CUBE in PRAGUE

 Ich bin auch der meinung, dass die high tech und das know how in den usa "sitzen".

in europa haben meine recherchen ergeben, dass die embryologin bei cube die beste ist.

mal sehen ...

schön, dass es bei dir geklappt hat, du schwebst bestimmt auf einer rosaroten hello-kitty-wolke!!!!!!!!!

 

 north cyprus  und  dogus.

I must say I am really shocked now. Have read soo much positive about Reprofit, and we are actually planning to go for ivf/pgd there. 

Is there anybody else that have a bad experience from Reprofit? 

Are you doing pgd just for gs, or do you need it anyway? Or do you need ivf anyway?

Puuh, it is really hard to choose a clinic!!! :(

Mollo it is a very hard decision! I have never been to Reprofit but I hear also many good stories just like I hear many good stories from dr Potter and dr Linn in the USA and dr Savvas from South Cyprus. I hear many bad stories from Nortn Cyprus ivf and Dogus. Cube sounds great but I never heard good or bad stories on the other board or here so I can't talk about that clinic. Follow your hart you never know which clinic is the best for you only afterwards you can say it was good or bad. Daphne have you decided yet when and were you going?

 Thank you Lisvna! We have been emailing with dr. Stepan at Reprofit, and it seems very professional. But I dont like to hear bad stories, because it is allot of money to waste if it doesnt work.

 I have never heard that it is much harder to become pregnant with pgd? Why is that? 

We are young, and have never had probl. becoming pregnant before. We are jusing pgd now because we want to make sure that our last baby is a healthy baby, because we have had some miscarriages and because we want a daughter :)

Hi girls,

I am 39 years old and had 2 treatments at Reprofit which I had to canceled because I did not have enough eggs for pgd because of gs. We already have 2 boys by ivf and wish for a girl. I´m glad to find this forum and can dicuss about gender selection. In Germany you can not really talk about it. My last treatment was a week ago. I have a doctor here in Germnay who does all the us scan before we travel to Brno. My problem is that I´m a low responder. Last treatment I hat 8 antralfollicle so that´s why I started the treatment, but when got at Reprofit they only found 1 egg. They decided to do the punction, the egg did fertilize but the embryo dit not grow normaly as it should be. So I got no transfer. I was so disappointed. All the doctors at Reprofit are very nice but they don´t want to chance my stimulation plan. Does someone know which stimulation plan is the best to get more eggs? My amh is only <0,15. My stimulation plan was: day 2 of cycle start with 4 ampules Menopur and plus Orgalutran at day 7 of cycle. I would like to try another stimulation to find out if it will work. Thanks a lot in advanced. Sorry for my nor perfectly Englisch :-).

Emila

Hi Mollo, I think Lisvna is right in saying it mostly boils down to each woman's experience but there's also good clinics and not-so-good clinics. There are many reasons for this (how good the doctors are, the equipment, the care, the qualification of staff, pre-ivf screening and medication...the list is long). The best thing is to do a lot of research, talk to the doctor, the staff and other women who have been treated there - with both negative and positive results. It is too much of an expensive and emotional undertaking to choose a clinic because it is less expensive than other clinics. And if it doesn't work the first or second time, then you need the assurance that it wasn't because the clinic didn't do everything they should have done.

HRC and other US clinics: Medical costs are generally very high in the US which accounts for the high IVF costs. But, from what I have read here on this forum, HRC also orders a lot of  pre-screening tests and prescribe shots/medication that other clinics do not. They have a round-the-clock service and the equipments are state of the art. 

Reprofit: I have heard mostly good things about Reprofit. One thing that concerns me, however, is whether they do much pre-screening at all - which could really affect the outcome of your retrieval and egg response/survival and thereby success rate. They also don't "officially" do GS.

Cyprus: I have also heard not-so-good things about North Cyprus and Dogus. Again, their fees tend to be a bit lower but saving a couple of thousands is not worth doubting whether you're in expert hands or not. I have heard very good things about Genesis/Dr. Savvas and I would definitely consider an IVF there especially if it's closer to my home country than the US.

That said, you can have good luck at the not-so-good clinics and bad luck in good clinics. Choosing the right clinic is not always easy but the decision can increase - or decrease - the chance of success.

(Personally, I'm waiting to see how it's going with Lisvna :-)). Will certainly help my decision-making)

 

Hi girls,

I´m glad I found this forum because I can´t talk to anybody. I am 39 years (I have already 2 boys by ivf and now wish for a girl by pgd) old and had 2 treatments at Reprofit which I have to canceled because I had not enough eggs. Last time my doctor here in Germany counted 8 antralfollicles, so I started with the stimulation. Day 2 of cycle start with 4 ampules Menopur then at day 7 of cycle ad Orgalutran. When we were in Brno the there only found 1 egg, so it was not enough for pgd. I was so disappointed. My amh is very low, only <0,15. Next time I want to change the stimulation plan. The doctors at Reprofit are very nice but they won´t change the stimulation plan which I´m not really happy about it. Does anybody of you know which is the best stimulation to get more eggs? Thanks a lot in advanced. My English is not perfect :-).

 Emila

Hi steel! I'm currently almost 9 weeks pregnant so Savvas did it again! Another Dutch girl came 2 weeks ago or so back pregnant from Savvas. She is now almost 6 weeks pregnant I think. I think Savvas and his staff does really good work and even now when I email Savvas if I have questions he always answers my emails very fast. I think that's important too!

Thanks for the update Lisvna. Really helps me and I'm very happy for you! All the best for an easy pregnancy :-)

 Reprofit is a very good clinic for ivf and egg donation but they are NOT experts in pgd - thus I would not recommend to go there for PGD.

Emilia,  if you are low responder with AMH under 0,1 you wont produce more eggs than one or  2  no matter what protocol.

the medication cannot spell eggs when your ovarians have nor more reserve - you must think about egg donation, with own eggs you wont have any more chances and just waste precious money. that is sad but it is reality!

 

 

Emilia, the good news is that you already have 2 sons and that you had success with IVF in spite of being a low responder.Like Daphne said, it would be hard to have enough eggs to do PGD. It's not impossible but you may need a lot of attempts and shed out a lot of money before you get one or two eggs of the right sex. So PGD does decrease your chances.If you do have the resources, you have to decide if you want a girl badly enough to keep trying. But your age will not help your chances either. I am also 39, so I know.

One thing you are right about is that you have found a community of women here who will support you, listen to you and give you advise. I also live in Germany and I have not yet found one forum where you can discuss PGD openly. IVF, yes. But PGD is taboo. Too bad! Here, you will almost always find someone who has been in your shoes and can tell you about their different experiences.

Mollo, The women I talk about who went to Reprofit did all ivf/pgd because they wanted a girl and succeeded. So it's really possible there! Most of the women are from Scandinavian countries because its not far from home. I know theses women have their own forum too. But again I have no experience myself because i have never been there. I would never go to north Cyprus ivf or Dogus and i would never recommend those clinic because I hear only bad stories about them.

Thank you soo much Lisvna! Do you know if there is any truth in that it is more difficult getting pragnant when doing pgd? 

It is soo much easier for us to travel to Reprofit than to cyprus and the us. We must think that we have to go back for a second try.

Where can I find dose who have a forum about Reprofit?