DE clinics in Spain - recommendations?

[SurreyRed]

Hi,

I'm in the process of choosing a clinic in Spain for DE treatment and have come across Clinica Tambre in Madrid. They look great, have been really quick to respond to my questions and seem to be priced reasonably. My only hesitation is that I can't find many patient reviews to find out what people's experiences have been. Has anyone used this clinic and able to share their experience of it - positive or negative?

If you've got recommendations for other clinics that would be fab as well.

Thanks so much x

[Tugsgirl]

Hopefully someone will have pm’d you by now as there are plenty of ladies on here who’ve had donor treatment abroad, not too sure about Spain but.. If not perhaps someone can help now I’ve “bumped” the post in the newsfeed.. Good luck on your journey xx

[SurreyRed in reply to Tugsgirl]

Thanks for your help bumping the post

[Cinderella5]

Im having treatment abroad but I cant offer any recommendations for Spain however have a look on another forum called fertility friends they have sections on treatment abroad and theres lots of chat about different clinics by countries. Good luck.xx

[SurreyRed in reply to Cinderella5]

Thanks for your advice. I'll have a look there

[Hidden in reply to SurreyRed]

I used a clinic in Barcelona. Will dm you. What I will say is to choose somewhere you would like to visit a few times. Somewhere you can make a little holiday and special memories in when you go visit. Also, somewhere you can easily get to from where you live - year round. Some local clinics to you in the UK may partner with clinics abroad (there are less donors in the UK so lots of us go abroad for speed). You will need scans and bloods in the UK whilst you go through treatment. And even if your local clinic don't partner, it's a good idea to factor in those costs too.

Good luck. I wouldn't change our minds for anything in the world. Our clinic checked me first before suggesting donor eggs. They did this during our first consultation visit. During that they also took my husband's deposit and checked with some how that coped with the freezing and defrosting process.

Once we got the call that we had a match, we paid and bought the donor drugs as well as our own.

It was explained to me that everyone trying normally without any fertility issues has a one in three chance each month to conceive. With donor eggs we had a 50% chance on first go, 75% chance on second and I think it didn't change much after that. Considering I had been told in UK I had a 1% chance with or without ivf - I was over the moon at these odds.

The donor and myself had our cycles synced and she produced 6 quality fertilised eggs. A miracle start from my previous attempts.

We transferred one in December 2017. Bfn. I was so disappointed and did not cope well. I took time off work to de-stress, did mindfulness, counselling, floating, kineseology. The works.

In March 2018 we went again. We transferred 2 (I had to beg the clinic to let me do 2). To our amazement, shock and delight we got our very first ever BFP!! Unfortunately it ended after 8 weeks of trips back and forth to epu. We had two empty sacs. Nothing there. Despite our sadness and disappointment our overwhelming reaction was that this is actually possible. Buoyed by the bfp but terrified of the same again, once the drugs (to manage the miscarriage) were out of my system, we underwent the thrombophilia panel of testing just to make sure there were no clotting issues. I started taking baby aspirin every day (apparently the older we get the thicker our blood which does not help the baby to get what it needs, especially before the 9week mark).

We tried again on October. This time with one embryo as I was actually quite scared at the prospect of 2 and also decided my old body needed to concentrate all my positivity and nutrients into one.

We got another bfp. I am now 17+5 with a growing belly that I sometimes still think is Christmas cake (it's not but I still have a doubting Thomas on my shoulder).

Donor eggs was a no brainer for me. We wanted to be parents so much and my eggs were hiding /Not working. I was diagnosed with premature ovarian failure at 37. So it never looked good. I know that now but still continued until I was 41 down that route. Epi-genetics and the fact that I am carrying and nurturing this little one is all i need. It doesn't matter to me how we get there, we just knew we were going to be parents.

Sorry for the ramble. I just wanted to share our story with you for reassurance.

I think most clinics are much of s richness. All results are published on the hfea website, then it really comes down to where you can see yourself visiting a number of times at different times of the year. Make sure they have English speakers, then start looking at making a wee holiday of it each time you go. It really helps the 2ww go in much faster and more pleasantly. It's also nice to spend some quality time with your OH, and bring back some "special" to this mechanical process.

Xxxx