Hello all, this is is my first time posting here and I hope I am doing it correctly and am posting in the right forum. I live in Paris and I froze my eggs a few years ago in a clinic in Madrid. They were then fertilized with sperm donor before the summer. The first transfer in the clinic was in October and it didn't work. I am now preparing for a second transfer. I am just worried about the organisation of the clinic and wanted to know if any of these worries seem founded, or what do you all think:
In 2021, when I froze my eggs, I was only informed at the last moment about a medication that I needed to take that very evening on a Friday. The medication is quite specific, not commonly available in pharmacies so I had to cancel work at the very last minute. Thankfully finally found the medication I needed, but not before a lot of tears. I was annoyed that the clinic had not given me advance notice that I MIGHT need the medication so i could at least have prepared for it, or scope out which pharmacies might stock it. Admittedly, that was years ago and I did not have any more contact with the person who told me I needed the medication at the eleventh hour, but I do worry about the organisation at this clinic. I had a polyp last year which needed to be removed. The assistant who works specifically with French clients told me I could have a hysteroscopy to remove the polyp at any time of my cycle; the gynaecologist I saw in Paris told me that is strictly not the case; the assistant at the clinic said that the hysteroscopy can be done at any time during your cycle in Spain which is why she had told me that . But she is specifically working with the French market, so although I got the polyp removed and it went fine, again, it made me worry about the organisation of the clinic.
For the next transfer- in February- I decided to go along with my natural cycle rather than the hormonal boost, which I had done last time, in October. My gynaecologist here in Paris suggested I follow a "semi-natural" means and wrote a memo which I forwarded the clinic, but they never gave me any comments about that memo. A treatment plan was prepared and sent to me but I was told to inform the clinic when I got my period in late January. Period started late last week- I panicked because I know the clinic is closed at the weekend and phoned the emergency number. The lady at the emergency number- Maria- asked me what I had taken in preparation for the last transfer and told me to take the same meds again. She said she phoned either that assistant or some other assistant who works regular hours.
When I phoned the clinic during normal working hours on Monday, I was told I should not have taken the hormones as I am trying to go along with my natural cycle this time. But as we can't go back in time, I am continuing to take the hormones and do it that way again but I was so annoyed that i hadn't been given the right information by the emergency contact. Lastly, one of my blood results- toxoplasmosis- came back inconclusive and the assistant told me on Monday that she would send me a new prescription to do the test for taxoplasmosis when she went back to her office; I never received it. Instead, I received a consent form and a bill for the next transfer. I am worried, as I approach the second transfer. I am on my own and my family are not aware.
I know it seems small but there are other things, such as, when I ask if I need to get certain blood tests taken on an empty stomach, the clinic in Madrid answered in the affirmative whereas the laboratory here in Paris told me not necessary, or the other way round; the assistant on Monday listed out the medication I now need to take when it was determined I will once again go down the hormonally boosted route for the next transfer, but she left Vitamin D off the list- I really want to be reassured and to have a clinic staff who I feel are on top of things!
Do these concerns about the organisation in the clinic - or lack thereof - seem reasonable to you?
Thank you