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London Fertility Clinics

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Lebe14 · 04/08/2022 20:33

Hi,

After 2 years unsuccessfully TTC my husband and I are looking for a Fertility Clinic for some initial tests and then treatment, where needed (however I highly expect we will need it!!)

It's an absolute minefield with so many clinics out there and hearing some horror stories. Can anyone highly recommend a clinic they're currently with?

Thanks so much x

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Hoping4baby21 · 04/08/2022 20:39

I highly recommend CRGH. I hear good things about Lister aswell but I didn't meet with them so purely what I have read online.

CRGH are VERY thorough with their testing beforehand which I like.

Lebe14 · 04/08/2022 20:44

Thanks @Hoping4baby21. How long have you been with them and what treatment have you had, if you don't mind me asking? Just had a look on their website and prices seem reasonable which is good!

Did you have initial investigations including scan, blood tests, semen test etc.? And how quickly did you move from tests to treatment? X

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MGee123 · 05/08/2022 06:16

I would highly recommend Kings Fertility. Competitive in terms of price, flexible with appts, easy to contact. We had our cycle end of 2020. Time from first appt to starting was about 10 weeks. First appt consists of consultation for you both, scan and blood test for female and sperm analysis for male. They communicated well with us throughout and everything went smoothly. Everyone I came into contact with was very professional and kind. We were very lucky and were successful first go.

Agapanthus13 · 05/08/2022 07:54

@Lebe14 I’m currently with lister having been with Chelsea & Westminster before. I’ve certainly been happy / impressed with them. When we were looking to move we had consultations with 3 different clinics which, whilst a little more costly was worth every penny as meant we ended up at the right place, with the right approach for us. For some of the clinics you need very deep pockets so that alone may narrow your lost. The lister let you use Access Fertility packages which we are now on and have found it’s taken the stress out of the costs, I’d suggest it’s worth checking out.

Hoping4baby21 · 05/08/2022 09:23

@Lebe14 I have had one egg retrieval with them and a few procedures for initial testing and then for a polyp removal which is why I haven't had a transfer yet.

So a lot of our initial tests were done so it was just repeating the ones that had expired which were mostly the screening bloods. They were happy for us to use the GP to do some to save on money and my GP was happy to help us (until recently it seems).

The consultant recommended a SA for my husband as his was a while ago and DNA frag - previously everyone discounted that there could be a sperm issue. They were wrong. So she recommended ICSI/IMSI. She also did blood clotting for me due to two failures and never having had a positive pregnancy test (direct through clinic) VERY EXPENSIVE for a blood test, so if you can get it through GP do try. In hindsight I wish I had lied and said there was family history.

I had 3D sis scan and dummy transfer before I could start in the month before and a scratch. I recommend phasing these so account for doing 3D sims and dummy transfer 2 months out and then scratch one month out of both are recommends. Just due to the antibiotics.

As for starting treatment ours was delayed party due to us and partly them. We had initial consult in Jan and could have gone ahead but my husband had covid in December so we wanted to wait 3 months - April start.

The clinic/us didn't properly communicate what needed to be done in the prep month properly so when we called up to say ok we are set cycle should start soon what next then I learnt about the 3D Sis etc and a couple more blood tests.

So I would say ask early what are ALL the tests you need to be completed before you can start and if you can schedule them all in so you have a plan set in stone.

So we ended up starting in May which isn't a massively delay but felt like it at the time. Appointments are easy to get and they have a range of times. Open on weekends which was very important to me, I'm not interested in my cycle being managed solely for the convenience of others.

Lebe14 · 05/08/2022 18:22

@Hoping4baby21 thanks so much for such a detailed response. Honestly, it's so helpful to understand everything. Sounds like so much to go through....! I guess initial tests are the first things and then depending what the issue is, we'll know next steps. It's quite daunting. But really wanted to get some recommendations from those currently going through treatment as there are just so many options. It's also so expensive so want to make sure I so pick the right place. Great to know they're open weekends too!! I don't think many of them are. I recently contacted somewhere closer to home and they only do female tests on a Thursday and the SA is at a completely different location in London. Then any treatment is at the London clinic - so I've absolutely no idea what the point of the clinic near my home is 😂 Whole point of contacting them was for the convenience of everything being near home.... so scrapped that idea. I've reached out to CRGH and they've come back to me already. I've also reached out to Lister based on the other recommendations. Found Lister website a bit confusing as there aren't any prices or much info. Hopefully they'll respond with a bit more. Exciting start of the journey but also really scary and nervous about it all...... thanks again - really appreciate you sharing everything x

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Lebe14 · 05/08/2022 18:23

@Agapanthus13 and @MGee123 thanks so much for the recommendations. I've contacted Lister, so just waiting for a response from them. Had a look at Kings but the travel will be quite difficult as I'm based more West... But will have another look tonight. Really appreciate your recommendations and responses ♥️♥️

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