beaniepops
November 29th, 2013, 08:14 AM
I have three girls (youngest is 2) and my husband just agreed (after a lot of persuasion) to have a fourth and he is also on board to make it a boy if possible :)
I have done my research and PGD seems to be the only sure way and my options are either going to Cyprus or the USA. (or is Switzerland or Belgium an option?) I have spoken to Dr. Rainsbury who was lovely but the logistics actually seem easier going to the USA, NY specifically. My husband is American and goes there often for work and there are more flights to the USA (even though it is a longer trip). With 3 little ones at home I want to spend the min time there. I also need to find a doctor / clinic who can organise all the tests / scans here in London so I am going to the USA for the min time - 5 days max hopefully for egg collection, fertilization & embryo transfer and if it fails first time but they have frozen embryos then hopefully less time on subsequent visits. (In Cyrprus I would have had to stay 10/12 days and make it a family holiday which sounds lovely but logistically is hard to plan with school holidays, husband's work etc)
I am 38, will be at least 39 by the time I have this baby but have no fertility issues, in fact have got pregnant first time very time I tried. I am also told I have plenty of eggs (hopefully the quality of them is good too).
I can only transfer one embryo at a time because I cannot risk having twins. So I need a clinic with a very high success rate & who are confident only putting one embryo in (Dr. Rainsbury advocated 2 because he said the chances were too low with only one).
Does anyone know the best clinic for me? The Fertility Institutes seem to have everything in place in London with regards to tests etc and Steinberg seems confident putting only one embryo in but I have read bad reviews about him. However, the reviews mostly talk about the clinic being impersonal etc. To be honest I am more concerned about his success rate. Does anyone have an opinion or possibly a recommendation of another clinic that coordinates with London?
Also do these clinic do genetic screening for downs etc before they put the embryos in?
Thanks! :happy:
I have done my research and PGD seems to be the only sure way and my options are either going to Cyprus or the USA. (or is Switzerland or Belgium an option?) I have spoken to Dr. Rainsbury who was lovely but the logistics actually seem easier going to the USA, NY specifically. My husband is American and goes there often for work and there are more flights to the USA (even though it is a longer trip). With 3 little ones at home I want to spend the min time there. I also need to find a doctor / clinic who can organise all the tests / scans here in London so I am going to the USA for the min time - 5 days max hopefully for egg collection, fertilization & embryo transfer and if it fails first time but they have frozen embryos then hopefully less time on subsequent visits. (In Cyrprus I would have had to stay 10/12 days and make it a family holiday which sounds lovely but logistically is hard to plan with school holidays, husband's work etc)
I am 38, will be at least 39 by the time I have this baby but have no fertility issues, in fact have got pregnant first time very time I tried. I am also told I have plenty of eggs (hopefully the quality of them is good too).
I can only transfer one embryo at a time because I cannot risk having twins. So I need a clinic with a very high success rate & who are confident only putting one embryo in (Dr. Rainsbury advocated 2 because he said the chances were too low with only one).
Does anyone know the best clinic for me? The Fertility Institutes seem to have everything in place in London with regards to tests etc and Steinberg seems confident putting only one embryo in but I have read bad reviews about him. However, the reviews mostly talk about the clinic being impersonal etc. To be honest I am more concerned about his success rate. Does anyone have an opinion or possibly a recommendation of another clinic that coordinates with London?
Also do these clinic do genetic screening for downs etc before they put the embryos in?
Thanks! :happy: