Hi all
Blondienut, congrats on the positive test! Wonderful news.
To update on things with us, we got back from Alicante yesterday as had a short break out there too. The team at the clinic were great. We mostly dealt with Itziar whilst there and Dr Lopez Galvez who runs the clinic/established it. He is such a lovely man and I felt Itziar is really warm too. They took ages with us for the consultation - about an hour and a half - which we really appreciated as meant we covered everything. The doctor even showed us the lab where the time lapse machine is and we saw a new embryo split into two cells on the screen which was pretty amazing.
We also talked at length with Itziar and one of the ladies from the donor team about our donor requirements and they didn't seem to think it would be hard to find a match (even though I was pretty specific including requesting green eyes).
I had loads of blood tests to rule out immune issues etc due to my previous miscarriage so now waiting to get the results and see if the treatment plan advised needs to be adapted at all.
And my husband had the TESE procedure to remove sperm directly from the testicle via surgery, as a means of getting sperm with lower DNA fragmentation. The doctor who did this procedure we had spoken to via Skype previously. When we met her in person she hugged and kissed us! Very unlike doctors in the UK. She was very good and no problems with the procedure itself although the results weren't as expected. Everyone expected lots of good quality sperm yet they could not find much for some reason, and it was of varying quality so that was disappointing. They have frozen it and hope to use it but we had to go back on Monday with a fresh manual sample as a back up which they said was decent and they froze that too. So they seem confident that one or other sample will be suitable.
Anyway next steps for us are they find our donor and we are probably looking to have the treatment in September to give time for finding the best donor and for me to focus on being as fit and healthy as I can before we go ahead. Have had a lot of family stress lately which has impacted on my time for prioritising this so now want to get back to it.
I feel very confident about the clinic though and like how human they are. It doesn't feel sales or money oriented at all. So I am glad we are going ahead with VH. And Alicante seemed like a relaxed and easy place to get around. We also enjoyed the Melia. But might stay in an apartment next time for more flexibility around meals, if anyone has stayed in any they would recommend?
Anyway, just wanted to give an update now I am home. RT I hope you also had a positive experience.
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