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Pinkstars2501 · 28/11/2020 06:47

Hello.

We have finished our one NHS round of IVF with no success and are now thinking of going privately. We've kindly been offered help with funding this from a family member, so would like a good idea of costs. I know it's not that simple and nobody can give me a hard and fast figure for us, but if anyone could tell me how much their treatment cost and where they had it, I'd be really grateful.

We had our round in the Shropshire and Mid Wales clinic. The first transfer was a fail with our best blast, the second transfer a fail with our two remaining blasts. We had to thaw both blasts for the last transfer and there was a chance that the one we left wouldn't survive another freeze and thaw, so we transferred both. All blasts were great quality apparently. My second transfer was after a Gonapeptyl injection and then Progynova pills and Cycolgest pessaries. I don't know if this is standard?

For info, I have stage 3 Endo and a frozen pelvis. During my lap, the surgeon couldn't remove any because the scar tissue was attached to my bowel and I hadn't had bowel prep. I'm not sure if my Endo is the culprit for zero blast success, nobody can tell me. My husbands sperm if fine. We seem to make decent blasts, they just didn't stick.

If anyone has any insight into clinics anywhere (my boss will give me a full month of annual leave if need be, so location isn't too much of a problem) and how much they cost, because I've pretty much no idea now. I feel like I just went along with whatever the clinic advised because I felt they're the experts. Sorry for the essay, I know it's a long shot asking strangers on the internet from all over the country, but the amount of clinics and protocols is baffling.

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MGee123 · 28/11/2020 06:58

Hello 👋 I'm so sorry - what a journey you've been on already. We've just done our first cycle with Kings Fertility in London (still awaiting OTD!). Our issue is female factor so with no ICSI but high dosage meds for me our round has cost £5600 in total (including meds). This excluded our initial consultation and tests which were £400 ish from recollection. I've been pleased with their service and I think their pricing is pretty competitive. Their outcomes are comparable with many other top clinics. All scans were included, use of their embryoscope which enables constant monitoring of embryos by video, and follow up scan if this round is successful. They have been very responsive, easy to get hold of, and the clinic is very modern. Staff are very friendly and kind. Also, I like that they are a not for profit - all profit goes back into research and development. Feel free to ask any questions 😊

ivfbeenbusy · 28/11/2020 09:10

I was with Create - 1 round of short protocol with ICSI was about £6.5k with drugs and embryoscope and the support package

Had to do a freeze all and then a frozen transfer which bumped the cost up so I'd say it was getting on for £9k in the end

Did another round of that with PGS testing so in total 2 cycles of short protocol with ICSI and 2 freeze all's and 3 transfers was about £21k I think

We then changed to natural modified IVF - much lower dose drugs - 3 cycles with ICSI, drugs, freezing and transfer was £13.5k all in on a package deal. So much cheaper - wish we'd done this one first - I'm pregnant with twins from this package with 2 more top quality blastocysts frozen

Pinkstars2501 · 28/11/2020 21:01

Thanks both, that's helpful to have.

Congratulations on your pregnancy! Good luck on OTD, longest two weeks ever in the history of two weeks!

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Peachy1381 · 28/11/2020 21:26

Also with Kings, still on our NHS-funded ICSI cycle but if that dosn't work will stay with them for round 2 for all the reasons MGee123 says... they've treated us both with a lot of kindness and have worked really hard to get us the best results they can.

Wishing you all the luck.

Evey43 · 29/11/2020 08:23

Hello
We were with OXRM and Bristol. With ICSI, one failed transfer and one successful frozen transfer total was about £7000 but we had done initial tests, USS and bloods, via NHS.

Wishing you lots of luck in your journey xx

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