As some may know, it was my parents’ wedding anniversary on the 12th October – their 25th wedding anniversary – and we held a party the other night. The letter below was written by Simon himself for all of our friends who attended, (intended for all other friends and family everywhere as well), in an envelope titled ‘Not a Bill!’.…
When we created IVF Treatment Abroad back in 2009, knowing that Ruth’s thirty years of experience in the field of infertility, working in some of the leading institutions in the UK and then working at a clinic in Spain, just as going abroad for medical procedures was becoming more popular, she was forefront in promoting IVF and predominantly egg donation…
Today’s blog post is special – we have a Guest Speaker today! Her name is Karen Deulofeu and she is here to talk about fertility mindset and what it is she does! —————— “Everyone needs that support-even if at first you don’t think you do. Look around. See who’s on your side and in your corner. You don’t have to…
Date: 16/06/2009 We had our first consultation today for our first IVF cycle. For me it was not good, my husband is much more positive, but I now believe it will not work for us. I have a very low ovarian reserve, which in my mind indicates poor egg quality. Normal AMH levels are 15 to 48, mine are 4.0…
Sent to us on 9/9/2021 – “It still feels surreal that after 5 years of fertility treatment, 3 failed IVF’s and multiple cancelled cycles, I am now finally pregnant for the first time ever… and with TWINS!!!! Our journey started in 2016 when I was diagnosed with premature ovarian failure. We initially chose a clinic in Spain, where we had…
“I first wrote the “Incredibles” blog a few years ago, and from time to time I like to read it again to remind myself about the levels of courage and determination that our patients have on a day-to-day basis. What I wrote then is as true today and will be tomorrow as it was when I wrote it at the…
“In March 2014, I got into an egg donation program with a clinic in Spain. I’m from Germany and here, unfortunately, ED is forbidden by law. It took me some months to find that clinic by searching the internet for recommendations, statistics and all those stuff everybody in my situation will know about… They presented with good numbers, high success…
Written in 2017 by Simon Pellow, Co Director of IVF Treatment Abroad Whilst I am writing this, I still have not been able to come up with a title for this piece. Hopefully something will come up as I go along. The anticipation is killing me, so it had better be good! If you see a title, it did come after…
“Now that the baby is finally resting, I am reflecting on what a miracle she is, and the incredible gratitude I have to finally have the opportunity to become a mother after all of these years. My husband and I chose to name our daughter “Grace”, as she is truly a blessing that would not have been possible without the…
Gender selection, sex selection, family balancing… So many names it is known by but with the one aim: to achieve a pregnancy of a specific sex. There can be many reasons why a patient wants to do this, sometimes for medical reasons and sometimes because they already have children of one sex and would like one of the other. As…