I froze embryos with Therapie Fertility earlier this year due to a complex medical history that may lead me to have difficulty conceiving in the future.
Many clinics don’t allow patients with higher BMIs have treatment as they tend to have lower success rates, but Dr Kennedy instead had an open and transparent conversation with me about how my BMI could affect treatment, but ultimately allowed me to make my own decision about the risk involved. I appreciate that they understand how fertility can be a time sensitive issue and BMI is a long term and difficult battle.
I did in the end have 2 cancelled cycles (risk of this was fully disclosed in our consultation) but on our 3rd attempt we had more success than we could have ever hoped for. We collected 19 eggs, 18 were mature, 17 fertilised and we now have 11 high grade embryos in storage when the right time comes.
We are so elated with our result, although it was an emotionally taxing process and we worried after the second cancelled cycle that we may have no luck, but it was all worth it in the end and I am so glad I trusted the judgement of the team.
Every single staff member was so friendly and supportive from day 1, it is evident they are a close-knit team and they always have smiles on their faces. It really does take a village and I felt as though I had my own little village in Therapie.
I was very nervous on egg collection day but Ciara M, Aoife T, Hannah T and Katie K were so supportive and calming. Thank you to Dr Megat for performing my egg collection (thankfully I don’t remember a thing). Thank you to the lab team - Mariana, Orla, Andreea, Carolina, Isa and Carol. Thank you to my scanning nurses - Lucie, Becky and Aoife T and the other nurses helping me through the portal Niamh O, Aisling S, Lauren M, Jenny O, Amy W, and Lauren F.
I know I’m probably forgetting a few, there are so many hard workers to appreciate, also on the coordinator team - reception and on the phones and portal.
I can’t wait to see what the future holds but for now I have my little embryos chilled in the lab 💜