Your IVF Clinics Wish List!

Rather than just jumping in, stop! Don’t just book consultations with all the IVF clinics in Spain. You’ll be well rewarded if you spend some tome talking with friends who know you well or who have had fertility treatment themselves, so you can really understand the IVF process. People who know what it means emotionally as well as in practical terms.  What things were most important to them, when they had treatment?

In our experience, the follow are all very important. It’s these we’ve used to choose our partner IVF clinics.  But the order in which they are important will always depend on you:

• How successful is the clinic?
• How affordable is the clinic?
• Do all the key staff speak English?
• Will I keep the same team looking after me?
• Can I choose a clinic for scans in the UK?
• It is easy to travel to?
• Is it based somewhere I’d like to go anyway?

If you’re struggling to find someone who has had fertility treatment abroad, then we’ll be happy to put you in touch with someone that has. There’s nothing like the voice of experience as they say!   You could also try Fertility Forums or Blogs and community websites, such as So Feminine.

Often you won’t be undergoing treatment alone. So its vital that you understand what your partner sees as important.  Just mention that Barcelona FC are playing and he’ll be with us in a shot!  All couples are different. In some cases you may want to be alone for your stay. Others want to go through it all together and your chosen clinic must be able to provide this.

As with so many things, it’s so often the small details that can make all the difference to your experience with an IVF clinic.  The more flexible, relaxed and accommodating the clinic will be, has a huge impact on your treatment.  You need to know from the outset that even small requests will be dealt with fast.

Prioritise Your List – Don’t budge on what’s important to you!

Once you have your finalised list, its time to prioritise.  You’ll need to split in two. Those things you could possibly go without & those you can’t.  Once you’ve done this, stick to it.  It should be the basis from which you can choose a clinic. One that’s just right for you both. So stick to your guns!

Even though there are literally hundreds of fertility clinics in Europe. When you compare them to your list, there will probably be surprisingly few IVF clinics that match your own ‘ideal’ criteria. Once you had selected a clinic, you’ll both be thankful, that you made the effort up front, to work out why it was right for you. Most important. Your other half can’t then blame you if he doesn’t approve of the clinic’s décor……………as if!

 There are experts and then there are experts

How can you tell if the qualified team of experts at your chosen clinic are really, all that good. Or if it’s just ‘sales talk’, on behalf of the clinic. How can you tell if this expertise means anything? How can you compare the service they offer to that available in other similar clinics? We believe there are two ways. Because we’ve done it!  The first is the most obviously. As they say ‘the proof is in the pudding’!  If a clinic has a high, consistent successes rates. Especially in the same treatment that you’re seeking, then there’s a good chance they’re pretty good at it. Stands to reason.

So much so we’ve put our money behind it. That’s why one of our IVF clinics, ISCARE in Prague provides a full money back guarantee. We’re confident enough in our treatment and the high success rates to allow us to offer this. But success rates alone can be confusing. Here’s what else you should look out for.

 Expertise & Training – Ask for CV’s!

It’s always good to look at where your specialist trained. Ensure they have studied in an EEA registered country. Where either, their medical training or their gynecology specialism was undertaken with a reputable training system. Or at a large medical centre in Europe.

Secondly, it’s important that you vet the doctors that will be treating you. You must ensure that they do have the qualifications they claim to hold.

Naturally the clinicians in all our IVF clinics are high trained, accredited and vetted. In fact with our own partners, ISCARE & IVI. We’ve already done all of the research and much more for you.