The Appointment

We had our very first appointment at Bourn Hall today.

I will give you the step by step of our consultation to help out anyone planning on seeking help at a fertility clinic like this one.

We arrived  at 930 AM. The lady at reception got us all checked in and then walked us over to the wards. We were then greeted by a nurse. She did our height, weight,  identification check and took our picture.
Once we were finished with that my husband had to go give a sample so I got to wait in a very nice waiting area. It was quite calm there.  We went to the main waiting area after my husband was done, which was not nearly as private or calm.
Our Dr was right on time and she is wonderful. Her name is Dr. Valentino. She started out the appointment with getting lots of medical background information on both of us. She asked many important questions that nobody had ever bothered asking us before.She went through all of my tests and explained each one to me and what it meant. I had over 20 pages of lab results from the past 12 months, two ultrasound scounds , and the tube dye test  so this took some time. She was very patient with us and explained everything in full detail!
Our appointment lasted over 1 hour. She told us that what will happen is on CD 1 I will call the clinic to schedule my scan and be able to come in and see the nurses to get information on how to use all the medication.  The great news is we can start a month before we had planned because full payment is not due until the day of the first scan. This wonderful Dr also said she knows money is an issue so she told us to check out other pharmacies and we might be able to save up to $1000 or 600 GBP.

The first appointment cost us $515. (a little over 300 GBP).


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Have a wonderful Tuesday!