Everyone’s journey to having a baby is different and after a fairly straightforward natural conception of our first born we thought it would easy to fall pregnant again for the second time. After a year of trying I fell pregnant but unfortunately that pregnancy turn out to be an ectopic pregnancy. After a few months we started trying again and a chemical miscarriage followed. After speaking a fertility doctor we ran some more tests which confirmed I had low AMH for my age but a good number of follicles. We tried various methods to try and assist us including taking various drugs cycles of drugs including chlomid, letrizole, ovulation triggers and pessaries. After a few more months of little progress and my 35th birthday approaching the fertility doctor suggested we consider IVF which was a route we were very hesitant to approach due to the extensive toll both physically and financially. However, our desire to expand our little family and provide our son with a sibling outweighed the negatives and we started our next journey into the world of IVF.

We researched a few top London clinics with the mindset that if we were going to do this I only wanted to do it once and with the best medical care available. The clinic we chose were good but opting to be the patient of the medical director meant that his availability was limited and when I had concerns he was not easily accessible and each call also came with a price. The first round of IVF they used a fairly standard IVF protocol and I produced a good number of eggs/mature follicles but only two embryos resulted. They suggested a second round of IVF ‘where they threw the book’ at me and put me on a very high stimulation protocol to try and increase the number of embryos. Again, while I produced a good number of eggs, eventually this only resulted in three embryos. Of the combined 5 embryos only 1 made it to blastocyst which could be biopsied for PGS testing. We decided to go for PGS testing in order to help manage my expectations and manage the heartbreak of further miscarriage. Alas, the results of this embryo were that it was chromosomally abnormal. At my post-results consultation the consultant suggested that there was one ‘final’ option they could try which would be a low stimulation protocol/mild IVF as it appeared that my body did not react well to lots of high stimulation drugs.

We asked for some time to think about things before deciding what to do next. It was during this period that I was recommended Dr Moses from another of his patients who had a similar experience at the same clinic and gave me an introduction and it was a totally refreshing experience from the outset. From what I understood Dr Moses specialised in patients with low AMH and preferred to use a low stimulation protocol/mild IVF approach in order to create better quality embryos (rather than quantity) so we thought it was worth having a consultation with him.

Dr Moses is also an incredibly busy and successful fertility doctor in his own right but from the very beginning we felt at ease with him and nothing was too much trouble. He listened to our secondary infertility journey and asked questions which led him to understand what might be causing the issues we were facing. We decided that we would like to work with a doctor who really understood us and our concerns and it was the best decision we have ever made. We followed his advice and within one low-stimulation protocol/mild IVF which is a shorter time than average and the drugs were much easier to administer we had a good quality chromosomally normal PGS tested embryo. Dr Moses was very thorough in explaining why the drugs that he uses and the protocol he suggests provide very good results. We discussed the next steps, always a very consultative approach and as I was approaching my 36 year birthday we decided to do one more round of mild IVF noting what Dr Moses learnt from the first round. During this round we collected 4 more embryos for testing, 2 of which came back PGS normal and we transferred the embryo from my first round with Dr Moses. I am delighted to say that I am now 30 weeks pregnant. Dr Moses really focuses on quality not quantity and is available at short notice for any questions or concerns. We really felt he cared about each and every patient as opposed to our previous experience where I felt as though I was in a fertility factory and no questions were answered until we had paid the next invoice. While I appreciate that everyone’s experience and circumstances are very different I would not think twice before working with Dr Moses again. I only wish I met him at the beginning.