Hello , i am new here and my wife and I have been trying to conceived naturally but it was not possible hence we are turning into IVF. I would like to understand if I go to public hospital , roughly what is the waiting time? If heading to private hospital , which one are the so called " recommended ones". Pardon me for asking.
Hi we are gg thru ours at a private clinic at gleneagles, costs hv been hefty but we did get a 6k medisave reimbursement. Each typical visit can cost between 100plus to 400plus depending on medications given. We have gone through one round of ER, ICSI on 7 eggs, froze 5 embies and are waiting for FET. We have spent abt 7 so far less the 6k medisave reimbursement. There is usually no q and no waiting time. Longest time we waited was abt 40 mins cos it was a sat and there were many ppl. Usually i come in, sit down, they knw me by name and i get to see the doctor or do the tests almost immediately. Very quick and very smooth.
A few yrs back we did 3 rounds of iui with dr anupriya at nuh (we paid the premium for private cos i wanted to go with a lady doctor at first). Bad experience. I have been overweight all my life but then i was at my thinnest (not thin at all btw), and she was, very mean abt it. These things will affect you cos the procedure itself is very stressful what more hvg a doctor tt is a bit... Moody and snarky abt these issues. Made to feel like iui failed cos it was my fault. Came to a point where i dreaded my apptmts cos need to see her, it felt like having to see the DM when you are still in sch lol. And when there is bad news, i mean we are def upset but everytime sth goes wrong or not acc to plan she gets... Frustrated/angry. And waiting time can get quite long, usually if morning apptmt, whole morning gone le. meds were also expensive. Some days didnt even see doc, just nurses.
We took a break and later on went to see dr steven teo at novena.had a pleasant experience, waiting time abt 10 to 20 mins? He's also very clinical, which i thought was a huge upgrade alrdy frm dr anu lol. We chose to go private also cos i couldn't disappear from work for long and too frequently. From dr teo we discovered the real reason and its mainly due to male factor, sth dr anu failed to catch, we wld hv failed iui regardless of how many times we tried. Spent close to 2k in the span of three months, but he did manage to pin point the specific source of the problem.
But dr teo was expensive so the husb did some googling and since end dec 2018, we hv been with dr lim at ACRM. Cos we had all the tests results frm stog, we didnt have to do the whole round of tests and cld start where we left off. To date i have forked out abt 13k in cash (but 6k medisave reimbursed alrdy) also, so far, i have only taken 3 days hosp leave post ER, and used up 2 MCs. Other apptments, when we can help it, we schedule them in the late afternoon or on sat so i can rush there aft work.
So far so good, he will try his best to share all info, his nurses are also very very nice, u can reach them via whatsapp if ur worried or anything like tt, and yeap, no complains, even when we were waiting to fet on natural cycle and it failed i think the way his team handled us cushioned the anxiety and sadness. Hoping for the best for fet soon! Hope this helps!