seem to be just doing the basics and I'm worried that there might be a reason for our infertility that they haven't tested for and that might make the difference. I'm not getting any younger (I turn 39 next month) and would prefer to find out soon if there's something specific that needs addressing. But, I don't know if the NHS would act on results obtained elsewhere. I'd be really grateful for your thoughts on this: would you go for private tests, and do you know whether/how the NHS would take them into account?
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NHS IVF: worth paying for more tests privately?
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kell2126 · 21/07/2019 20:10
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