Because we are determined to help all our clients to get pregnant naturally - if that's what you want to do and it seems sensible to try - we would usually recommend that every couple that are new to the Clinic should start with an initial assessment with Zita, Anita or Jane. However, if you have already had an IVF cycle or cycles at another clinic, or if you are pretty sure that IVF is what you need (for example, on the basis of medical advice you have received elsewhere), then a consultation with our Medical Director, George Ndukwe, would be your most appropriate first step.
During this consultation you will have a full fertility assessment, and tests and investigations will be discussed and arranged on the same day if needed. After a detailed discussion with you, an individualised treatment plan will be agreed which you can then go away and consider.
Every
couple’s circumstances are different. For
some the plan might be to start assisted
fertility treatments straight away, for others we may still advise
waiting a
while and continuing naturally, though probably in a more focussed and
managed way than you might have done to date.
This doesn't mean, of
course, that we would advise any of our clients to keep trying naturally
if that were to compromise their chances of assisted fertility working
for them at some later date. For many couples the clock is often ticking
and it is clearly sensible to get started with IVF or other assisted
fertility treatments straight away.