IVF London - Good clinics reference for over 40 IVF

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We’re a 42 year old heterosexual couple with unexplained infertility and just had an unsuccessful IVF cycle through the NHS at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. Sadly we only had one embryo frozen and had a transfer with embryo glue but sadly we had a negative pregnancy test.
We decided to give it another go privately but are finding it very difficult to choose which clinic to use.
I was wondering if anyone with similar circumstances has a recommendation of a London IVF clinic where they had a positive experience? Thank you in advance, it would really really help us. Any advice would be deeply appreciated.

I'd recommend pulling up prices (Access packages and multicycle deals) and going with wherever you'd be able to afford to do the most cycles near to you.

Each embryo at 42 has an approximately 1/5 chance of being chromosomally normal. You therefore ideally need to stockpile as many as possible in back to back cycles to try to beat the odds. PGTA can help to locate the normal embryos fast but if you are likely to make one blastocyst per cycle you may prefer to transfer everything.

Thank you @sirensong. I’m unsure if we should spend more money and go with a clinic that offers more testing including genetic or to go to a slightly cheaper clinic with less testing and potentially have more rounds. Do you have any recommendations of London clinics that you’d be comfortable sharing?

I have been at King's as a private patient and largely happy with them (I did back to back rounds with PGTA) but they are quite NHS with their approach - ie. they follow tried and tested paths not anything groundbreaking. Which is fine for most patients/ means you won't be taken advantage of, but it depends on your profile.

Did your round at Chelsea and Westminster provide any useful information about ovarian response/ protocol suitability? Try to get all of your records if you're definitely moving clinic.

I was with the Lister Chelsea, I'm late 30s but believe they do a lot with people over 40 and I found them willing to change things up/suggest something new as needed

Hello dear, sorry to hear that. There are many good options in London, I would have a speak to Seen Fertility and see how you get on from there. Perhaps have an initial consult with 2 clinics then decide

Thank you @YourTwinklyBear@Orangewillowand @sirensongfor all the recommendations. I’m concerned that at 42 my eggs might not be good enough quality and may need to have a more explorative approach. I have an appointment booked at Chelsea and Westminster (where we did a first NHS round) and one at ARGC. To answer @sirensongfrom our first round I got lots of folicles but only 5 eggs of which only 1 made it to blastocyst and that transfer didn’t work, but the only thing I was told was that they would suggest increase the initial doses but Somehow I expected that it would give them more insight than that……