glasgow centre for reproductive medicine, cardonald glasgow.

Mandy, good luck for today, thinking of you and have everything crossed xxx
 
hey girls, just had my initial consultation at GCRM and hoped you might be able to give me some advice. We have decided to go for IVF and it looks like we will be starting in September.

I am having some of the test results from the NHS transferred over to the GCRM to save money. I just founbd out we werent tested for Hep B and the GCRM charge £170 per person for this. Did anyone manage to get this done via their GP or is there anywhere else we can get this done cheaper?

I saw a post a while back im sure where someone said they went to the Sandyford for these tests but cant seem to find it. We are trying to keep the costs down as much as we can so any advice would be appreciated!

thanks xxxx
 
Hi girls its not good news for us. Negative pregnancy test they phoned about 45 minutes ago...I'm down but not broken.the pgs answered a lot of my questions regarding egg quality out of 5 ,2 were chtomosone normal so that means at least 40 % of my eggs should be ok, at least for the moment. No eggs frozen so going to try naturally meantime and take dhea and coq10 for a while., and think about perhaps more icsi and pgs possibly in the future....looking at the positives.. xxxx
 
Hi girls its not good news for us. Negative pregnancy test they phoned about 45 minutes ago...I'm down but not broken.the pgs answered a lot of my questions regarding egg quality out of 5 ,2 were chtomosone normal so that means at least 40 % of my eggs should be ok, at least for the moment. No eggs frozen so going to try naturally meantime and take dhea and coq10 for a while., and think about perhaps more icsi and pgs possibly in the future....looking at the positives.. xxxx


Hi Mandy, I am so sorry to hear you didnt get the news you were hoping for! When I seen you had posted I was praying I would open this thread and it would be good news.

I am gutted for you but glad that you are focusing on the positives and looking to the future. It must be very hard to adopt that mind set and I take my hat off to you for being so strong!

I hope that with the news about your eggs your BFP may come naturally! Sending lots of love and good wishes your way!!!! xxxx
 
Oh Mandy, nightmare isn't it. But you do sound remarkably okay. I'm glad you're being strong :hugs:

I look at the positives each time and just try to focus on the next time. I'm getting better at it as time passed but I just wish the wanting of a child would pass! Never does though.

:hugs:
 
hey girls, just had my initial consultation at GCRM and hoped you might be able to give me some advice. We have decided to go for IVF and it looks like we will be starting in September.

I am having some of the test results from the NHS transferred over to the GCRM to save money. I just founbd out we werent tested for Hep B and the GCRM charge £170 per person for this. Did anyone manage to get this done via their GP or is there anywhere else we can get this done cheaper?

I saw a post a while back im sure where someone said they went to the Sandyford for these tests but cant seem to find it. We are trying to keep the costs down as much as we can so any advice would be appreciated!

thanks xxxx

Yes, I got them done at the GP although they missed a Hep C for my OH so they did it at the GCRM and it was £75. We did that just to speed things up really :dohh:
 
Mandy, gutted to hear this. Sending you a big hug.
Wallie, hope you are doing ok x
Macca, I will be starting Metformin my sept cycle and then starting injections the following cycle. We got our bloods done at our GP surgery.
 
Mandy, so sorry to hear that. Glad you're staying positive :hugs:

Macca - I was going to get bloods done at the Sandyford but it seems they're now wise to people wanting them done for private fertility treatment - they wouldn't do it. Their general health screen includes an hiv test but not hep b; they ask for a specific reason you want that done and when they found out the reason they refused to do it. I went to my doctor and he also said he cannot do it. He showed us a paragraph on an NHS guidance website stating that new regulations have been brought in stating that private fertility patients should have no part of the treatment done on the NHS including blood tests. Raging!! I think it will depend on your doctor though, some may be more lenient x
 
Mandy so sorry to hear this cycle didnt work out for you :(

As ive always said I really think DHEA made a difference for us.

Keep your chin up xxx
 
Mandy, so sorry to hear that. Glad you're staying positive :hugs:

Macca - I was going to get bloods done at the Sandyford but it seems they're now wise to people wanting them done for private fertility treatment - they wouldn't do it. Their general health screen includes an hiv test but not hep b; they ask for a specific reason you want that done and when they found out the reason they refused to do it. I went to my doctor and he also said he cannot do it. He showed us a paragraph on an NHS guidance website stating that new regulations have been brought in stating that private fertility patients should have no part of the treatment done on the NHS including blood tests. Raging!! I think it will depend on your doctor though, some may be more lenient x

Thanks, I thought the Sandyford might be too good to be true! My husband has had no problem getting his done at his GP so I have made an appointment with mine to see if they will do it! I think that these new regs are shocking, at the end of the day we are saving them thousands by going private, you would think they would at the very least do a couple of blood tests! I was going to chance my arm and ask if they would pay for my IVF drugs but I probably have no chance!!! x
 
Mandy so sorry to hear this cycle didnt work out for you :(

As ive always said I really think DHEA made a difference for us.

Keep your chin up xxx

Jacqui can I ask about the DHEA? We are starting out treatment in September and I am keen to do as much as I can to make it a success! xxx
 
Hiya

DHEA is suppossed to improve egg quality for woman with a low AMH. I used it for 3-4 months prior to treatment (takes 3 months to work) and my AMH went from <4 to 6.9.... It could be the difference in the NHS and GCRM testing equipment but I believe it helped.

There are some ladies who experience side affects but I was fine... If you need further info then let me know but most of what i know I got from posts on here :)

Marco@ GCRM recommends for woman with a low AMH and they seem to be a big embassador of it however i dont think there is enough testing to prove fact

x
 
Thanks Jacqui, my AMH came back ok so I might give it a miss and stick with my accupuncture. We are going to start in 4 weeks so I guess it wouldnt have time to get into my system anyway. x
 
Am I imagining things but did someone post where they get their supply of DHEA on this thread. I can't seem to find it in the search.
 
Hey Wallie, im sure i did, anyways I got mines from here-

https://www.dhea-uk.com/product.php?productid=1

This is a 3 month supply as the recommended does is 75mg a day. Its free delivery and comes from the US so takes around 10 days if i remember correctly.

Hope you are well x
 
Hi girls, I have my review appt on Monday so I'll ask marco about the dhea and what dose he would recommend for me, thanks for the link jac., did you get a date in for your 12 week scan, you must be around 12 weeks now?
I've started using my cbfm,cd 3 today.......hoping to get a Bfp on the back of the ivf..... Not sure yet if we well go for ivf again, but I suppose I'm still a bit raw....
How is everyone else...
 
I am disgusted that NHS guidelines stipulate not to run the HIV and hep screen for private patients....it's wrong wrong wrong,Christ we pay our taxes and national insurance after all, we should be entitled to it... It's maddening..... Kicked in the teeth for being infertile.....
I wrote to my msp recently about the fact that Scotland haven't yet raised their upper age limit to 42 for ivf treatment as England have, she is in regular communication with me about it tackling the health secretary, I may well add this to my complaint list....
 
Hey Mandy, great, let us know how you get on. I have about 1 months supply left I could send to you but the recommended is 3 months so you would need to buy anyways prob- Let me know.

I am 11 weeks and 2 days (counting every day lol), my scan is a week tomorrow, I still cant relax so im hoping after this i can start to enjoy being pregnant a bit more.

xx
 
Hey Wallie, im sure i did, anyways I got mines from here-

https://www.dhea-uk.com/product.php?productid=1

This is a 3 month supply as the recommended does is 75mg a day. Its free delivery and comes from the US so takes around 10 days if i remember correctly.

Hope you are well x

Thanks for the link. I may get some and start taking it.

I phoned today and make arrangements to have a telephone review appt at the start of September. So we'll see what they say if we are to do another round with them and what happens when I do the FET cycle.
 

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