IVF West Midland/Midlands in general

[Pinkstars2501]

Hi!
I've used my NHS IVF round, unsuccessfully unfortunately. So now I'm looking at going privately, but the costs vary so much!

Basically I'm overwhelmed by the choice of clinics and the various prices. So, what I'm asking is if anyone in this sort of area of the country can give me their total end price, all in, plus the clinic they went with? Also if they'd use that clinic again.

I know nobody can tell me where I should go or how much it'll be for me personally, but I'd like to have some ball park figures.

I realise I'm probably going to have to consult a few clinics myself, but if anyone can help I'd be grateful. For what it's worth, the problem is with me (severe endometriosis, frozen pelvis, tubes/ovaries not visible on laparoscopy due to adhesions).

Hi @Pinkstars2501 sorry your first cycle wasn't successful. I am currently having my first cycle at Coventry hospital. And although nhs they also do private. I have no experience of other clinics as this is my first cycle. We went with coventry as we had our infertility tests there through the NHS (but as we have a daughter are not entitled to nhs funding). When we knew we needed ICSI I then looked up the clinic on HFEA and they seemed to have good outcomes and reports so stayed with them. The cost of everything we have paid is-

• AMH test £80
• 2 x consultant telephone apps £170 each
• ICSI £3330 (IVF would of been £2880)
• Embryoscopic monitoring £390 (this was an optional extra)
• Medications £850 approx (can't remember exact figure)

This will take us through 1 complete cycle from all results and treatment plans, down regulation through to egg transfer.

I was with Create - a 3 cycle package of natural modified IVF with ICSI, freezing, and a transfer and all drugs was £13.5k

(I also did 2 cycles of mild IVF with ICSI with them with PGS testing and 3 transfers and that cost £20k)

I really liked Create - didn't treat me like a walking cheque book, seemed genuinely caring about getting us pregnant. Tried to help us not miscarry when I got pregnant naturally between cycles and when I got fobbed off by Heartlands when I was having what I knew was an ectopic they scanned me straight away and called an ambulance. Can't fault the care I received x

Thanks both! Good to have some figures from actual people. I'm prepared to save and use all my annual leave in one go to stay in a particular place if the prices vary dramatically!

@ivfbeenbusy was that Create in Birmingham? And do when they say 3 rounds in a package, do they basically do three rounds of egg collection and then 1 transfer?
Or is it like our NHS one where they do stims, then collection, then you can keep transferring until you've used your embryos and then go again if it fails. So stims through to all embryos used = a complete cycle. Then the next cycle begins. Does that make sense?

Yes Create Birmingham

With the 3 cycle package you do 3 egg collections first (with natural
Modified you can even do back to back ie 3 months in a row with no break). Then transfer what you have

Oh ok then, thanks. I've heard that before about the collections so I kind of expected that.

I don't understand why they do it that way though if I'm honest. Seems like a lot of potentially unnecessary collections, which I found really traumatic on my cycle. I was only sedated and I woke up to him draining a cyst, the pain! I have Endo so I'm used to pain, but this was insane. Literally tried to climb out of the stirrups.
Anyway, thanks for the info I'll definitely check them out.