After embryo transfer what to do?!!

[HopefulMum2]

Hi,

I have just gone through embryo transfer abroad. My doctor is telling me I should continue on oral / subcutaneous and intravaginal hormonal therapy for up to 12 weeks if my test is positive.

I can get some supply to take back home but from previous experience I was denied a repeat prescription by my GP and was referred to obstetrician who also said I only needed the intravaginal suppositories.

Not sure what to do!! Any ideas?!

Thank you 🙏🏻

[JA-fnuk Partner Nurse Fertility Network UK]

Hope you get some replies to your post that are helpful Good luck with your outcome date

Thinking of you

Janet-Partner

[HopefulMum2 in reply to JA-fnuk]

Thank you Janet

[Doodlebug23]

my clinic said when I get a BFP they would want me to continue till 12 weeks and they would give me private scripts so maybe that’s an option? X

[Infragilis]

I used the prescription from my clinic. Maybe before returning home check with a pharmacy at home if this is accepted. Alternatively you could buy the medication abroad but I know it's so expensive and I used to buy them every two weeks. The best option I think is to use your clinics prescription. They gave me one for 12 weeks.

[river242]

Hi. I had transfer abroad and purchased 12 weeks of meds out there before we left. There is also a pharmacy here that the clinic can call a prescription into that's delivered to your home - not sure if that's an option but I can pm you the details.

[Livinginhope101]

I brought enough meds back with me to get to me around week 5 then if positive, got a prescription from the clinic which I got in the UK. I used pharmacy2u, but I know others have used stork or asda xx

[Lau2911]

Was it a fresh transfer or a frozen embryo transfer? If it was fresh, pessaries absolutely fine. If a natural cycle frozen transfer again absolutely fine. If it was stimulated then please push for injectable progesterone and progynova as well as the pessaries- you'll need to carry on until 12 weeks gestation if your test If positive (fingers crossed).

[Hopecontinues]

Hi, This is a common issue. Your clinic abroad should provide you with a physical prescription that you can take to a pharmacy. If the prescription is in the EU, ASDA, Stork etc will take it. If outside the EU, you need to get the prescription converted which will cost you £100 ish.

Generally over here the NHS are less likely to provide you with subcutaneous progesterone and the oral estrogen and they don't take over until further down the line, so you should still be in the care of your clinic abroad.

I've done this a few times. Occasionally Asda will take an email from a clinic they know, but not via you, it has to go straight to the pharmacy. Then the clinic post out the physical prescription. What I've experienced is that clinics abroad don't put all the information on the prescription, so you have to check that otherwise it will be rejected. It has to specify the exact dose and when it should be administered.

I hope this helps. Let us know if you need any further info and fingers crossed for a positive outcome.

X

[Mmc225]

We used fertility2u which was on online pharmacy which would accept an emailed prescription from the clinic we used in Prague. I was on blood thinners too which the clinic also prescribed. The clinic had to post the physical prescription to Fertility2U after emailing it. The drugs were delivered to me in a cold box. Then when I was on blood thinners after 12 weeks the midwife got a new prescription for me.