Interesting Article Destination: Get Pregnant/Poll

PoeticJustice

I read this in CONCIEVE Magazine online this morning very interesting.  About how so many couples are going overseas for DE & GS to Czech Republic, South Africa, India etc waaaay cheaper than here.

 https://conceiveonline.com/assisted-reproduction-infertility-ivf/destination-baby/

Would you travel for DE or GS if you had no insurance coverage or had limited funds?

 

Do you think there are any Pros or Cons to this? 

epphd

This is becoming more and more common, and if we were not able to secure the loan that we did for DE in the US, I may have considered it.  FWIW, there is a board dedicated to international IVF (including DE and GS) on ivfconnections.com that is super helpful in researching clinics.  As well, a number of DE users on the network 54 DE board have gone abroad.

My impression is that there are very few cons.  Some clinics overseas do not let you select a donor, but the same can be said for clinics here.  The success rates may be slightly lower, but that is typically overshadowed by affordability.  I am sure there would be some anxiety regarding being away from home, but particularly for DE, there is so little in the way of medical intervention being performed on the recipient that I would not feel unsafe.

 

PoeticJustice

epphd:

This is becoming more and more common, and if we were not able to secure the loan that we did for DE in the US, I may have considered it.  FWIW, there is a board dedicated to international IVF (including DE and GS) on ivfconnections.com that is super helpful in researching clinics.  As well, a number of DE users on the network 54 DE board have gone abroad.

My impression is that there are very few cons.  Some clinics overseas do not let you select a donor, but the same can be said for clinics here.  The success rates may be slightly lower, but that is typically overshadowed by affordability.  I am sure there would be some anxiety regarding being away from home, but particularly for DE, there is so little in the way of medical intervention being performed on the recipient that I would not feel unsafe.

 

You bring out some great points.  I can totally understand why people would do it.  The price of DE IVF and GS over here is just absurd and the $$$ is not geared towards middle class or lower income people.  I guess to answer my own POLL question:

I am not at the point of considering DE yet, but if it ever comes to where I would have to use them I told my DH I would be on a plane to the "Mother Land" in a heartbeat lol

hopecounts

We considered it but DH wasn't comfortable w/ it.  I was fine w/ it. I'd done a good bit of research and followed a thread of women who went where we were considering going and they had great things to say.

We don't have covereage and do have limited funds.  I found that all in all CNY gave us similar cost (w/ FET) in the US so we chose that option.

BRSaugust20

While the cost is attractive, the lack of information about the donor held me back.  The clinics around my area don't have their own donor pools, you have to use an agency which is very costly.  On the other hand, you get a lengthy profile include adult and child pictures.  DH and I have enough in savings to be able to cycle here but a lot of the stress for me is gambling so much money on a "maybe".  The feedback that I have read from other ladies on the message boards epphd mentioned has been very positive.

PoeticJustice

hopecounts:

We considered it but DH wasn't comfortable w/ it.  I was fine w/ it. I'd done a good bit of research and followed a thread of women who went where we were considering going and they had great things to say.

We don't have covereage and do have limited funds.  I found that all in all CNY gave us similar cost (w/ FET) in the US so we chose that option.

 

Good Luck with your upcoming cycle

sliz

If I needed either of these, i would go to India - my parents are from there and it makes more sense that any DE or GS be Indian as well....plus I believe the have great medical care and it is affordable....