Which Melbourne IVF clinic and FS helped you?

[numa]

Thanks for your replies Farmgirl and Janie . I noticed it seems we are all just starting IVF this year - hoping our dreams come true!

I have read lots of great posts about MIVF. I am currently at Monash in Richmond. I'm not unhappy with them, I was just interested in seeing if there was any trend in terms of getting pregnant. Just one of those silly thoughts you distract yourself with during the waiting game.... I had read some not so positive posts about Monash, especially my (female) FS (!!) and started to wonder if I was at the right place. But I have since looked at the statistics from the Infertility Treatment Authority annual reports on clinics and success rates etc, and that put my mind at rest.

I noticed you did ICSI Farmgirl - we will be doing that next because only one out of 10 eggs fertilised in our first round, and that little one stopped growing properly so we had no transfer in the end. How did you ICSI cycle go?

[farmgirl77]

Hi Numa,

Glad that you are feeling good about your decision - I think it is really hard to know if you are at the right clinic or not. I recently had a chat to a woman who was about to start IVF at a clinic close to where I live, and she was questioning why I was going to Melb which is 3 hrs away rather than the local clinic. Although I am really happy at MIVF, it did make me question if I was doing the right thing with the travel etc - but after thinking about it I figured that we are in the right spot!

Re our ICSI cycle. I was a bit disappointed in the results - we got 12 eggs of which 5 fertilised. At the time I was really upset (and in the LTTC area you will prob find a post I did at the time seeing if this was 'normal'). I spoke with our FS, who said that the results was good, as even though we used ICSI, DH's sperm was still pretty poor so we were never going to get great results. For me I had built up a picture in my head that using ICSI would get a 100% fert rate (unrealistic I know), but of couse that is not going to happen, it is actually just a tool to get something above a 0% fert rate, which is prob what would have happened if we had not used it! The 5 embies are/were good quality and 4 froze well. The fith we used for a fresh transfer with a BFN . We are currenty using embie number 4 in a FET, and will know in just over a week how we went.

Good luck on your journey.
FG

[shazld]

We have been with MIVF for 5 yrs. Have been with Jim Tsaltas for the 4yrs, changes to Fleur Carttrall and just got a BFP on her frist cycle with us. This was our 11th transfer.

Shazz.

[numa]

Hi Farmgirl, good luck with your TWW! I think 5 is actually not a bad number in terms of embies. I'd be happy with that this round! Just out of interest, do they thaw one or two at a time?

Shazl - congrats on your BFP!! And thanks for your feedback

[farmgirl77]

Hi Numa,
Due to our age, and that this was only our second transfer, we were only going to transfer one embie. As such, they only thawed one.

Good luck
FG

[Princess_Fiona_01]

Hi Numa,

DH & I did our cycles with Monash IVF in Richmond, and have no complaints at all.FOund all the staff we came into contact with an absolute pleasure to deal with. And,cannot rave enough about how fantastic my nurse / patient co-ordinator was.

Our Fs,however does not work for Monash -he runs his own stand alone practice, but works in association with MOnash.We saw him for all fertility tests etc and activation forms for Monash IVF.

Have never had any complaints with either of them and would recommend them to the whole world!

Cheers... Fi

[numa]

Thanks for your reply Princess Fiona. I agree with you in that I have found all the staff great and especially my nurse.

Glad to see you have had success and wishing you all the best with your little bubba!