Paul and Tom had been married for 3 years and had spent most of that time planning and setting up their surrogacy journey
Tom’s sister Debbie had offered very early on to be their egg donor, and they had registered with Surrogacy UK, where they met their lovely surrogate, Lucy.
At Surrogacy UK, in addition to meeting Lucy, they were also put in touch with fellow Intended Parents who had already completed their journey successfully at the Herts & Essex, and they were recommended to attend.
Paul and Tom attended the clinic for their initial consultation on the same day as Debbie who had a separate appointment with her husband. Lucy then had her consultation appointment a couple of weeks later.
As Lucy was a single lady, Paul and Tom accompanied her to the clinic for her appointment for moral support but did not participate in the actual appointment with the doctor.
They all decided that they would like to have a fresh cycle, and so once everyone’s screening results were back and they had all seen our counsellor, we looked at dates for treatment that meant coordinating Lucy’s cycle to tie in with Debbie’s so that they were taking their medications at the same time.
They started the treatment cycle two months after their initial consultations. Debbie had 12 eggs collected and nine of these were fertilised with Paul’s sperm. Lucy had a single blastocyst transferred. They were lucky enough to also have 2 remaining blastocyst embryos of good quality, and so these were frozen for use at a future date.
Unfortunately, this cycle resulted in a negative test. Although they were all very disappointed, they felt determined to continue, and so three months later they were able to transfer one of the embryos that had been frozen.
This time the test was positive! Baby William was born nine months later.
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Key Benefits
The key benefits of this treatment journey at Herts & Essex Fertility Centre
Award winning surrogacy fertility clinic
At Herts & Essex Fertility Centre our surrogacy team has successfully completed over 300 cycles of surrogacy treatment since 2012 when we started doing surrogacy.
Personalised Service
Our recipients and surrogate were offered the care and personal attention that reflect our high standards of services. Our personal touch, attention to detail, accessibility and deep empathy is what defines our team.
All treatments in one location
Be assured you won’t be asked to travel around different locations as all your appointments and treatments, from your initial consultation and screenings to your treatment, take place under one roof at our clinic.
