Freezing Eggs

[Nats88]

Evening all, im Wondering if anyone can tell me if everyone with fertility problems is entitled to have their eggs frozen on the NHS (Scotland) or would I need to pay for it myself? As I know im not entitled to IVF as I have a child already (my gorgeous miracle boy, i thought id never have 💙) Thanks in advance x

[Scarlett13]

I'm not sure - I think if you already have a child then you have to fund everything yourself but maybe it's different in different areas?

Also I was wondering, does a round of ivf mean one go at egg transfer...then using a frozen egg next time is your second free go? Or does a round mean one collection and you have a few goes on that round if you have frozen eggs?

[Nats88 in reply to Scarlett13]

Ok thanks, i was thinking the same thing that everything needs to be self funded if you already have a child 😔

I'm not sure how it all works to be honest, it's all new to me as I only had it "confirmed" to me last monday that ivf is now my only option so my head is full of so many questions and I don't know where to start?! x

[Lizzielizzielizzie in reply to Nats88]

Just to add, egg freezing doesn't have great success rates... I would suggest really looking into this carefully before going down this route. Embryo freezing is more successful in leading to an actual baby xx

[Keke123]

Hey!! Can I ask... if you have no children are you viable with endo to have eggs frozen and ivf on NHS?

I'm planning on bringing it up at my next gyno appointment as I'm worried about what my next steps are. I don't have a partner as most guys run when they find out about my endo so that and assumed fertility issues... do

You think I have a good shot?

[Lizzielizzielizzie in reply to Keke123]

It's very different depending where you are in the country but I haven't heard of anyone accessing egg freezing on the NHS with endo. It would be good to hear if anyone has done this.