Reciprocal IVF/Shared Motherhood

1. Call on day 1 of cycle to book scan.

2. Start taking medication on day 2.

3. Come into clinic for scans and blood tests to assess follicle growth.

4. When appropriate you will be prepared for your egg collection procedure.

5. Come into the clinic to have donor blood tests and egg collection procedure under sedation.

6. Eggs are fertilised with donor sperm and embryo development is monitored by embryologists.

7. Embryos frozen.

8. Call on day 1 of cycle to book scan in 7-9 days.

9. Take medication to prepare womb lining from day 2.

10. Scan to check development of womb lining on day 7-9.

11. Once the lining of the womb is ready, receiving partner commences progesterone pessaries.

12. Frozen embryo transfer – the best embryo is transferred into the uterus.

13. Pregnancy test around 12 days following embryo transfer.

14. Pregnancy scan at 6 weeks of pregnancy.

• The cost of Reciprocal IVF will depend on your individual circumstances and your personalised treatment plan will be explained to you in more detail at your Virtual Consultation.
• Cycle Price: The cycle price can vary between clinics, to find your nearest clinic pricing click here.
• Cycle package: Our cycle package includes monitoring scans, clinical advice, treatment plan consultation, egg collection, embryology, blastocyst culture (if appropriate), embryo freezing and storage, frozen embryo transfer, pregnancy test, early pregnancy scan and follow up consultation.
• Required additions: There are also a number of additional costs that need to be added to your treatment. These are for medication, blood tests, sedation, donor sperm and HFEA fees that are not included in the cycle price. Exact costs will be discussed at consultation based on patients’ individual needs. The ‘estimated’ total cost of additional items for a cycle of Reciprocal IVF is £5,452 – £5,522, bringing the ‘estimated’ total treatment cost to £12,562 - £12,832.
• Pre-treatment costs: In some circumstances patients may require further exploration and fertility tests such as Hysteroscopy (£2,100), HyCosy (£495), Thyroid blood tests (£55) or other Genetic Tests such as Karyotype (£295), Y Deletions (£195) or Cystic Fibrosis (£295). These will be an additional cost, exact costs will be discussed at consultation based on patients’ individual needs. Please download our price guide for more information.
  
  
• Donor sperm: If you require donor sperm, this will be an additional cost. Sperm purchased through CREATE Fertility costs £1,200 per vial.
• Potential future costs: If you have additional embryos after your embryo transfer procedure, you will be given the option to freeze them to be used at a later date. This will be an additional cost of £1,120 which includes 2 years of storage. There is an annual storage fee after package storage has finished to keep frozen embryos stored (£385). To use frozen embryos you will need a Frozen Embryo Transfer (FET) procedure (£2,195 - £2,295) which includes embryo thawing. The estimated total cost for an FET cycle including medication up to 12 weeks is £2,721 - £2,821. Once your treatment cycle is concluded if you require further medication scans or services as discussed with you clinician, these services are chargeable. Full details will be given to allow you to make an informed decision.
• Elective freeze cycle - ‘Freeze All’: In specific cases there may be a medical need to freeze embryos called a ‘freeze all’, bringing an end to the cycle at egg collection. In these circumstances you may require, embryo freezing and cryostorage (£1,120) and a Frozen Embryo Transfer (FET) procedure. In this case, the FET cycle is discounted by £400 to (£1,795 - £1,895). The estimated total cost of a discounted FET cycle, including medication up to 12 weeks is £2,321 - £2,421.
• Abandoned cycles: In the event that a Treatment cycle is abandoned prior to egg collection/embryo transfer for medical reasons, a Cancellation Fee will be incurred of £250 per monitor scan that has been completed. Medication used will need to be repurchased in order to allow you to commence a new cycle when appropriate.
• Male factor: If your donor sperm requires ICSI, the cost for this will be £1,350.
• Terms and conditions apply: View terms and conditions.