Ive actually heard the best thinks about Vince - not to say that the others arent good, but all o my friends have used him and had positive results! And he is really persistent!
Thanks BecD! that is helpful...its only a week earlier than i can see margo but ill book in with him, ive read good things about him to...but Margo is always in the paper so it was a tough one!
Hi ReggieB,
I am currently going to Fertility North and they are lovely, the nurses are really great to deal with too. I am seeing Margo Norman, however I have dealth with Vince Chapple and Dr Jay Natalwala with my Frozen Embryo Transfers. They are all very lovely and I can not fault any of them. So easy to deal with and make you feel comfortable.
Also, in regards to their prices, they have gone up this year, so what is currently on their website is not correct, however if you call them, I am sure that they will be more then happy to give you the prices.
Good luck with your move, and good luck with the clinic.
We have our first appointment with Dr Jay Natalwala tomorrow at Fertility North so will let you know how it goes!
After doing DH second sperm analysis there two weeks ago everyone was really nice so fingers crossed they were the right FS to choose.
Has anyone else used Dr Natalwala?
A bit about us, we have been TTC for over 3 years coming up to 4 and after struggling to get DH to do a sperm sample in September last year through Western Diagnostic and local GP a zero sperm result came back
Our GP assumed this was a bad sample and it took us nearly another six months before we organised to get a second sample done through Fertility North last month, unfortunatley we found out yesterday the second sample was also a zero sperm count so we will find out tomorrow what the next step is
I have been doing some google research and it looks as though for us we will need to use ICSI to conceive, if anyone else has had this proceedure with Fertility North could they let me know what to expect?
We had the same zero count situation but went to PIVET. It's a hard space to be in, isn't it? And lots of questions etc. My partner needed to have blood tests to determine his exact situation (hormone levels) and the result was they discovered he has the sperm but a blockage as well. If this is your situation, like us, you'll need to have the sperm retrieved as you've researched, and then you'll do IVF. If they can get to the sperm quite easily they just need to do a fine needle aspiration (I think that's what it's called). In our case it wasn't accessible that way so they did a biopsy. They'll do the least invassive procedure they can. It won't be any fun for your partner, needless to say, but it's so worth it all. And you'll have your turn of all sorts of procedures!!! Anyway, that is basically best case scenario. There are apparently some people who actually don't produce sperm at all. That's what the blood tests etc help to clarify. I wish you all the best with your endeavours to have a baby. Reading your post brought back alot of memories of our own situation a few years ago. Now we are blessed with a 19 month old daughter. I hope it all works out for you.
Well the verdict wasn't fantastic yesterday but there is still hope, we had to give gallons of blood samples as you suggested and fingers crossed these results along with a second sperm sample and ultrasound will proove DH does have sperm they are just blocked
Worse case cenario DH has a condition that affects his Y chromosome, we were told finding this is becoming more common as people are putting off having children until they are older and the Y chromosome defect increases with age after hitting puberty.
Both DH's dad and brother both had their children while in their early teen's late twenties and both DH and I are turning 30 this year, regardless of result our FS told us to have children we will need to use IVF ICSI
On a positive note everyone at Fertility North was wonderful, Dr Jay Natawala was really easy to understand and talked us through all the options and gave us the impression he had a lot of time for us and any of our questions so I would recommend him and Fertility North to anyone looking for a FS in Perth
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