IVF Glasgow

[mrsawhite]

Hi all looking for some advice. We are starting ivf in Glasgow in a few weeks time. But we are travelling from Aberdeen. It’s proving near impossible to find accommodation for the week where scans will be required frequently. I’m thinking I’m just going to have to travel each time. In your experience. Are scans everyday? Or every couple of days? We are doing PGT testing. All very complicated! I appreciate its going to be different for everyone!

Hi @mrsawhite
From my last round and one I'm on just now, there isn't much at all in the first 5-7 days (could vary depending on your protocol I guess). But I remember last time after my first scan it got a bit more frequent sort of every other day and then as I got closer to egg retrieval maybe a couple of days in a row.
N.b. I'm with GRI.

I hope you are able to get something sorted accommodation-wise.
Is it the Commonwealth games that's causing accommodation issues?

I was with GCRM but also had scans/bloods roughly every other day from around day 7-10 I think. Don't think I had more than 2 days of scans.

Have you tried looking a bit outside Glasgow?

Hello 👋🏼 we are soon to start treatment at GRI. Are you there or GCRM? I'm Glasgow native so could advise some places to look at staying.

I’m not sure if it is the commonwealth. I am due to need frequent scans week of 17th august. I can’t claim anything back from my own health board either apparently. I think might just have to get cheap bus up and down as needed. Maybe try and just book somewhere from the weds onwards

In my exprience scans are always in the morning, to allow time for consultants to then discuss and give you a call in the afternoon with next steps. Worth considering if you can reasonably get down for the morning each time.

Theres quite a few options on air BNB, including some more student-style dorms if you want to keep the price lower

www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/1685349256264029256?adults=1&check_in=2026-08-17&check_out=2026-08-21&location=Falkirk%2C%20United%20Kingdom&search_mode=regular_search&source_impression_id=p3_1784732112_P3EFJUUqwyTKBhue&previous_page_section_name=1001&federated_search_id=bdfbb6f2-5860-407e-bc21-502fc8c96d32

Thanks all. Going down tomorrow for baseline scan and to collect injections. Feeling very anxious about it all now! Worried about doing the injections. Worried about scans. Worried about collection if we get there. Then the wait for the PGT testing!

Hope you got your injections ok. Just take it all one step at a time and try not to worry about the next step. Good luck!

Thanks. So far so good. Not as horrendous as I thought! But still a good few days to go of injections!

I'm sure they confirmed already @mrsawhite but gri told me today than after about day 7 or stims it will be daily scans

Eugh. Well I am on day 6 today. On way for my scan. I presume they won’t scan over the weekend? Planned retrieval is weds, thurs or Friday next week to apparently fit in with the genetics clinic in London!

Hope your first scan went well!

I think it did? 12 follicles on Friday. Had another scan today and measuring well at 17mm some of them. Have to go back tooorrow annoyingly. But nurse has given me trigger injection to take home ready for the big day!

Hope you’ve trigger and awaiting egg collection!

How are you getting along @mrsawhite?

Hey! Home now after retrieval. I was so so nervous. But staff were amazing. Call from hospital this morning. 8 retrieved. 3 mature. And 2 fertilised. A bit disappointing but better than nothing!

glad you managed to make it work with the travel and like you say 2 is better than nothing. Are you fresh or freeze cycle? I’m on freeze and expecting an update on Tuesday

How are you getting on? Did you make it to transfer? 💛