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I got this reply from Intersono and the doctor herself!


Dear Penny,
yes we help woman at the age of 50, but not more. We will be happy to help you. Ukrainan and Russian languages are very similar and the alphabet is almost the same. Hotels are near 100 US $ and appartments are near 50 US $ per night. Here is information that can be useful for you.


How I can choose donor?
You can choose donor going on address intersono.md/donor , using a
password , in a few weeks there will be another password. Waiting time depends from a donor you have selected, weather she is free at this moment. As there are much more donors than you can see on the website, we can help you with choosing a donor, we just need to know criteria, which are important for you.


It is important for us to understand your pregnancy rate in relationship with the average number of embryos transferred to achieve this success. Can you please clarify what was the average number of embryos transferred in donor egg cycles during the time period discussed?
The typical number of embryos transferred is 2 blastocysts (day 5 transfer) for women under 35 years old and 3 blastocyts for women over 35 years old and with failure in previous IVf treatment. As option you can choose day 3 transfer or day 5 transfer or both day 3 and day 5 transfer.

What is the criteria for decision to grow embryos to blastocyst stage----such as minimum number of good quality embryos on Day 3?
We practice Day 5 ET in donor’s egg cycles . The amount of eggs, sperm quality, amount and quality of embryos on 2-3 day of their development are the criteria to grow embryos to blastocyst stage.

How much costs IVF program in your clinic?
Our donor egg program (including ICSI, one ET included, medications for donor, payment for donor)costs
1 attampt - 3520 Euro or 5209 $
2 attempt - 3355 Euro or 4965 $
3 attempt - 3050 Е uro or 4514 $

Sperm donor - 100 Е uro
Cryopreserving (sperm, embryos) for 6 months - 120 Є uro
Program is prepaid program either for foreign patients or for local. The payment should be performed on the day donor start treatment (the exact date you will know from our doctor).
You can pay across our charitable fund or by cash in the clinic.

What medications I’ll need for the treatment?
For the treatment you will need decapeptyl 0,1mg-1,0 ml (№ 28) daily form for injections (or suprefact 5,5 ml 2 amp or diferilin depo N1 or zoladex depoN1), progynova 42 pills (2 boxes), crynon gel N15 or prometrium 100 N30. We need to know wheather you have these medications. All these medications you can buy in Italy by email. We can send them a prescription for these medications, you need to contact with Monica Manzone, here is her email: monica@farmaciacerati.it .


What examinations do I need to start a program?

We need to have following examinations :

1)HIV, hepatitis B, HCV, syphilis ( both of couple are undergoing to those examinations in spite of using donor’s egg or donor’s sperm).

2) Ultrasound examination. Ultrasound have to be done between 6 and 11 of your monthly cycle to check on thickness of lining and any obstructions that would prevent pregnancy. We also need to know, that there are no fluid in tubes and some cysts in ovaries.

3) Gynecological examination with pap test and bacteriological examination, chlamydia trachomatis detection.

4) mammography;

5) spermogram, if we are using husband’s sperm.

Best regards,
Dr. Lyubov Mykhaylyshyn

This is all looking very positive. Contact them to tell them so.

In which P goes hunting

Olga has left Altra Vita!

This is disaster as Irina is sweet, but her English is nowhere near as good. And we're not talking about buying a packet of cereal here - this is complicated stuff that needs someone to understand everything you say.

Worse, much worse though. AV have put up their prices and now we definitely can't afford tx there any more - not with the shocking cost of living in Moscow. So that is that. Have told them we would consider going back in Autumn, but really will be looking around for somewhere else.

I have looked everywhere and scanned around the Fertility Friends Website and found that the Ukraine also have some very decent clinics. FF seems to be in favour of Intersono in Lviv - it seems the least popular of the 2 but oddly the one with the best results. I have contacted them as their website says they only treat up to 50 yrs and that's where I am.