Fertility clinic advice in West London

[Bluemoon67]

Hello ladies,

I am looking for a fertility clinic where to start for the first time IVF (self-funded) preferably not far from West London.

I am confused on which clinic to pick.

A patient where I work advised me Herts and Essex Clinic which has good reviews but is a bit far for me.

Any advice on fertility clinics that you personally tried and had positive and successful experience?

Thanks

[Backagain987]

CRGH worked for us after 6 failed rounds elsewhere, they are right by Portland St tube.

They are a bit impersonal so lots of people don’t like them, but they do have good results x

[Bluemoon67 in reply to Backagain987]

Thanks for sharing this x

[leo1980]

I am at the lister fertility clinic, 38 weeks pregnant at the moment

[Bluemoon67 in reply to leo1980]

Thanks leo1980 for sharing your experience

Was it NHS funded or self-funded?

I have checked lister clinic, they have a mix of good and bad reviews.

I am still confused on which one to pick, especially because it’s quite pricey and I hope to get a good one

[leo1980 in reply to Bluemoon67]

Hello. None of my treatment was NHS funded and I have been on this journey for 8 years :).

I think it’s really a personal choice when choosing a clinic. Reviews are just based on personal experience and everyone’s will differ.

I liked this one as it’s close enough for me to walk to the clinic, easy enough to catch the tube to work around my appointment times. Pharmacy in house as it’s a hospital. Saved time by ordering prescriptions with the nurses and just paying and collecting at the pharmacy. I also liked as a hospital there is always cover if I had a question or needed anything on a weekend/bank holiday.

Pricing is comparable to other clinics. Loved my doctor - he had more faith than I did at some points.

Nurses are so personable. When hubby was away on a few occasions I just pootled down to then before end of shift so they could do my progesterone shots (I was on prontogest) so needed to take it in the bum.

Accounting team are very responsive over email.

Embyogist took Time to call me and share the PGT a report - months after succcesful treatment and a question on abnormalities came up even though I was no longer under their care.

Hope this helps

[LRed]

I will DM you x

[Myshh]

Hi I was with Lister clinic just gave a birth to our beautiful baby girl one week ago.

[Bluemoon67]

Hi,

Thanks for your message!

Congratulations 😍

Also another lady went to Lister clinic and she had positive experience.

However, I have checked the reviews and they have good and bad. It’s so overwhelming to pick a good clinic 😢

Were you referred from your GP or was self-funded?

I didn’t meet the criteria apparently for NHS IVF as my AMH is 1.9.

I was very disappointed with this.

So, we decided to go for self-funded treatments

[Myshh in reply to Bluemoon67]

We did self funded. We were diagnosed unexplained infertility as a couple. Individually there was nothing wrong with any of us it just didn't happened. Be honest I haven't done that much research this was closest one to our home that's why I picked it.

[Bluemoon67 in reply to Myshh]

Thanks Myshh for your reply

I have the first consultation tomorrow in a fertility clinic 1, 5 hours away from home. It’s Herts and Essex Fertility Centre, it is quite far but they have good reviews and was recommended by a colleague. They also have fundings with Access Fertility.

Good luck to me 🙏🏻

[Msmeeshbda]

I really hated lister. Go with the Evewell. Super personable and every single doctor is strong.

[Bluemoon67 in reply to Msmeeshbda]

Hi,

Thanks for your message

Do you mean the Evewell at Hammersmith in London?

Any success?

I also checked Evewell, they have good reviews but not funding support unfortunately.

[Msmeeshbda]

yea Evewell Hammersmith. I’m just going through retrievals and banking eggs but getting far more eggs than I did at Lister with a changed protocol. Also the doctors do all of your scans, tests etc and so it’s far more tailored and personable.

[Skittles11 in reply to Msmeeshbda]

I was at the Evewell on Harley Street and felt really cared for as a patient, they are very person centred and I loved that scans were done by my doctor - and they would open on Saturday or Sunday for egg collection if that's what was needed (seems not to be that common)