can we have a campaign for standardizing treatment of infertility please?

[OracleInaCoracle]

after the great job that the miscarriage campaign, I thought this would be a natural next step.

Ive been on the conception boards for a long time now, and it would appear that the difference in treatment for IF varies a huge amount from PCT to PCT. some hospitals run lupus tests as standard, others will just run day 21 and day 3 bloods. some will check immunology, others wont even consider it.

infertility is still something that the general public remains ignorant of, with cries of "just adopt then" or "you shouldnt have left it so late" ringing in the ears of sufferers. I would like mn to help raise awareness, stop IF being such a taboo subject and maybe help the NHS standardize treatment, so the same tests are run in every hospital.

what do you think?

I have just come across this and would wholeheartedly support it.

DH & I are in to our 4th year TTC our first child, but due to two early M/Cs (1st took 2 & a half years to conceive, the second just under 9 months) we've fallen in to a bit of black hole. As there has been pregnancies they don't feel it necesarry to investigate infertility, and because there have only been two miscarriages that doesnt warrant investigation either.

My GP referred me to "his colleague" who was a fertility specialist (turns out it was just another GP who worked the odd day at the centre for Life in Newcastle). This specialist simply reeled off the stats and the fact that we're likely to get pregnant again within the next 12 months, and he doesnt expect to see us again
I came home that evening, googled the NICE guidelines and realised that he could have pretty much been reading from a script - it was almost word perfect!

After another 8 months since the last MC I'm going to try my luck at the Docs again next Saturday - but I really don't hold much hope! :( I've even considered moving 30 miles to my neighbouring county to see if that helps!