Getting pregnancy blood tests, but clinic don't offer, any tips?

[IVFat40]

Hello people, I'm currently 10DP5DT and would like to get an HCG blood test (well 2 ideally) but unfortunately my clinic don't offer these (and they're a 3 hour round trip away as well). So, I'm wondering if anyone has experience of getting a test but not from your clinic, has anyone's GP said yes to doing a test? Has anyone used Medichecks or another similar company?

Thank you!

[Krystal_43]

I’ve used medichecks for lots of things - checking progesterone, dhea/testosterone levels and vit d. They’re really good. Best of luck 🤞🤞🤞🤞

[IVFat40 in reply to Krystal_43]

Brilliant, thank you hun

[Olive_77 in reply to IVFat40]

Same here I adjusted my vit D intake based on results from Medichecks and then confirmed it was working. Checked hormones as well during FET as was curious about the estrogen levels which clinics don’t test for.

[Fruitandflowers]

Yes to both of them. My GP has done so many blood tests for me over this whole process and they've been so good (my clinic is also 3-4hours round trip so it has really helped). However, I did begin to feel I was using up the nurse's time and recently went with the online company for combined progesterone and HCG - took a little while as they come in the post and had to go back thay way (plus no weekend testing) but the results were emailed quickly and the comments were helpful.

[IVFat40 in reply to Fruitandflowers]

Thank you hun, that's really good to know, I think I'll give both approaches a try.

[Positivechangeplease]

Yes. I was having a health check blood and worried about coming off the progesterone suppositories so asked them to include progesterone. She included HCG as part of the same blood draw - so I got to see the levels. They only told me the progesterone was okay but I could see the HCG was high.

[IVFat40 in reply to Positivechangeplease]

Thank you, really good to know some GPs are able to help.

[Hanj10]

I’ve always used medichecks they’re great 👍 have used them for loads of tests and was a good quick turnaround for the hcg tests.

[IVFat40 in reply to Hanj10]

Brilliant, I've decided to give them a try

[Hidden]

Hey I ordered 2 pregnancy progression tests from medicheck. I've used them before and find them great x

[IVFat40 in reply to Hidden]

Thank you hun, that's really reassuring, I'm going to give them a try too.