Hi,
To those of you with conditions/complications that might affect the success of a pregnancy, and who had initial consultations re DE ivf abroad, could you kindly tell me please if your concerns re. your conditions were taken seriously at your first meeting with the doctor? Did they want to do tests? Investigate? etc. And what clinic was it? I'd be grateful to hear your experience.
I'm asking because I've just had a vey disappointing experience at Gest clinic in Prague. The coordinator ran through their program on the phone last month, offered us a skype consultation with the doctor for 140 euros, but said if we go to Prague for a face to face consultation that blood tests, semen analysis and USS of uterus would be included in the price. We doubly confirmed this with her, decided that it was worth the trip and paid up. I then got an email saying we had to pay 250euros for all the tests.
Anyway, at the clinic today the doctor just asked us the same questions that were on the online questionnaire, then tried to do a hard sell. When we finally asked the things we wanted to talk about he told us that we needed to hurry up as time was pressing on! We hadn't even spoken a word before this point. Anyway, my DH being the man that he is, carried on asking the questions and this was the response:
Enquired about my thyroid problems and how it could affect pregnancy - his response: not my issue, speak to an endocrinologist
Enquired about my history of thin uterine lining - his response: "Historically women never bled, you don't need periods".
Enquired about my DH's poor sperm count and whether he should have DNA fragmentation as well as count -his response: "no".
Enquired about my abnormal DHEA result - his response: "You're old, it will be abnormal". He then went on to say that the doctor reporting on my result didn't know what he was talking about. When DH asked him what the normal parameters actually are, he conceded that he didn't actually know.
He then undertook my USS without gloves! It didn't even occur to me that he had put the condom on the probe with his bare hands and then inserted it inside me

He didn't wash his hands either. I would normally clock this and say something, but his attitude un-nerved me and caught me off guard.
It's so unfair that we have to go through this stuff. IVF is hard!!

Anyway, thanks for reading and I look forward to your responses as I need a new clinic now.
Amber x