How much did IVF with ICSI cost you in total?

[lottie198]

Just that really ... we have a 1 year old and may need ivf again for a second. We need to save in the meantime. I've looked at prices online and have about 4-5k figure in my head.
What did it cost you in total? With meds and everything as well?
Thanks

Hi,

It's clinic dependant but I went for a multicycle package where I paid for 2 cycles up front. This is hecause alot of clinics charge you for frozen transfers you just get one fresh one in a round often and any blastocysts you manage to freeze are charged at around £2000 per transfer. If you're lucky and catch first try then you've over spent but if it takes a few goes you've saved the money. I got pregnant 2nd try so broke even essentially, and have 4 embryos frozen so probably won't ever use that 2nd round, but glad I did it as it took the pressure off knowing there were other chances as you never know how your body will take to ivf.

So for IVF with ICSI multicycle it was £8,800, and then meds came to about £2000 foe the fresh round. The initial consultation and the scans and bloods before you do the round (upon which they base your protocol) cost about £400. For my frozen cycle meds were cheaper at first at £300 being just pills, but then I started taking progesterone injections in the form of lubion which cost £100 a week for the first 12 weeks of gestation, so it all adds up!

Some clinics are no bells and whistles and cost less, they sometimes have a strict criteria of bmi and an amh threshold as well as age etc.

Others will comment that had other prices at different clinics, mine was in Surrey for reference :)

Forgot to add I was on short protocol so meds would be more expensive if long as you're taking them longer x

@Imisscoffee2021 thanks so much. It's a lot of money then. I'm 26, BMI is 23 and AMH is over 70 because I have pcos so maybe could look into a clinic with more set fees.
Our first round that got our baby boy was NHS funded and we only had one round funded in our area so was very lucky that it actually worked.
I think I'd look at the option for 2 rounds as well, it seems a good way of doing it so you don't feel as deflated if it doesn't work the first round.
After collecting 17 eggs , we actually got 1 top quality embryo out of 7 fertilised . I was expecting at least a few frozen. But we were extremely lucky to get one, I Just remember feeling deflated before the transfer as I was worried it wouldn't work and we'd have no frozen to try.