Cork Fertility Clinic your opinion?

by **dollars** » Fri Mar 23, 2022 8:15 pm

thats great your hubbie can make it now with you, my dh came to the first meeting with me and now i go on my own im so used to going!

mrs2b i follow a fairly low carb diet ive found this really works for me and def for pcos from what ive read
you will be grand best of luck hun honestly you wll see such a difference not eating bread, when i do eat carbs its wholegrain rice, wholegrain pasta,and every so often ie tonight homemade wedges from the oven as a treat, and i dont eat bread, again i treat myself every few weeks
one day a week i do a pure protein day ie no veg no carbs just fish and eggs usually
and i go to the gym 3 to 4 days a week doing mix of things and all that took nearly 4 mths to get the stone off i had put on goddamn pcos/thyroid makes everything so much harder

my fibroid was 2cm,a few girls replied to a thread i posted on fibroids and they had mentioned a procedure i must go have a look for you

Mrs2babridesoon · by **Mrs2babridesoon** » Sat Mar 24, 2022 11:26 am

Hey Dollars, I think in your case Dr Waterstone is defo right, I have done so much research (obviously not as much as DR W :o0

) normally they don't see a fibroid as an issue unless its over 5cm obviously it also depends where it is located but I think I remember you saying yours was intramural (lining of the womb, same as me) You deserve this fibroid to be an non issue! Hope all ok with Thyroid, whats next plan for you?

Could I be very cheeky as ask for a few Low GI tips, for the mo I have changed bread to brown Pitta can't make the full leap just yet wouldn't know what to have to be honest. I'm having all bran for breakfast and an apple. I'm finding dinners a little tough to think of ideas. (I'm not a great cook, I actually am but don't bother my ar$e, that's half my prob) I am having yogurts also hope they're ok. Any tips very welcome.

Hope all's well OOB and Slanket & IvyTT

OOB · by **OOB** » Mon Mar 26, 2022 9:15 am

Mrs2babridesoon and dollars, reading your posts with real interest about the low carbs and low GL. I'm attending acupt and she recommended the Partick Holford low GL diet receipe book. You can get it in good health food shops or any book shop I'd imagine. Its great as it gives b/fast, lunch, snacks and dinner receipes and all are simple to make and are genuinely v good. The hardest bit I find is doing the shopping for it, it requires organisation....

Also the acupt recommended doing juice days,always having protein when having carbs (always complex carbs where possible, wholewheat etc) oaks cakes might be a good subsitute to bread for you....there is a bread she recommended in Lidl, a rye bread, it can be hard to stomach but its ok when v fresh!! Also try sweet potatoes instead of normal potatoes, loads of veg, and fruit wise, berries are fine along with green apples & pears. Try to eat some nuts with fruit, almonds are supposed to be great from increasing ewcm. Cinnamon is good for balancing blood sugar levels, try sprinkling it on your porridge. Turmeric is supposed to be good for increasing progest levels. Basically eat foods that are as fresh as possible and stay away from anything processed.

When I first heard of all these changes I needed to make I was v upset as I couldn't get my head around it but even small changes are a step in the right direction..

Jeeze who knew there was so much to this TCC lark. Best of luck with it.

Mrs2babridesoon · by **Mrs2babridesoon** » Mon Mar 26, 2022 10:02 am

OOB thanks a million I will look up that book! I was woeful this weekend diet wise but back into it this week! Re Cork fertility Clinic I was thinking would it be best to push for an appointment with Dr W? I could have got one but I would be waiting till May I have appointment with them in April no idea with who thou, any advice welcome.

OOB · by **OOB** » Mon Mar 26, 2022 11:23 am

Hi Mrs2babridesoon

As I haven't gotten an appointment yet, i can't speak for myself but I'm just going on what my GP said to me, she said ALL the docs/staff in the clinic are excellent but that Dr W is recognised as being the top consultant. Also my friend at work attended Dr W and recommended him...I wish they'd just ring with an appointment date for me now though, as I'm anxious to get in before he goes on hols.

Mrs2babridesoon · by **Mrs2babridesoon** » Mon Mar 26, 2022 11:48 am

Hi OOB, I have been looking over on rollercoaster forums and it seems even if your are official under Dr W doesn't mean you see him every time. Also just to add my referral letter from my Dr went to them around the 16th of March and they called me with appointment date on the 21st of March so maybe give them a call to see they received your referral letter. They are so nice over the phone!

OOB · by **OOB** » Mon Mar 26, 2022 12:54 pm

Wow Mrs2babridesoon that was fast wasn't it. I'm kinda on the same time line as yourself, the referral letter was supposed to be sent last Tues March 20th so hoping to hear v soon. I rang earlier and left a message, thats my second time ringing them, so gonna leave it. Don't want to the psycho hounding them :o0

FX my GP has forwarded on the letter to them, they're so busy in that practice that it could easily be missed. Will keep you posted on when I get a date.

Mrs2babridesoon · by **Mrs2babridesoon** » Mon Mar 26, 2022 1:52 pm

I'll PM you an email contact for the girl that arranged my appointment and when I needed to re arrange a slightly later appointment that day I just emailed and they responded immediately. Nothing wrong with being pushy there is a lot at steak and you will be paying them a fortune quite soon.

OOB · by **OOB** » Mon Mar 26, 2022 2:34 pm

Thanks for that - I'll send the email as I haven't heard back from them yet but as I say the delay could be at my GP's side. :thnk

Mrs2babridesoon · by **Mrs2babridesoon** » Tue Mar 27, 2022 11:23 am

I called Drs too last week to make sure it was sent off, I left nothing to chance! I am getting scared now thou don't know why got info pack this morning from CFC and it was so formal with loads of impersonal info even down to clamping when parking incorrectly. I'm stressing already I am thinking now will I just stay with my own Clinic and go to Sims for the two visits? Sims seems are far more expensive thou seems like you need a blank cheque book for them! Sorry don't know where all these nerves have come from. I hate the thought of starting all over again after we've been trying 2.5 years already.

OOB · by **OOB** » Wed Mar 28, 2022 8:43 am

Mrs2babridesoon, hope you're feeling better today about the forms etc.....they're only standard blurb that gets sent to everyone ( i know parking is abit much!) so try not to let it get you down....you've gotten this far now maybe wait for your appointment and then decide..thanks for the PM by the way :thnk

IvytheTerrible · by **IvytheTerrible** » Wed Mar 28, 2022 8:59 am

I agree with OOB, I'd say they send that pack out to everybody as standard.

Yes the parking is a pain, I have an appointment on Friday but I will leave in plenty of time and know I will get something somewhere. Sometimes it depends on the appointments on a particular day but the last time, there was a staff member at the gate, moving traffic cones out of the way when a space was free in front of the building or putting it back when there wasn't. Sometimes he lets me pull in there and wait for somebody else to come out and somebody always does. Failing that, there is loads of parking at the back of the Bons Secours hospital which is just down the road a bit, or I could park on Donovans road (up the side of UCC) and run to a shop to get a disc. As a last resort, I think there is a multi storey car park near St. Als school but the walk would be longer. If DH is with me, he will let me out of the car to go ahead into the clinic and follow me in afterwards. On Friday I will be on my own and have some bits to do in the city so I was half thinking of parking in town and walking out along. That can be my walk for the day if the weather is nice.

Choose your option based on what is right for you and don't let the parking put you off :wv

Mrs2babridesoon · by **Mrs2babridesoon** » Wed Mar 28, 2022 9:50 am

Thanks for the support girls, I was just having a wobble yesterday! It wasn't the Parking as such it was all the medical stuff as well that scared me we never had to answer those questions with last clinic!Will have another look at the pack today. We are defo going to Cork just had iui scan and I only have one lead follicle again and its small, back on Friday again for another scan!

by **LabLady** » Wed Mar 28, 2022 10:36 am

IvytheTerrible wrote:Just to be clear on the replies you get, I think there is a Cork Fertility Clinic in CUMH which is the public system and your GP refers you. If you have made the appointment yourself, it's Cork Fertility Centre on College Road, which is the private one. This is the one most of us IVFers are attending as the public system only takes you so far.

I got referred from college road cfc to cumh to see if we qualified for the 2 goes you get under the HSE, once approved you get referred back to CFC on college road because they are the only ones cumh let do the IUI treatments in the area, something to do with a partnership with the college?
The waiting list is forever though. We are hoping to get started on our treatment late August/September PROVIDING the funding comes through from the HSE later in the year.
O:|

We were told we would get started in the new year (this year) then to be told oh no the money doesnt come through until August ish... that is if its not pulled completely!

I must say most of the nurses on college road cfc are lovely!

Mrs2babridesoon · by **Mrs2babridesoon** » Wed Mar 28, 2022 11:17 am

Finger Crossed for you LabLady! Can you explain re qualifying for IUI??? Is it available to everyone? My sister is going thru the public system at the mo would she be entitled to this! Sorry for being nosey.

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