Hi,
I moved to Croydon from Camden last year and also meant I had to transfer my fertility treatment from NWCCG to SWCCG. We had just completed 4 rounds of IUI, which I never thought we’d get anywhere with in the first place. I was initially upset as we lost our three rounds of funded IVF cycles with NW and now only get 1 round at Croydon.
I transferred and was confirmed on the IVF waiting list for SW CCG in July 2021. We were told it’d be about 6-7 months waiting period. So we waited until Feb 2022. I chased the clinic up on my position and within a week I received confirmation the process would start in March. So we began the paperwork, blood work and scans to get my body prepped for egg collection. My situation was that there was nothing clearly wrong with my partners numbers or mine. Asides from suffering from Lupus, we’d been trying for 6 years and nothing was happening.
The nurses were all extremely warm and lovely. In comparison to UCL Euston, I was surprised at the care and communication provided by Anna and the team. I’ve seen a few comments about
Dr Shuba which may ring true but considering she’s the only Fertility doctor for us, I think she does a fantastic job. Also we are very lucky to have her expertise at Croydon, she’s well respected in the industry. The initial meetings were short and quick and I felt we received just enough information to take away and research further on what was discussed. Immediately i felt the specialism and care I received at Croydon has been significantly better than the world class UCL Euston.
we progressed to Egg collection in May with explanations of each stage of the process provided. I couldn’t believe our luck when I found out the egg collection and transfer services had been exported to LWC Harley Street.
i caught a mild case of OHSS and so it was decided a Frozen transfer would be the best option in 2 months.
They collected 24 eggs, 13 fertilised, 8 made it to day 3, 5 made it to blastocyst stage. 3 were fair (3BBs, 1 good 4BA and 1 poor 4BC). They booked a transfer of the 4BA in Aug 2022.
Transfer was pretty straight forward and I went straight back to work after. Ofcourse the TWW was agonising… but we received a positive.
I am now currently 21 weeks pregnant due April 2023, with IVF I guess we’ll wait to confirm success once full term. I just want to emphasise how great the nurses and Dr. Shuba are in that small fertility Cabin. Received a lot of empathy along the way and grateful for the work they do with the funding cuts and challenges we face.
I wish you all the best- just want to share one of many positive experiences at Croydon fertility.