IVF Costs - UK or Overseas?
IVF Costs - UK or Overseas?
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Olivero

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2,156 posts

238 months

Saturday 9th April 2016
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Looking for any advice on IVF. We have done one round that was unsucessful and are trying to figure out where to go next.
My wife is 41 and I am 40, so we could not use the NHS and will have to go private.

Is there anyone you would recommend or think we should check out. Any ideas most appreciated.

Antonia

305 posts

190 months

Tuesday 12th April 2016
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Sorry to hear you are in this difficult situation.
There are providers in countries such as Spain, Italy, Hungary, Belgium (all over the world infact) and often the appeal is the price. You need to be careful about the local regulations and what come back you would have if something went wrong. The U.K. may be expensive but at least you understand the system and know the clinic is covered by a relatively reasonable set of regulations. You have had one set of treatment so you know what it will involve, now think seriously if you want to add in the stress of taking planes and living in hotels on top of that.
My unsolicited advice would be to stay close to home if at all possible.
Fingers crossed for you.

Mosdef

1,849 posts

256 months

Wednesday 13th April 2016
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Three places you should definitely look into:

The Lister Hospital in London.
ARGC, again, in London
Bourn Hall in Cambridge

Cost wise, it will depend on the goods so to speak. IUI might be quite reasonable at the places mentioned above, IVF will be more expensive and ICSI yet more again.

Happy to chat via PM if you want a more personal recommendation, names etc.

Best of luck with it in any case.

8Ace

2,836 posts

227 months

Thursday 14th April 2016
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Where are you based? I'm guessing not in NY still!

Julian Norman-Taylor at the Chiltern Hospital in Gt Missenden is excellent.

HoHoHo

15,398 posts

279 months

Friday 15th April 2016
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We went to ARGC many years ago and we consider the man to be a genius.

I remember seeing three black dots the size of a pin head in a Petri dish, I wish I'd taken a picture because I had no idea at the time what I was looking at.

Good luck and hope it all works out for you.