Polyp removal before IVF

[DreamingofDisney]

Hi all

When going through my fresh round a polyp was discovered which I now need to have removed before going ahead with a FET.

I have no idea how long the wait is going to be for a hysteroscopy on the NHS. Has anyone had this done privately and can recommend a clinic/tell me how much it cost?

I live in Bedfordshire but willing to travel.

Thank you x

Hi. I was in the same boat. Wait time on NHS was about 8 weeks. Any questions, please feel free to ask. X

Hi private clinic CRGH in London, £2k was removed next cycle. So no wait. X

NHS in my area there is no consultant till October and then a waiting list of 20 so far. Privately via my clinic £2850, try spire, another member got in quickly and it was less than clinic cost

Thank you everyone for your replies. I’ve approached a few private clinics and they are ranging from £2000-£3500. I’m just waiting to hear back from the cheapest clinic to see if the quote includes local or general.

Did you guys have yours done under local or general?

I had mine under local which was £750. It was a painful but I would say manageable pain.

My NHS one was done under local and totally agree with @KG1244 . It's manageable pain, think it's the water that they put inside that's more uncomfortable/odd feeling

Thank you @KG1244 and @ttcsolomumtobe.

Did you have a polyp removed as well? I’ve had an investigative hysteroscopy before and agree the pain isn’t too bad. I’m just a bit concerned about the pain when they cut away the polyp but there’s a big difference in cost!

@DreamingofDisney so from what I remember, I don’t think the cutting away the polyp was that painful, it was more the Hysteroscopy itself.

I had hysteroscopy completed in 2022, there wasn't much pain around the actual polyp removal/burning (sorry always forget the correct word) mainly cause of the uncomfortableness of the pressure feeling with the water.

This time they did a more detailed scan to confirm it wasn't a polyp so didn't need it after all

@DreamingofDisney how did you get on? I'm in the same boat now so would really appreciate any thoughts and experiences off anyone! Hoping to transfer after a Hysteroscopy

Hi @Sunflower360

I ended up being able to claim on my health insurance. I had it removed in September and conceived naturally in October - after 3 years TTC and the month before I was due to start meds for a FET! I suspect it must have been there and missed all along.

Good luck. I hope everything works out for you too x

@Sunflower360 I found out a week before my first FET was due that I had a polyp (they thought it was a fold after my egg collection and fresh transfer didn't work, also had history of them and had them removed before) I went ahead with my FET as was so invested and the wait on NHS in my area is around 7 months atm which is a heartbreaking amount of time to lose abd my FET has worked. If it's under 1cm you can go ahead with a transfer, anything over 1cm they want it to be removed. Just wanted to give you another side of it, obviously it was a risk.

@DreamingofDisney congrats btw, so nice to get to read a positive outcome on these posts we pop out there or comment on in moments of need

Thanks @ttcsolomumtobe and good to hear it worked out for you. My initial thoughts were the same to go ahead with transfer but the Dr has advised to get it all checked out if possible to avoid any doubts if it wasn't to implant (if anything it rules out another problem as long as nothing else pops up during it, but again would rather know to fix it than not). Dr has fundamentally left the decision on us as to how we want to proceed

@DreamingofDisney congratulations to you too!

I've found out private medical will cover a Hysteroscopy so may as well go ahead, then if it is a polyp that needs removing it can just be done.