u/stardustys

Hi all,

I'd like to get your advice as I am new to IVF journey.

I am a 34yo woman with DOR. I've signed up for 3 IVF treatment with donor sperm in Denmark.

In the 3 IVF treatment package included:-

• All ultrasounds - if these are done at the Clinic. Or analyzing of ultrasound results if it is done at own gynecologist
• 3 aspirations of eggs
• 1 transfer of egg after the last aspiration. Either fresh or frozen
• Vitrification of embryos (freezing), including 1 year of storage
• Blastocyst culturing

I flew to Denmark 2 days after first ultrasound scan in the local clinic in the city I live(I can't use donor sperm as a single woman where I live).

On the day of scan in Denmark, I was told that my 3 follicles are in different sizes(18mm, 16, 14 each) and it makes difficult to make retrieval plan as we wanna collect 2 or 3 of all follicles, the doctor suggested IUI as alternative plan but we decided to do another scan the next day, the follicles grew further(20,18,15mm) and we decided to proceed to IVF and I got trigger shots the same night.

However it turned out on collection day(it was Monday) that ovulation had already happened and I couldn't collect any eggs unfortunately.

It was really disappointing result for me as I flew over all the way to Denmark but mostly because my eggs were wasted.

The doctor and nurse were really sympathetic and we established more individual plan for next cycles.

Then I received an invoice for cancellation IVF around 1000 USD, clinic says that patients always need to pay for cancelling of IVF treatment if it is cancelled before aspiration. No matter what the reason is.

I feel that this premature ovulation could've prevented if the clinic prescribed with better plan for me (they already knew about 3 follicles different sizes from my first scan before I flew over to Denmark) and clinic is partly responsible.

Also, 1st scan in Denmark was Friday, 2nd one was Saturday and clinic is closed on Sunday... I feel that if Clinic had helped me with better plan to avoid ovulation on sunday, would've prevented premature ovulation.

Did anyone have similar experience? I feel that paying this charge is a bit unfair for me, I cannot shake off that the clinic is partly responsible for this and I am also afraid this may happen again in the next cycles after I fly all the way to copenhagen. Any experience sharing will be appreciated ❤️