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melonz
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Posted: 14 October 2009 at 2:47pm | IP Logged Quote melonz
hi there, my partner and I have found an egg donor who lives near Bristol so have had an appointment with BCRM who seemed very unused to this issue and really unsure about whether they coudl work with us as we found our donor in this way and I did not really like the feel of this clinic generally and was left with a lack of confidence that they would really be able to offer us the best treatment. Does anyone else have any views???

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Posted: 14 October 2009 at 3:31pm | IP Logged Quote becky
My feeling is this... what ever other people feel about Bristol CRM is irrelevant. If this eas your first experience of a fertility clininc then perhaps you need to give the place a second chance or maybe it was who you saw rather than the place itself. However if after that you still don't feel comfortable then don't go there. It's not the only clinic in and around these parts.

Feeling comfortable at the place you are going to be treated is paramount in my book. If it doesn't feel right at this stage, then perhaps it never will but I think you should maybe give it a second chance. Maybe you need to seek an appointment elsewhere and see how you come away from there feeling.

Good luck with it all


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Posted: 15 October 2009 at 6:03pm | IP Logged Quote evansg

Hi

A couple of years ago we discussed with Bristol their egg donation programme.  If my memory serves me right they had taken the ethical stance that donors should be completely anonymous.  I don't think they even did donations from close relatives.  This meant they had an extremely long waiting list.  The CARE fertility clinics appeared more proactive and would help if you had found a donor.  Most other clinics give you advice on how to find your own donor as it helps cut down on your waiting time and you get all the eggs from the donor you have found yourself.

I personally found a woman through a web site who offered to donate for us.  We chatted via email but never met.  She lived in the North of England and went to the Glasgow CRM for us even though we live in Bristol.  Glasgow has better success rates than Bristol and we got lucky and had twins, a boy and girl.

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Posted: 11 November 2009 at 8:42am | IP Logged Quote Brambletess

Hi Melonz

Friends of mine fought for quite a long time to use donated sperm from a close relative at BCRM, they managed it in the end but it would seem they are not amenable to this kind of thing. Lots of clinics are though so it is probably worth exoploring your options at this stage. There is a good clinic in Bath I think.



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Posted: 09 April 2010 at 4:14pm | IP Logged Quote Lacey0302
This is a little worrying for me, as I am waiting on the egg donation list. BCRM have recommended that I try to recruit egg donors in order to move up the waiting list. All very strange.

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