QUOTE(megane5439 @ Mar 31 2014, 09:57 AM)
Hi, me and my husband planning to do our IVF with Dr Helena also. I also hope she can really help us on this. My problem is my two fallopian is block too. So seem alot of people here are said Dr Helena is good. So i hope i really choose a correct doctor n fertility center then. Any idea how to prepare our self before proceed to IVF?
Now i really worried my 1st ivf will fail as financial are tied after this. Good to hear that some of you are success in IVF. Happy to hear that.
Thanks
Hope I can help, since me and my wife have been through it twice now. Based on our experience of years of survey (started looking since 2012) and 2 failed rounds, Dr Helena is our best choice so far (our personal opinion only). One main criteria is that Dr Helena can speak Chinese to my wife, as she is not comfortable with English. She is also very very caring, and being a woman herself, understands the predicaments that we are going through. However, with that said, your "mileage" may vary since the queue to her clinic is not short by any measure.Now i really worried my 1st ivf will fail as financial are tied after this. Good to hear that some of you are success in IVF. Happy to hear that.
Thanks
One tip, Dr Helena always say, having a successful pregnancy in IVF is like having an exam, if you are not prepared, you are bound to fail, which I do have to agree wholeheartedly with her. Do your homework, prepare you and your wife's own physical and mental health first (healthy, all immunization is done, folic acid, Vitamin D + Calcium sufficient, thalassemia tested, no STD or hepatitis, reduce caffeine intake etc etc), and ensure that a full diagnosis is done first before jumping into the IVF procedure (blocked tubes, hyperactive immune system, uterus lining, sperm issues?). If Dr Helena wants to do further tests, please do follow her advise.
Just a tip which many do not know, KL Fertility have occasional IVF preparation/information talk, this is a good place to get more info and have a short talk with the embryologist and doctors, and have a short tour of the facilities. It is a great place to start, and can put your mind at ease on what to prepare for the IVF. Call them up to see if you can get into one of them... there might be a surprise waiting for you guys there
QUOTE(megane5439 @ Mar 31 2014, 10:01 AM)
Hi, any idea how much the cost for IVF at KL Fertility under Dr Helena? I afraid can't get a good quality. If you got an extra good egg frozen atleast the 2nd time IVF wont cost you about 15k right?
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For IVF, it is about RM15k but it has increased since (cashier have a notice about cost increase recently in March 2014). Note that the RM15K is only until first fresh transfer of embryos, anything besides that require more $$. For example, if you have extra embryos to be frozen (very likely you will have extra, you are not going to throw away those embryos right?), it will cost more $$ (I think about 2K per year) to freeze them. RM15k also does not cover any diagnosis or tests that needs to be done prior to starting IVF (but covers consultations during the IVF process). It also does not cover additional supplements that your wife or you need to take to boost egg/sperm production if required. Lastly, any deviation from the standard IVF procedure also require $$, for example:Thanks
1) ICSI step cost additional $$
2) laser assisted hatching too (if required)
3) Uterine scratching process
4) Baby aspirin
5) Folic Acid
6) dan lain-lain...
Sad to say, if you only have RM15K to do IVF, it may not be sufficient to carry on the whole process.
However, extra embryos which were frozen can be re-thawed at a later date, and also will be cheaper to put back, about RM3-4k per round, and this continues until you use up all the frozen embryos. Then the whole process starts over again.
You mean good quality eggs or embryos? Usually embryos that are medium to good quality are frozen, as low grade ones will not survive the freezing and thawing. If you are worried about the eggs quality, and if you are going to KL fertility, I suggest to pay a visit to next door Xi Fertility TCM center, they are Chinese herbalist and acupuncturist specializing on fertility. Dr Helena can only western-styled medicine and advise on supplements to improve the egg quality, but Xi Fertility uses Chinese medicine to "re-tune" back the body to produce better quality eggs. My wife went to both, to get the best of both worlds. Your file can be moved between KL Fertility and Xi Fertility, thus Dr Yuan (from Xi Fertility, she is a certified gynae, but practicing Chinese medicine) can assess what are the improvements required (based on ultrasound imaging and Dr Helena's notes) and act upon them from Chinese medicine perspective. Go google on acupuncture/TCM with IVF process, you can learn more on them.
Good luck to all!