Hi I am in a turmoil
i am desperate to have a babhy with my husband but have due to my age now 44 and the fact that i have endometriosis i am having to research the egg donation route
Does anyone have any advice for me and is there anyone out there (UK preferably) in similar circumstances to me who has had any success in Spain? I would love to hear from you! Thanx
I have spoken at length to a friend of a friend who has used IMFER in Murcia and is 6 months pregnant with twins.
I have emailed IMFER on a number of occassions and spoken with their member of staff who speaks english. They seem nice and down to earth.
You can fly direct to Murcia from a number of UK airports.
Treatment is not cheap - 7500 euros for the first attempt, but only 1000 if you use frozen embryos on the 2nd attempt.
The biggest headache for us so far has been getting the necesary preparatory blood tests done on the NHS. I think we will have to ask the spanish clinic to do it for us.
I have reproduced below most of the text of an email from the clinic to me of a month or so ago below for you to look at - hope it helps:
Carty
If you decide to go ahead with egg donation the only (recent) tests we need are HIV, syphilis, Hep B and Hep C for both of you. We also need to know the blood type of both. Of course all “extras” are welcome, but it doesn’t make much sense that you undergo chromosome analysis if you are going to use another woman’s eggs.
You should come for a first office visit for which there is no waiting time. You will be given a scan test, and the gynecologist will assess your case. Your husband will also be asked to provide a sperm sample, that will be analyzed and frozen to be used later on for egg fertilization.
After a period of about 30-60 days (or a little more if your blood type and/or physical caractheristics are uncommon in Spain) you would be called for the second visit, in which embryo transfer takes place. Generally 2 embryos are transferred in each attempt. On this occasion you should stay for about a week.
We inform you that eggs donors must fulfil a series of requirements established by law, including a complete blood test, which detects genetic, infectious and sexually-transmitted deseases, and a personal and family medical history screening to discard any possible hereditary disease. They must also have the appropriate psychological and physical profile and be between 18 and 35 years of age. However, most of our donors are recruited at the university, so their average age is around 22-24 years, and their cultural level high. We can take into account your requirement, even though that could mean that it may take more time to find the adequate match.
The cost of the whole procedure is 7500 euros, including all is necessary fot the IVF cycle, the medication the donor will have to take as well as a compensation, fertilization of the eggs, and embryo transfer. There is no refund if the procedure doesn’t work (success rates are around 70% for this treatment). However, in most cases we get more embryos than we can transfer so we are able to freeze a few and store them for future attempts (whose cost is around 1000 euros instead of 7500).
Should you have any doubts or further questions we will be glad to answer.
Thanx for the reply and information carty. It seems that you are in a similar situation to me! i have 3 children from a previous marraige. i have been married to my husband now for 6 years and he has no children so we would love to have one together. i have found some info on eugin clinic too in Barcelona. It would be great if we could keep in touch with each other? Ayesha
It's a good idea to check out the reviews and ratings of fertility clinics in the Find A Clinic of Ivfworld, as they are done by patients who have had treatment at these clinics. It is misleading to look at success rates alone, as they can be measured in different ways and may not be objective.
it is always a good idea to find a food fertility doctor in the country you live in and then if you want to have treatment abroad to make sure your doctor at home is able to work with the clinic overseas that you want to go to.Your doctor may, on the other hand, recommend a clinic in Spain or elsewhere that he or she has links with already.
Hi Ayesha,
Im Sam (English)and we now live in Valencia....I have undergone three I.V.F cycles in London and Kent in the last five years and my husband and i are about to get started on the egg donation thing here in Valencia at the I.V.I Valencia.
Iv heard many great things about this clinic,and one of the princesses out here had her twin girls thanks to this clinic.Also the treatment is a lot cheaper and there are no waiting lists! Egg donation is a lot easier out here as the women get paid and are completly health vetted,(and all donors are completly anonimous)
If i can help in any way?
Sam (GOOD LUCK)
Hi, I'm not impressed with ivi valencia. There are some reviews of it in the find a clinic section of ivfworld. I think there are better clinics out there.
I have reviewed some of the clinics, and im more comfused than everrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr !!!!!!!!! i decide that i'll go with eugin, then valencia then alicante now i saw imfer and they seem to suggest that i would have 60% chance of success with my specific problem (ie) endometriosis. Anyone help me ??? anyone know or have any experience of theses clinics??
We are now booked to meet the IMFER team at the start of December and vibes from the clinic continue to be very good - they are nice, relaxed and accomodating. Of course this means nothing when it comes to the quality of the clinical care. They also have a University from where they recruit donors, which must be a good thing (have I said this before?) and apparnetly the tapas in Murcia is the best in Spain.
I will report back on this site after the appointment.
Yes please let us know how you go on at Murcia i am thinking about it later in dec but will b e very interested in hearing how you go on over there. i have been corresponding with the clinic and they say my chances are 60% with my particular problem. is that good? i am just at the point of trying to find a hotel in close proximity to the clinic. Good Greif its like a massive jig-saw so complicated!!! Good Luck Carty my thoughts are with you X
Erm i don't know really.When they gave me those statistics, i hadnt even asked abt frozen embryos. The overall expected outcome was 70% but after giving consideration to my endometriosis they said 60%. Do you know where you will stay in Murcia? Do you have any numbers or names of accomodation near to the clinic??? its San Javier Airport isnt it?
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