fertility decisions
Nov. 24th, 2004 08:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
percivalSo my husband and I had The Talk about our fertility treatment. He was not impressed by the response from the SUIT study doctor - it just cemented his bad opinion of Edinburgh Reproductive Medicine Services. My husband is also majorly freaked out by IVF as a procedure - he wouldn't want to undergo it, were he a women. And he most certainly doesn't want me to undergo it in the stressful, unsupportive environment that is Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. They may be world-class medically, but there is no continuity of care, and nobody to talk to when you need your questions answered.
Me? I want a child. And even if we start the adoption process now, I'll be 36 or 37 once we get our child. I don't want to add 3-4 years onto that just because I HAD to have that shot at a couple of cycles of free IVF.
OK, so I don't suffer from a "real" disease, I'm just unable to have a baby. But I believe that if you offer a service, you should offer it properly or not offer it at all.
The upshot?
No SUIT study. We will phone Dr Kini tomorrow.
No IVF. My husband will write a letter to Edinburgh Fertility tomorrow.
One more year of trying, then adoption.
Yet again, NHS patient care saved the system considerable expenses.
Result.
Me? I want a child. And even if we start the adoption process now, I'll be 36 or 37 once we get our child. I don't want to add 3-4 years onto that just because I HAD to have that shot at a couple of cycles of free IVF.
OK, so I don't suffer from a "real" disease, I'm just unable to have a baby. But I believe that if you offer a service, you should offer it properly or not offer it at all.
The upshot?
No SUIT study. We will phone Dr Kini tomorrow.
No IVF. My husband will write a letter to Edinburgh Fertility tomorrow.
One more year of trying, then adoption.
Yet again, NHS patient care saved the system considerable expenses.
Result.
