Consent appointment - anything we should be asking?

[try2020]

Hi all, we have our consent appointment with the nurse tomorrow, sounds like we'll be going through the protocol too. Is there anything you would suggest to an ivf newbie to ask in this appointment or is it just a formality? Our cycle won't be until March so seems forever away just now. Is it likely that we'd have another appointment to go over things before starting the cycle or is this it? thanks for any advice 🧡

[try2020]

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[Ranchu90]

I guess it is with NHS , probably you are going for information session. The nurse will show you how to inject, where and when to do that. Usually they are going through your protocol when you need to collect the medication which now will be a bit too early. Problem it is that if you have your cycle booked for March they might ask you to book again another appointment closer to the time, I had the same situation and it was so frustrating 🙄 I wish you good luck 🤞♥️🤗

[try2020 in reply to Ranchu90]

Hi Ranchu thanks very much for responding, it is a phone appointment so will be interesting to see if she goes over injections We are going private at an NHS clinic, they said they'd include the protocol in the paperwork they sent for us to go over tonight but must have missed it out. I am so keen to know the plan and would have loved to have had time to go over it before the meeting....oh well I guess the upside of waiting till March is having time to go over it then.... hope you are well 🧡

[Ranchu90 in reply to try2020]

From my experience I can tell you even if you would have seen the plan and your protocol you wouldn’t have understood much 🤣😤 in regards of how to inject yourself probably they will give you link to websites so you could watch. We also decided to have a private NHS treatment but I regret doing that 🤯😤😡

[try2020 in reply to Ranchu90]

Hey Ranchu it sounds like you didn't have a good experience with your clinic? We were torn between 2 clinics but the nhs one offers pgt-a and I want to do that due to my age.... guess time will tell! 🧡

[Ranchu90 in reply to try2020]

With NHS not at all but private one so far we are happy 😉 we also did PGS testing, extra worry 🥴😊 but I don't regret doing it. We still have 2 normal embryos and one mosaic on ice ☺️🥳

[Melonay1987]

Hello lovely. I had my consent appointment 2 weeks ago. I am NHS funded so not sure if any different. We are a same sex couple so we had to consent to sperm donation etc. There were lots and lots of forms to sign lol. They sent us all the forms to read before hand and we have been sent information videos on protocols and a video from the embryologist. We were sent a little schedule of our treatment before this appointment also. We got to meet the scientists too and had a chance to ask any questions. I didnt ask very much as I remember feeling overwhelmed either all the paper work. I start my first injection on the 31st Dec and it was originally planned for the 4th jan but my cycle was a bit different than planned so they adjusted that appointment at my consent appointment. Good luck on your journey, id advise if you think of any questions write them down and take in with you, its easy to forget once you're at the appointment xxx

[try2020 in reply to Melonay1987]

Hi Melonay, thanks so much for your reply! Yeah the forms took soooooo long we were all knackered by the end, they were great though, never rushed us so had time to ask questions. That's cool that you got to meet some of the team And what a way to see out 2020 by starting your cycle! 🤞 for you 🧡🧡