consultant gave bad news, is there any hope?

[meisha]

went to consultant today and he said i was ok but bf was zero sperm which we already knew. he said we didnt qualify for nhs funding. i asked what options were and he didnt give a response. i asked if i would qualify for egg sharing and he said no but that was his personal opinion.

so, we have hit a brick wall and not sure we will be able to knock this one down. we cant afford to pay full wack for private icsi so was hoping i could egg share to bring the cost down but even that idea has gone out of the window because of my history with trophoblastic disease.

BUT I have read on shared journey that IUI can be performed with sperm retreived. Do you think this is our last hope? has anyone had IUI this way or IUI private any way and how much is it? How much does it cost for medical assisted cycles on top?

AM desperate to find answers. BF is devastaed and keeps saying me and you are ok on our own arent we???? of course we are but what scares me is making the decision of not continueing with ttc and then not coping with the rest of the world making babies and getting pg and being happily ever after.

maybe i should just settle for a chiwawa or somert.

 

[Alexas Mommy]

Have no answers just big

 

[maz]

Sorry you got such bad news hun.

I am going through private IVF at the moment, and the clinic I am at doesn't do egg sharing, egg donation, or embryo donation - not all clinics are licensed for it. A course of 3 months of IUI at my clinic costs around £2500 plus drugs, and SSR (surgical sperm retrieval) costs around £1100. Apparently the increased chance of conception through IUI is minimal, and my clinic wouldn't recommend it for me and my DH - even though we have unexplained subfertility. In my opinion, if you are able to find the funds for private IUI you would be better off finding the extra for ICSI. I'm not sure if you can have IUI with retrieved sperm, and I'm even more doubtful that the NHS would carry it out.

Are you due to go back and see the consultant again? If not, I'd ask for another appointment, perhaps with a different consultant.

 

[meisha]

the consultant said he wasnt booking me any further appointments as he thought i was fine and it was obviously my bf. he said we would not get treatment on nhs which i kinda guessed. I know IUI isnt the best option but I was hopefull that if we could find a cheaper option to have a shot at a couple of times rather than one big shot at icsi and it fail, i would rather do that.
not sure if fertility freinds website is american but thats where i read it, about sperm retreival and then IUI.
I am waiting to hear back from carefertility and jessops in sheffield, both do retreival, iui, ivf, egg sharing and icsi. apart from the trophoblastic disease i fit the criteria for egg sharing, it just depends on the clinic.

 

[akcher]

Meisha, I'm so sorry to hear what you are going through. In order for IUi to have a decent shot, you have to have a normal amount of sperm. I am not familiar about sperm retrieval and how much it cost. I dunno if it will retrieve enough sperm for to be successful for IUI.

 

[tracybirduk]

So sorry you didnt get much hope, but stranger things have happened! Just wanted to send you

 

[meisha]

what do you mean stranger things have happened?

 

[natthecat]

Hi Meisha

I've pulled a list off a site in the midlands of their charges for literally everything.

Hope things start looking up for you xx

Fertility Assessment
£135 Initial consultation (payable in advance)
£195 Treatment assessment
£160 Treatment assessment (if paid at initial consultation)
£295 Repeat treatment assessment (paid at first return visit, where absence from clinic is longer than 18 months)
£495 Fertility investigation package
Treatments
£650 IUI
£2495 IVF
£2995 ICSI
£2495 Egg retrieval and freezing
£1440 ICSI for thawed/frozen eggs
£940 Frozen embryo transfer
£1845 Conversion from IUI to IVF
Egg, Embryo and Sperm Donation
£500 Egg sharing/egg donor screening (payable by recipient)
£715 Egg sharing with IVF (recipient bears cost of donor drugs)
£1215 Egg sharing with ICSI (recipient bears cost of donor drugs)
£4835 Receiving donated eggs with IVF (includes drug costs for donor)
£5335 Receiving donated eggs with ICSI (includes drug costs for donor)
£2500 Receiving donated embryos
Price on Application One vial of donor sperm for use in IUI/IVF/ICSI cycle
Surrogacy
£600 Surrogate screening
£4750 Host surrogacy with IVF
£5250 Host surrogacy with ICSI
£1,940 Host surrogacy using frozen embryos
Male Factor Procedures
£890 Surgical sperm recovery
£795 Vasectomy reversal back-up
£260 Private sperm analysis
Other Procedures, Assessments and Diagnostic Tests
£315 Assisted hatching
£130 Genetic screening (single)
£200 Genetic screening (double)
£250 Genetic screening (triple)
£295 HyCosy (tubal patency testing)
£120 Admin fee for the overseas export/import of gametes/embryos (courier costs charged in addition)
£70 Admin fee for the transfer of gametes/embryos within the UK
£305 Follicle tracking/ovulation induction
£260 Ovarian reserve test
£70 Repeat infection screen
£130 Subsequent follow up appointment
£115 Ultrasound scan (if additional to treatment package)
Recurrent pregnancy loss/implantation failure monitoring
£170 - Initial consultation
Available on Request - Tests
£50 Receipt, storage and administration of patient drugs and MFS
£40 Electronic witnessing system - IVF / ICSI
£20 Electronic witnessing system - IUI / frozen embryo transfer
Freezing and Storage
£145 Annual storage of embryos, sperm and sibling sperm
£360 Banking of sperm/storing testicular tissue
Fees are payable at least 14 days before the planned start of treatment to allow sufficient time for drugs to be ordered and delivered. Treatment cannot start until the full balance of the account is settled.
MFS reserves the right to alter the fees at any time. Where possible MFS will give one month’s notice of any change to fees or to the cancellation policy.
HFEA Levies (may be subject to change)
£104.50 HFEA levy for the creation in vitro, or transfer, of embryos
£52 HFEA levy for the use of donor sperm
HFEA levies are beyond the control of MFS and may be subject to change