Nuffield / Victoria Wing Woking

[Holly19]

Hello - is anyone able to give me a rough idea of timescales for NHS IVF at the Nuffield/ Victoria Wing Woking - from submission of forms at Royal Surrey to first appointment?
Thanks!

[MissHoney85]

@UnicornPuff thanks, actually she is already here! Last trimester was a bit stressful with a late diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes and then baby's growth tailing off, so we ended up having a C Section at 36+3. She's doing great though and 3 weeks old already! Not going to lie, it's bloody hard work, but can't complain really ☺️ Hope things are going well for you!

[UnicornPuff]

@MissHoney85 congratulations! Less enthusiasm for the stressful 3rd trimester but for her being here and healthy! Did you join a NCT group or similar with parents due the same time? My sister said it was brilliant to be able to message and know that someone else would be up in the middle of the night with you 🤣
I am 20+5 today and having 20 week scan tomorrow. Have had a couple of very small bleeds that scared me half to death but she is active and wiggling away a lot. In the middle of last night it felt like she was doing acrobatics and I could feel her with my hand for the first time!

[Sparklingreality]

Hi everyone! I’ve not been around for a while but I thought it’d be nice to see how everyone is doing! I’m glad to hear that other ladies had a success with ivf. Congratulations @UnicornPuff! How many weeks are you now? I had my transfer back in July and now we are almost 32 weeks with my little girl!
How is the hospital now being under Care? Is it any better or worse than it was? I had no issues with them but already thinking about going back at some point next year for our frozen embryos and it’d be nice to know what it is like now.
Thanks xx

[UnicornPuff]

@Sparklingreality you are so close now! We are 24 weeks today so starting to feel really real!
It had just changed to care when we had our round and it seemed really similar. The staff had all stayed the same so the same feel. Plus talking to them, they seemed really happy with the change as when it was Nuffield everything was geared up as really general but as care is specifically fertility they said it was easier to use.
We don't want to wait too long before trying for number 2 either and will be using care again.

[Sparklingreality]

@UnicornPuff
Yes I can’t believe how close we are now although I still don’t believe it sometimes even when I feel her moving around. Such a nice feeling. You must feel your little one moving now?

Sounds good about the hospital. Hopefully prices won’t be crazy by the time we want to go back for number 2. This was our nhs cycle so we would have to pay for the frozen transfer but I think it wouldnt be as much as a fresh one.

[UnicornPuff]

@Sparklingreality yeah kicking away and trying to learn it's normal which is not as easy as I thought it would be!

Frozen is much cheaper than fresh. I remember looking when they first changed to care.
www.carefertility.com/costs/care-fertility-woking-fee-schedule/
The only thing you can't work out is drug cost because until you agree your protocol you don't know what you need.

[Belle82]

I know this is an old post but i wanted to share the review i have just added to this clinic's google page. I would go with Care Woking again in a heartbeat.

This clinic is now the reason I am pregnant for a second time, we have our little boy due this December and we are over the moon.
If you are looking at this clinic please don't hesitate. As you can see below, we had two rounds at a different clinic which were not successful.
This clinic has succeeded with two out of three transfers which is an amazing success rate.
I only ever had to go through one fresh round of IVF for this, as the embryologists are so excellent at what they do.

Thank you Care for two beautiful rainbow babies.

Fantastic IVF clinic, we have our little girl thanks to this clinic.
We transferred our remaining embryos away from Care, to an IVF clinic in maidenhead, ONLY because the other clinic was closer to where we live, we naively assumed all clinics did things the same way, they don't. We have since transferred our last embryo back to Care and we are going through a cycle this month.
Their staff are wonderful and kind and can not do enough to help, within a few days of calling them I had a call with a consultant and was able to start an IVF cycle with them this month.
Please don't make the mistake I did, I can say from experience with two separate clinics, this is the clinic you want to put your trust in.