Ivf costs???

gem-gems_2

Ive recently found out that due to cancer my husband can no longer have children.
However he did get the opportunity to store sperm before his chemotherapy treatment.
We went to the fertility clinic and they wont help fund treatment because we already have a daughter. They say treatment costs approx £4000! which we cannot afford.
Are there any other ways to receive cheaper ivf treatment in our case as we dont need a sperm donor or eggs????
I have heard that if i were to donate some of my eggs i would get it cheaper but not sure if this is true???
Any advice would be trully appreciated, thanks x

Wonder_Womble

I think you can get cheaper IVF if you donate your eggs, but one thing you have to consider is that if your IVF isn't successful how would you feel about the possibility of someone else giving birth to and raising 'your' child?

Wonder_Womble

Also IVF is a postcode lottery so they could offer cheaper IVF in exchange for egg donation in some areas but not others. Your GP should be best placed to advise you and refer you to your local clinic for a consultation.

gem-gems_2

yeah thats a good point, never thought of it that way! many thanks

Kimberley82

I think you should be gratful for the child you have and not look for hand outs. The NHS should be concentrating on people who need not want their services,

I have suffered infatility so I do know how much it hurts but we can not afford to be financing IVF and other non needed things.

BitterAndTwisted

You don't need IVF. You get the stored sperm out of storage and fertilise yourself with a turkey-baster or similar.

mountainofdebt

Where in the country do you live?

As already been said , IVF is not a guarateed way of having children and it is an emotional rollercoaster.

btw why wouldn't you need a sperm donor - you don't have to answer that but it seems a strange thing to say?

Edit : must learn to read properly!

gem-gems_2

oh i am so grateful for the child ive got, she is so precious to me and wouldnt be without here but it would be lovely if she could have a brother or sister but i agree with what your saying kimberly about the nhs having to pay for other things. i have seen the great work the nhs do first hand with the cancer my husband had, he wouldnt be here today without them. However im not after a freebie im after a cheaper alternative by maybe donating my eggs which would also help somebody else.
Sorry to here of your news too and thanks for your advice x

Kimberley82

gem-gems wrote: »

oh i am so grateful for the child ive got, she is so precious to me and wouldnt be without here but it would be lovely if she could have a brother or sister but i agree with what your saying kimberly about the nhs having to pay for other things. i have seen the great work the nhs do first hand with the cancer my husband had, he wouldnt be here today without them. However im not after a freebie im after a cheaper alternative by maybe donating my eggs which would also help somebody else.
Sorry to here of your news too and thanks for your advice x

Sorry I proberbly should like a real !!!!!

gem-gems_2

i live down south and think the restrictions are tighter down here x

shy-but-need-help

Birmingham Womens hospital - well the fertility department linked to it- used to offer discounted IVF to egg donors, but that was back in 2002, I'm not sure if they still do and it was dependant on you producing more than a certain amount of harvestable eggs in that cycle. It may have changed though, we were the other side of the coin- female factor secondary infertility, we had one child and all our fertility issues were me. We looked very seriously into egg donor IVF before Dh decided he would could not go through with it and so we ended up going down the surgery route of ovarian drilling, which fortunately did work for us (and then we were eventually blessed again, and again, and again- we now have five children, truly never would have believed that when we were having to consider all our options though)

We also had some of our work done through the fertility department at Droitwich private hospital- again, it was a decade ago so not sure what they offer now.

Do conact them both though- they were very helpful with information, pricing and other guidelines that needed to be met or worked with (age guidelines and so forth)

NHS won't usually help with secondary infertility but there are definitely schemes designed to cut the costs of private fertility work without compromising quality of care if you look for them.