abc ivf

Im writing this review because it can be really challenging to know where to go and who to trust with such a personal experience. I did a cycle of egg freezing with ABC and went between the St Albans and St Pauls clinics. The whole experience was extremely positive for me, maybe more so because I had a really successful egg retrieval procedure but nonetheless, I couldnt say a bad word about the entire process. The staff at both clinics were lovely and the care I received from the medical team during my blood test, scans and on retrieval day was outstanding. In addition, the communication and administration side of things was very good. The lower dose of hormones meant that the side effects during the treatment were pretty minimal for me and it was all monitored extremely carefully throughout. I would absolutely use ABC again and thank them for making my experience so positive.
Apr 26th, 2023

I would like to say that we are very happy with St Albans IVF clinic. Everyone was so nice and helpful. All my questions were answered and I was able to get in touch with them anytime.
May 2nd, 2023

The team at ABC were incredibly supportive from start to finish. The care and level of communication which we received throughout was fantastic.
Apr 25th, 2023

I have had a brilliant experience with abc St Pauls. The process was smooth and straightforward and professional. I cant wait to start my frozen embryo transfer in my next cycle. I recommend anyone looking into ivf to go with Abc.
Apr 24th, 2023

On the 19th of March myself and my partner gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. This after 5 years of trying and month after month of awful disappointment. I will be forever grateful for the successful result and the birth of my daughter, thank you ABC for Enola-Rose. However, despite this joy our journey was at times really quite disappointing and concerning. As with many reviews, communication was very difficult at times, often leaving multiple voicemails or emails with no reply. This really came to a head when my partner had to take her final trigger shot 12 hours before egg collection. They had promised a call with when and what dosage to take, no call came. After investing so much financially and emotionally, it was a Saturday evening, no call, no message despite us constantly calling them. Finally after calling their emergency number we managed to find somebody clearly working remotely at home, and after some protracted conversations she promised to ring back with an answer. A doctor rang, and asked If we had been contacted yet. We had not. The lab then called and confirmed a time. This was 2 hours before the trigger shot and we ended up taking the injection at 1.30 am. Just to add some context, my partner had been scanned on a Monday and was told egg collection would be on Friday. On Wednesday she was told they wanted to do another scan and collection would be on Sunday. On the Friday she was told that that she only had 6 follicles and that we should prepare for a low volume of eggs. The following day when we went in for egg collection, we were the last couple in the building and it felt a little like we had been squeezed in. On collection they managed to harvest 22 eggs. I would speculate that after the chaos of the day before that the dosage was not quite what it should have been, and perhaps the extended egg collection date also contributed. My partner really felt like she had been over stimulated, which ultimately led to her being at risk from OHSS. For this reason the clinic refused to do a fresh transfer and insisted we do frozen transfer. This would add a substantial amount to the overall cost resulting in an extra 2000. A read of some other reviews and over stimulation seemed to be a common thread, we complained and to ABC's credit they agreed in the end to waive the cost and include. Additionally we originally requested to do egg sharing, partly to keep costs down but also my partner really liked the idea of helping out another couple. We were told we were not viable due to follicles but lo and behold she actually managed to produce 22 eggs so that also does not sit well with me. The receptionist also was a little curt and I never really felt very welcome arriving. The team downstairs were always lovely and we always felt well cared for. Difficult review to write as ultimately we got exactly what we paid for - the chance to be parents to a beautiful baby girl. Factually we would not be looking at her right now if not for ABC. So I will always be grateful, but felt the right thing to do was to share some of the challenges. Best of luck to all you future parents out there - keep the faith!
Apr 30th, 2023