Hi Hayley,<br><br>While I believe Dr Traub is one of the best his people skills I found lacking. I had every test under the sun & had I.U.I's before Craigavon lad discovered something wrong with the
dh sperm. He hadn't been tested 'cos he has a 10 yr old daughter from a previous relationship, so they didn't think to test him while they put me under the knife. All my tests came back clear but my hubbie had to go for further tests and it was confirmed that he had low count & motility & high quantity of antibodies. We were told IVF would never work & that ICSI was the only option. I even had a donor sperm back up paid for but was not used and Dr Traub seemed adamant to continue with the ICSI until I was successful. All I seemed to get was no answers to my questions and fobbed off with 'every treatment is different' and that it takes on average 4-5 cycles to achieve a successful pregnancy! I personally don't understand it and have tried reading up on it but have found nothing that I don't already know except that if you are loaded and go to a top clinic anything can happen. And you thought you were rambling!!! I do feel for you, I think its the frustration of not knowing and not been told that's worse. If you are interested in going across the water you can write to either of these recommended clinics for a brochure - they also offer egg sharing in return for free treatment programmes - at<br>University College London Hospital<br>Private patient wing<br>Rosenheil Building<br>25 Grafton Way<br>LONDON<br>WC1E 6DB WEBSITE:
www.conception-acu.com or<br><br>London Gynaecology & Fertility Centre LTD<br>Cozens House<br>112A Harley Street<br>London<br>WIG 7JH<br>WEBSITE:
www.Ifc.org.uk<br><br>Who know's if you are producing a lot of eggs maybe you should look into the egg sharing programme & get a free treatment. By the way my mum has just told me that an embryologist originally from Belfast working in England has come home to Belfast and is setting up her own private practice and its worth enquiring about that. Maybe this person will be more sympathetic & explain things.<br>Any way have to go & do some work. Keep in touch and let me know how u r getting on.<br><br>Luv Karen x